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  1. Hobbyist or repairer

    Fixing a Commodore 1541 Disk Drive

    Adrian's Digital Basement

    Out comes the oscilloscope for a dead Commodore 1541 disk drive, a short board model with an Alps mechanism, which the maker sets out to fix.

  2. Hobbyist or repairer

    Commodore Amiga 500+ - Corrosion & More

    GadgetUK - Retro Gaming Repairs & Mods

    Corrosion and odd behaviour once it boots are the problems on this Amiga 500+, a donated machine the channel works through after getting it running.

  3. Hobbyist or repairer

    Amiga 3000 "Flicker Fixer" repair strategies

    Adrian's Digital Basement

    The Amiga 3000's Flicker Fixer circuitry was damaged by a leaking NiCd battery, and this finale sets out how the maker plans to repair it, citing a linked article.

  4. Hobbyist or repairer

    Richards Childhood Amiga 500 With Original Varta!

    Chris Edwards Restoration

    An Amiga 500 with original Varta battery damage gets a new CIA, ROM work, a resistor removed and an LS157N mouse controller chip, followed by a deep clean and repainted metal.

  5. Hobbyist or repairer

    Super Nintendo/Famicom faulty CPU or PPU repair

    Retro Console Repairs & Mods

    Black screens, corrupt graphics and games that refuse to load on a Super Nintendo can point to a faulty CPU or PPU, and the maker sets out tips for diagnosing it.

  6. Hobbyist or repairer

    Restoration of the Revolutionary UnMouse

    Branchus Creations

    Getting an UnMouse working has to come before judging it. Branchus Creations links a plus and minus power supply module, and the Pico ATX unit that failed along the way.

  7. Hobbyist or repairer

    UltraHDMI HW2 HDMI Port Repair

    makho

    A broken mini HDMI socket on an UltraHDMI HW2 board gets replaced using a hot plate and flux, with the part and tools listed under the video.

  8. Hobbyist or repairer

    SNK MVS MV4F No Boot Fix

    Arcade Laboratory

    Neo Geo MV4 no boot repair begins here, with board cleaning, soldering a surface mount RAM chip and fault finding, plus talk of the custom chips, boot process and test methods.

  9. Hobbyist or repairer

    Restoring Vintage Macintosh Treasure!

    Branchus Creations

    What is inside two bags of mystery Macintosh hardware, and can any of it be restored? Branchus Creations opens Bag A and Bag B in turn to find out.

  10. Hobbyist or repairer

    Sony Trinitron CRT KV G14B1 RGB Mod

    Arcade Laboratory

    Sony Trinitron KV-G14B1 gets an RGB input modification, with the maker working from schematics and showing how to adjust the RGB and sync voltages so the set is not overdriven.

  11. Hobbyist or repairer

    Composite Signal Waveform Introduction

    Arcade Laboratory

    A composite video signal is read on an oscilloscope, with the maker explaining blanking periods, colour burst phase and scope triggering, then tracking a bad signal on a Mega Drive 2 video adapter.

  12. Hobbyist or repairer

    Midway Galaga Arcade PCB Repair

    Arcade Laboratory

    Replacing sockets, reset and enable circuit chips and removing a shorted trace brings a Midway Galaga board back, using a Fluke 1090A to chase reset, ROM and RAM faults.

  13. Hobbyist or repairer

    Nintendo Punch Out Arcade PCB Repair

    Arcade Laboratory

    Overcurrent damage to a Nintendo Punch-Out arcade board is narrowed to the audio amplifier circuit and an LA324 chip, with repairs to battery leakage damage as well.

  14. Hobbyist or repairer

    SOL-20 museum restoration, PART I

    The Byte Attic

    The power supply of a Processor Technology SOL-20 is restored by replacing only the original parts that need it, including reforming bulk capacitors, in the first part of a museum series.

  15. Hobbyist or repairer

    How To Service A CRT Monitor

    Noel's Retro Lab

    Noel's Retro Lab fixes a monochrome Amstrad CRT monitor and sets out working practices for a kind of set the maker describes as dangerous.

  16. Hobbyist or repairer

    Socket 7 motherboard repair - endless faults!

    Tony359 | Tony's Tinkering Shop

    Endless faults, in the maker's words, turn up on an uncommon ASK ATX55C Socket 7 board that Tony359 sets out to revive, starting with jumper setup and a first power up.

