I've had an xstation sitting around for ages. Might do that pretty soon. I hope it's a good ode. I grabbed all kinds of PS1 shit from Japan a couple of years ago and it's just been sitting.

>>12401039
Make something of it. Of you

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Check it out.

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Original board, but repro everything else.

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>>12362391
Leaving these here for the future development. I might be home around Monday to thinker with it. Might also install Region switch + DFO board if successful

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>>12401039
S-tier ODE. Just werks and install is easy with magnification.

>>12401868
I'll have to check it out.

Never done a repair myself nor know how to solder, the closest to me ever touching a motherboard was to cut a trace. Where should I start specifically for learning how to solder?

>>12403205
watch a youtube video, then build a soldering kit for an FM radio or something.

>>12400997
Anyone got a good source of the rubber contact pads for 3-button Mega Drive controllers? Either dpad variant is fine, I've got loads of half-working ones that just need new rubbers.

>>12403227
Damn I know where you can get some good ones for 6 button and even fucking master system but not the 3 button controller

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I have an unusual one here. I recently bought a JN-100 Game boy sewing machine, and it had a bunch of issues from the previous owners mishandling it and/or repairing/reassembling it incorrectly, but the one thing I ended up being unable to do anything about was... a micro switch?.. At the bobbin winder that tells the sewing machine the position of the bobbin winder and tells it that it's ok to start winding it.
It was cracked and the insides of it were missing. The sewing machine will still function thankfully, it just doesn't wind the bobbin for more than 3-4 seconds, which isn't required for the actual sewing.
I found an identical looking micro switch on the sewing machine elsewhere, but I'm not gonna mess with it because I fear it might break too.
Does anyone know what these types of micro switches are called/where I can find one? Or if there's something I can put in there that's equivalent to this to fix it with?
picrel, the game boy powered sewing machine

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>>12404107
And the microswitch elsewhere on the sewing machine that's the same as the broken one.

>>12404107
Don't see people repairing that everyday, that's for sure. Holy shit

>>12404143
The guy I bought it from sent it wrapped in cardboard and duct tape, no padding. I was so mad.
But it seems like all the things that were broken on it or misaligned happened from a previous owner's shitty repairs or reassembly, so getting it in proper working order was a little bit of a nightmare, especially not having worked on a sewing machine before.

>>12404154
>The guy I bought it from sent it wrapped in cardboard and duct tape, no padding.
Enough about your sex tape. Have you done anything that fits OPs neediness?

>>12405105
Yeah he did, he asked for help.

>>12404108
Ok so.. While I was searching for micro switches on aliexpress ( and google ) and getting 0 results for what I needed, I ended up adding a different microswitch to my cart that I hoped would somewhat fit. And then suddenly it gave me a suggested listing that was the exact micro switch I needed, so I found the part now!
If anyone wants to see this thing opened up I can take some pictures when the part arrives and I replace it.

>>12400997
My Sega cd stopped working. The cd spindle sits too low now ): might take a whack at it soon

>>12406216
I've had this with my Saturn years ago, noticed it because the discs would ride on the plastic. I was actually able to just pull it up and it worked fine after.

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Ive been getting better with my pathetic soldering skill, going thru my old gbc. I got the headphone jack off, apart and cleaned up fixing an intermittent speaker.

Got my OOA cart working again by sweating all the processor pins too, but it might need a battery.

>>12404107
So when you get it working, get a webm for us? Would be cool to see.

>>12406238
I can try, I did order a foot pedal, because without that it might be hard to video with only two hands.

>>12405613
Nice glad you found a suitable part. I was afraid some jerry rigging would need to happen with a different switch

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Maybe ten years ago I installed a screen back light into my childhood GBC using a butane torch and plumbing solder. Makes me cringe thinking about how bad that is but ya know what? it still works!

>>12406368
That's hardcore, but you can't argue with results! I was surprised to see that backlighting the gb colors is way easier than the regular gameboys. It's definitely a super rare mod though. All you have to do is snip the metal off the back of the screen and then peel off the foam. Then you can shine a light straight through the screen and you're done. The reflector inside the display is transflective, so light can pass right through the back of it and light the screen. But it does have horrible contrast that way. And it's basically impossible to disassemble the screen to remove the transflective layer. Anyways, it's cool to see somebody who did that mod.

