consolerepair

I’m glad to see this community starting to grow. As a mod, I haven’t had a single report or anything to do since I started this community. But I’d like to have another mod, since I don’t want this community to die if I fall off the face of the planet. Plus I’m not doing anything to “help” it grow lately. Anyone...

This gameboy was gifted to me from a Family member who found it one day in their Attic. I’ve tried fixing it a year ago, but since some parts never got delivered, it kinda slipped out of my mind until now....

Hello fellow friends of Console Repair!...

This unit was just sold as a parts board. I bought it to use as a donor board but figured I could get it working first (this screen was from a different unit). Turns out someone had opened the power switch to clean it, but somehow a solder blob made it into the switch. That was jamming the power switch. Still a donor board...

I can’t press any of the buttons and get a response from it

I have a “Professional control pad PRO-2” (this one segaretro.org/Konix_Power_Pad), but unfortunately it does not work....

My hand slipped while disassembling the system (original goal was to replace shoulder buttons and plastic housing). I had to scrape away points on the board and use some 32 awg enameled wire to recreate the connections. Good news is every fits and is back in working order.

Still not the best at desoldering but these definitely needed to be replaced.

This was a challenging one, but in the end I got a work disc version PS5 for $250. The PS5 board soaks up a lot of heat, so getting the old one off was a challenge. Luckily on this one, the port itself was damaged and the pads were all good. I did it a snag by not heating the ground pins enough, which gave it just enough wiggle...

The system would not boot, it only falshed an orange light (aka Frag). The main issue was a broken trace that ran under a surface mount cap, followed by damaged pads on two capacitors (not sure if they where connected before or came off with heat). After fixing those the system worked fine. I removed the clock cap, did a full...

The Open Source Cartridge Reader is a great project for backing up saves (very useful for replacing dying batteries) and dumping roms. It’s also great soldering practice. I chose to go the kit route from here since it was only slightly more expensive with the case than source everything yourself (no case kit: $125, with case:...

As mentioned, fuse was blown on battery board. There was also battery corrosion. Reflowed solder on corroded solder joints, used fiberglass scratch pen to expose traces next to the absent fuse solder pads, and used a wire fragment/solder blob to bridge the gap for testing. It worked. Now need fuses. Overscratch area was covered...

There was a deleted post on here where someone was getting no response from the Wii but it was outputting a black screen with a white dot in the upper right. My guess was that it is a dead/loose bluetooth module, but I took two months to notice the post and only realized it was deleted after I was unable to comment (mods can see...

Sorry about the stock photo. Anyone ever have luck rehabbing one of these boards? Recently got my hands on a DSi XL missing the battery and battery cover. Yellow flashing light of death even with replacement battery. On disassembly, there was battery corrosion. The fuse on the battery board was not only blown, it was totally...

The original issue turned out to be a faulty power supply. While I wait for those fuses to come in figured I would replace the board caps and add the GEM.

My old NES started having a graphical issue, it seemed like it was drawing sprites but no backgrounds (solid green in SMB as seen in the pic, but different colors with other games)....

This is where I do all my repairs. Finally got it straightened out, which should last a whole 10 minutes.

Used a combination of jb plastic weld and wood filler to fix the cracks and gashes in the shell. Gave the two halves a new coat of paint and ordered metallic stickers off Etsy.

Do you wonder “what is the appropriate goop to use in this repair?” Let’s talk about it. First things first:...

Just wanted to say I feel very much accomplished and like a techie now.

. I’ve been looking for a couple house and just can’t find them all. Do any of you have some decent resources for this?

My test game finally came in and I was finally able to test the system. After first it still gave me the blinking light, but a quick easer, ipa, then dexoit treatment to the game fixed it right up....

Still waiting on my test game but the system powers on.

Followup to the rusty NES board, giving the shell a good clean. My process is to soak the shell in hot, soapy water for a while, then clean it using different brushes and cloths. This one has enough damage and stains in the plastic that I’ll probably need to paint it to make it respectable again....