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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Console Chat => Topic started by: vestcoat on June 08, 2011, 10:14:09 AM
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I miss being able to just play games without having to constantly fix them and keep a box of spare parts in the closet.
Today - found a cleaning kit that fits a hucard slot and got my old Miria converter to work for the first time in three years.
Yesterday - took a rare chance with a CD-R and jammed my Duo lens. Took it apart, fixed it, and spent an hour getting the little plastic tray to sit right without rubbing on discs.
Last week - replaced N64 control stick, replaced battery in Super Mario Kart.
Last month - noticed that the "start" buttons on three different SNES controllers didn't work. Took 'em apart, cleaned 'em.
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Within the last month or so I:
Disassembled and cleaned both my Turbo Stick and NES Advantage. It's amazing how much better they work now.
Also disassembled the NES and bent in the pins in on the 72-pin connector to get a little more life out of it.
And cleaned the contacts on my NES and SNES games.
Sometimes I feel like I spend as much time maintaining the games as I do playing them :) But is sure is nice to be able to pop a game in and have it work without having to fiddle with it a bunch.
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I guess some of your trouble would be alleviated if you a) avoided converters, b) avoided CDRs, and c) avoided the N64 all together.
Luckily the SNES thing was an easy fix.
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I guess some of your trouble would be alleviated if you a) avoided converters, b) avoided CDRs, and c) avoided the N64 all together.
Hmmm...you might be on to something there.
I like the Miria converter though. Now that it's clean it loads up on the first try every time and, unlike a region mod, I can play imports on multiple systems.
Forgot one:
Two weeks ago - ordered a brand-new Fighting Sword 6-button controller for 3DO (another one of Zeta's favorite systems :wink: ). It arrived and didn't even fit in the console until I shaved some plastic off the controller plug. Tried it out and right away one button didn't work and one turbo switch didn't work. I fixed it, but it's still a shitty controller and not even worth using. I bought it because it looked like the PCE Hori Fighting Commander
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I actually enjoy doing this stuff. The first thing I do when I get a new piece of hardware is take it apart and clean it.
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Yeah, I enjoy it as well... I guess it's part of the "charm" of keeping up with a hobby that's 20+ years old. :D
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I was fixing INTV controllers
and then I got annoyed and threw the INTV in a box and said screw this stupid console.
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I actually enjoy doing this stuff. The first thing I do when I get a new piece of hardware is take it apart and clean it.
It's fun, but I'm tired of having a backlog of stuff I need to fix. Currently awaiting repair: TGCD, 2 TurboExpress units, another N64 controller, another 3DO controller, 2 Genesis controllers, AC adapter for SMS II, and my Power Base Converter.
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i need to fix 2 genni controllers
my kid chewed the cords
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My black CDROM2 keeps dying on me. Plus I noticed my retrobrited Core/CDROM2 are yellow again :(
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Yeah, mine is yellow too. Nowhere near as bad though.
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Turbo button on NES Max Pad...ahem!...Max CONTROLLER stopped working.
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Push the turbo button Max.
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The 8-Track in a 1977 Oldsmobile '98
It sacrificed a Yes album to the gods as it died a screaming death on the way to le werk .
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Sega Saturn Virtua Fighters arcade stick, had it for a while now, plugged the beast in and the saturn doesn't respond to it.
Maybe I'll pop it open and see if I can figure out whats what.
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Tried and failed to fix my Power Base converter today. It's been cranking the sound effects way louder than the music and I've heard they have capacitor issues, so I figured replacing the three electrolytic caps would do the trick...Nope.
Could it be the disc caps?
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disc caps rarely fail.
corrosion is much more likely
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I've been working on a broken NEC branded laseractive. So far I've repaired the power supply board thatvhad gotten cracked.... straightened the bent case (which was causing the tray to jam) .... swapped out the entire laser / tray mechanism that had a single non replaceable but essential piece broken... now all the mechanicals work but it wont read / spin up discs ](*,)
Next up... laser swap and spindle swap.
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5 disc Sony DVD player, tray doesn't spin.
Yeah, this counts!
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My turbo duo decided to stop playing cd audio. Guess it's time for a cap overhaul. Guess I'll put it next to my turbo express that has no audio :(
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My coffeemaker melted, and started on fire!