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Patched up my OOA cart again, had a bit of artifacting on the boot screen. Seems to be 100% now.

Starting in on a copy of Yellow, hard to see in the pic but the front of the cart has some kinda white dusty corrision, the back... You can speculate based on the back of the case. Still works now, must be one of those Nintendium units.

The gbc itself is coming along, trying to figure out why the start/select buttons need extra pressure to work.

>>12401690
Well I did some tinkering with new chips and same result, no sound, same errors. I consider this console dead and for parts. Luckily, I have a spare, working console. I will install region switch board there.

>>12401039
It's not a hard install if you know how to solder and it's by far my best experience with an ODE.
Just be sure to use a GOOD microsd card.
I also recommend installing an IGR board so you can reset with the controller.

>>12401690
Just installed this. Nothing to write home about, 10 wires, done. Nice piece of kit but kinda disappointing how it works and what it offers compared to Super CIC for SNES. Also tested chink X7 clone, pretty good for the price

>>12409338
>Super CIC for SNES
I’m still mad I botched this install twice. Now I have 2 SNES that won't read cartridges and I don't know why.

>>12410605
dunno maybe reinstall CIC chip?

>>12410839
I did, both consoles. Sometimes games worked for a few minutes, ran a burn-in test cart and everything was ok. No ideia what the actual issue is.

>>12410878
PPU's pins on their place?

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>>12400997
>2010
>me & friend, middle school age
>new games suck. playing gb tetris or pokemon blue
>flip over gbc
> "dude what if we prank called nintendo"
>"no way they still have that number, it's gotta be a sex line"
>call
>bored 20-something answers. didn't expect
>"uhh, hey, can you guys like, fix a gamecube controller"
>"sure. $40 after shipping or delivering to the nearest Nintendo Authorized Repair Center, which looks like Seattle. what's your credit card #?"
>"oh, uh, lemme think about it, thanks"
never dared to disrespect the big n again

>>12412064
>2010
>retarded
>2026
>still retarded

>>12410878
Not the same issue, but I have a SFC that only does sound during burn in test for sound at 7, then dies shortly after. Redid the caps and it didn't fix it, some dude online says it's the audio mixing chip for which there is no aftermarket one. I guess what I'm getting at is that SNES/SFC chips just kind of suck and are prone to failure :(

>>12401104
>>12401086
nogga you just unscrewed the screw and placed it in a new case

i oughtta slap the black off yo dumb ass

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Soldered a mod chip Aladin on my Xbox 1.6, tried and the logo didn't appeared, so resoldered some points I found iffy, well again no Aladin chip logo, then I discover it's the fake clone one. I ordered another one this time already preflashed and compatible hope it's just that in case I have to resolder the PLC Rebuild I have others just it's too fucking boring to resolder everything. If the thread is till up next week I'll let you anons know how it's going.
I'm the guy in the previous thread who talked about that I needed to mod my Xbox 1.6 since Christmas and fixed the PsP analog stick, now I found the time to mod the xbox.

>>12411502
I'm pretty sure I reverted the mod on both consoles, so yeah. Strangest thing is that I have the same symptoms for both and I didn't even use the same SuperCIC board.
I remember seeing some smoke around the controller port board the very first time I did the mod and the LED would change color and keep cycling through all modes.

>>12412143
it had been in a damaged case for fifteen years and I finally had the means to replace it. if you can't respect that, get out of my thread.

>>12412143
yeah hey so I decided I'm underreacting, feel free to make your own /diy/ generals from now on

>>12412756
I don't have a 1.6 specifically but in my experience those xbox boards just suck all the heat away when you stick in the header for those modchips. You have to really fucking do a good job with the heat and flux and make sure your connections are solid. If I did another one I would heat the board up a little bit first with some hot air.

>>12413591
Infact I'm not even sure I did everything right, the Aladin chip is turning on i see the led get on, but I fear that yeah it means a current is passing but it doesn't mean it works, for now by looking and done some test everything flows, but I fear i didn't do the correct stuff, anyway I put it back together and waiting for a new Aladin chip that I'm sure it works (already pre flashed for 1.6) and that will be the proof of my work, in case I'll resolder like I said.
Thanks for the advice maybe if I need to redo the job I'll do it.

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Yep it's party time. I've had this shit for a couple of years now and I didn't think to grab caps for the power supply at the time. That can wait until next time.

>>12416296
>I've had this shit for a couple of years now
heh I was in the same situation. Had a board for a few, installed Xstation aaand... Video DAC shitted the bed

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I swapped all the chips from a trashed game to a PCB donor and actually did it correctly so now I have the game that works

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>>12413320

lol sybau

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>>12416473
That sucks. Is that relatively common for ps1 or did you get really unlucky?

>>12412064
>it's gotta be a sex line
ah, young padawan, you have much to learn. those were 1-900 numbers.

>>12417009
Very nice but what game is it u got there

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>>12418659
I've never seen a PS1 DAC die, it's almost always caps. I did a psone recently and after a recap it works and looks amazing. Went from no picture or output of any kind to reading burned games flawlessly with zero skipping.

>>12418779
Buu's fury and GT Transformation Pack
Used a Over the Edge game as a donor

>>12417751
torch passed, don't disappoint me cocky

>>12418659
>>12418824
dunno, I did a video circuit decap during xstation installation. To be fair I bought that board years ago and never tested it so it was probably fucked way before that

>>12418982
Good trade

>>12405613
Make a yt video of you repairing it. Would be neat

>>12406368
Do the colors show through well?

>>12420189
I don't really have a camera to set up like that to be able to do that, but it wouldn't be a super interesting repair, the part that needs fixing is right underneath the shell of the sewing machine and simply is screwed to a bracket and has 2 wires soldered to it, most of the video would be taking screws out of the case and removing the case.
I'll definitely take pics though. And I'll try to take a video of trying out some sewing patterns and embroidering a name.

>>12420191
Nah, everything is kinda muted looking and it burns through batteries way faster.

>>12421019
What did you use for a lighting element?

>>12406368
>and plumbing solder
kek. i also did this. got some solder from my dad, i could never manage to make a decent connection with it and my iron struggled to melt it. i thought my iron was shit and i was shit at soldering. turned out to be plumbing solder which is not for electronics and has a higher melting point.

still changed to pots in my guitar and soldered a modchip in a psx i picked up for a fren, one of the wires did come loose on the chip after a while tho.

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Is this the best option for refreshing n64 joysticks?

Has anybody had luck with cap replacements improving read reliability of a fat PS2? I have one which seems prone to choppiness on cutscenes (I dumped the disc and it read quickly without errors, so even though the disc is a bit scratched, it isn't enough to impact playback as bad as it does on my PS2)

>>12421385
Definitely not. If you want a great result you need to pay more than is reasonable and be patient for parts to drop. Koomba64 is one thing you could google as an example. It's a whole autistic rabbit hole of multiple individuals who make parts and put them up for sale. The kitsch bent parts can save totally fucked controllers in a pinch but they won't be good as new. My gf got me some random ascii turbo controllers for Christmas and they're both much better than my kitsch bent pads. With kitsch bent, I can't run at full speed in goemon without pressing hard. But many other games are more tolerant of the kitsch bent. Maybe you could get lucky with them and put together a truly acceptable stick if you bought the 4 pairs and cherry picked the best parts for one favorite controller.

>>12421426
>improving read reliability of a fat PS2?
dont waste your time with fat ps2 lasers, i used to repair them at a company that would repair electronics for a major retailer here in the UK.

ive repaired at least a thousand myself, we used to get laser units directly from sony though they would only send us maybe 100-200 of them, 10 people doing 20 ps2s a day we didnt have anywhere near enough to replace them on every console that needed one, so most time spent was adjusting the pots trying to squeeze some life out of it, 99% of the consoles we sent out were barely working they were that shit, if i remember right even changing the laser for a brand new one directly from sony wasnt guaranteed to be a 100% fix. theres more to the drive failures than just the laser.

my advice is get a HDD for your fat or get a ps2 slim. FYI my first ps2 from new started having trouble reading discs after a year to year and a half.