The espresso side of it died a horrible death last year, so i guess this was coming :shock:
Nothing like the smell of burning plastic to get your attention.
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LOL! After upgrading and getting my Fresh also speedy and awesome, the HDD died.
It's been making odd clicking noises for awhile and Ultima Underworld would never boot
from HDD anyways, so I'm not too surprised by this, just hillarious that it happened about
3 hours after upgrading it.
Thankfully the HDD is optional, as the games auto-boot from power on, and even Towns OS
will run straight from CD. Only thing I've really lost is Windows 3.1 which i never use anyways.
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Gotta fix the region switch mod I made for my Neo Geo CDZ. At least it is stuck in original Japanese mode, but this sucks for older games with no language selection like KOF95. I like reading the SNK Engrish and no censorship.
A while back I had to repair my Neo Geo CDZ power supply as well. The board inside was cracked and I had to solder a thick gauged wire from one connection to the other. Beats having to hunt down a CDZ PSU. I make sure it's unplugged when not playing the system just in case.
Other than that, my stuff has being doing ok actually. A couple years ago I did the cap swap and new laser on my US Turbo Duo. Later on my original SNES acted all weird with mode 7 effects, the cursor on Final Fantasy 3 went all over the place and then it died. I replaced it, then my PSU had a wire short and had to replace that.
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I've got two Laseractive Sega pacs, one US and one JPN, that both died a horrible capacitor leakage induced death. I've tried and tried to track down the trace or via that is keeping them from booting, but alas I am near the end of my patience with them. :(
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I'm pretty bummed about losing this:
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c256/ClarkJames/S7301126.jpg)
I crashed it in the Ozarks and shorted something in the electrical system. I couldn't get it fixed and tried to make it home replacing fuses and batteries until some more stuff fried and left me on I35 in Missouri yesterday.
It was an '82, almost as old as me. I learned how to ride on it, took it to Canada and the East Coast, and kept it running for seven years. RIP.
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Shouldn't be too bad to find a full wiring harness for it. It'll ride again!
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No, I couldn't afford to transport it back to MPLS. :cry:
I had a salvage company tow it away and rode home on my buddy's bike.
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Oh Im sorry to hear that :( any way you can call the salvage company back?
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Yeah, but it was a $500 bike in 2004. If I called the salvage company and got it back they'd want some form of payment for the tow and storage and then I'd be looking at hundreds of dollars in truck rental and/or gas to drive 350 miles one way, 700 round trip. After that, I'd still have to meticulously rewire the entire bike and replace any components that burnt out. The rest of the bike is decent mechanically, but it needs a new swing arm bushing and, sometime in the next ten years, valve work, new forks, and a new head gasket.
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It sounds like there is some sentimental value to that bike however... it might be worth it to get it even if youdont fix it for a few years.
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Fixed a Jaguar CD today. Unfortunately it was more fun to fix than to play.
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what was broken? those stinkers are more fragile prone than my grandmas bones, I've heard.
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My Duo-r wasn't reading cd's last night :cry: and I couldn't get my Saturn's mutitap to work while I had friends over that wanted to play Guardian Heroes :x
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sux :(
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Yesterday -
Van didn't start. Something wrong with the starter.
My desktop crashed.
Laptop got the "Google Redirect Virus"
Sewing machine started making grinding noises and gobbling thread from the bobbin.
Yes, Mercury is retrograde!
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My 17 year old BMW blew up its radiator today. Ahh well mother $300 down the drain :(
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oh were going all out now? Cracked my work laptop screen a month ago now Im on a loaner from work and the battery is shot so I have it plugged into my power inverter which then blew the fuse in my truck. I go to use my blackberry and the screen goes all mumbly jumbly and I'm getting a billion calls while Im driving to look up stuff for work. Then Im working and I notice someone stole my friggen Ipod out of my truck...........
Then I go home and my DVR box has a messed up hard drive and erased everything
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Damn elabit! You need a beer!
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My lawnmower died today. :( I have an 85% new looking back yard.
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I have an 85% new looking back yard.
LOL, awesome.
My muffler is apparently not working any more, and it's vintage 1994....
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Wiper motor died today.
F&%$