  17. Hobbyist or repairer

    AMPTRON PM-9600 Socket 7 motherboard repair

    Tony359 | Tony's Tinkering Shop

    An Amptron PM-9600 Socket 7 board with the TX Two chipset is worked through from jumper setup and first power up to troubleshooting its voltage supply.

  18. Hobbyist or repairer

    Oric Repair: The "Impossible" RAM Failure

    Noel's Retro Lab

    Why would an Oric Atmos show an "impossible" RAM failure? Noel's Retro Lab expects a fairly routine repair and ends up hunting for where the fault really lies.

  19. Hobbyist or repairer

    Restoring a 1976 Wang 2200F mini-computer, Part 1

    The Byte Attic

    Without a microprocessor, this 1976 Wang 2200F mini-computer runs on 113 discrete TTL chips. Episode 1 gives an overview, then takes the machine apart to look at its digital and analogue cards.

  20. Hobbyist or repairer

    PCChips M921 486 motherboard repair

    Tony359 | Tony's Tinkering Shop

    A faulty 486 motherboard, later identified by the maker as a PCChips M921, is troubleshot by Tony359 with advice from the Vogons forum, and a reference page is linked.

  21. Hobbyist or repairer

    Atari Lynx II Recap & BennVenn Install

    New Retro Repair

    The Atari Lynx II gets new capacitors and a BennVenn LCD in place of its original screen, with a hot air station and microscope among the tools listed.

  22. Hobbyist or repairer

    Garbled Screen! Amstrad CPC 464 Video Failure

    Noel's Retro Lab

    Why does an Amstrad CPC 464 show a garbled screen? Noel's first suspect, the CRT controller, turns out to be wrong, and the hunt moves through power, the gate array, ROM, Z80 and RAM.

  23. Hobbyist or repairer

    Rebuilding A Commodore 64 Power Supply

    Retro Hack Shack

    Rebuilding a Commodore 64 power supply means removing the potting, rewiring around a modern 5V module, testing, and tracing the machine's wires, with alternatives to rebuilding discussed.

  24. Hobbyist or repairer

    IPS Kit Ribbon Repair (Part 1 of 2)

    makho

    A torn funnyplaying GBA IPS kit ribbon has two repair routes, scraping back the solder mask to reach the traces or soldering onto the components instead.

  25. Hobbyist or repairer

    BBC Micro - Part Two: Full Refurbishment

    The Retro Shack

    A BBC Micro is refurbished and detailed back towards factory condition in part two of a series, which also reaches the machine's Ashtray and finds problems in its power supply.

  26. Hobbyist or repairer

    Fixing An IBM 5154 EGA Monitor For #DOScember

    Retro Hack Shack

    A non-working IBM 5154 EGA monitor is bought to see if it can be saved from the recyclers, and the maker tests capacitors, replaces transistors and chases a grounding fault.

  27. Hobbyist or repairer

    Don't Let an Old Power Supply Fry Your Commodore 64!

    RavenWolf Retro Tech

    Old power supplies can fail and damage a Commodore 64, according to the maker, who builds a replacement and discusses what goes wrong in the originals and which voltages the machine uses.

  28. Hobbyist or repairer

    Yet Another GBA SP Battery Mod

    makho

    Can a GBA SP hold more charge? The maker builds a replacement lithium pack, aiming to lift capacity from 550mAh to about 900mAh.

  29. Hobbyist or repairer

    Adjusting CRT Convergence

    Retro Tech

    Colour fringing on a Sony PVM 1353MD is dealt with by positioning the deflection yoke and turning the adjustment rings on the tube neck.

  30. Hobbyist or repairer

    What's Wrong With This Dead Vectrex?

    Retro Tech Repair

    What is wrong with a totally dead Vectrex bought as junk on eBay? The maker diagnoses the fault, after warning that the CRT can hold a deadly charge even when switched off.

  31. Hobbyist or repairer

    Troubleshooting a "black screen" C64

    Adrian's Digital Basement

    A Commodore 64 mainboard (assembly 250407) powers up to a black screen, and the maker troubleshoots it, with links on PLA chips and on how the maker removes chips.

  32. Hobbyist or repairer

    Modding a TV for RGB - Part 2

    The 8-Bit Guy

    Part two of an RGB input mod for a consumer CRT television continues the work on the set, with a forum thread linked under the video for the mod itself.

  33. Hobbyist or repairer

    0x001B.2 - Solid Polymer ReCap of Mac Classic II

    Tech Tangents

    The Macintosh Classic II board gets solid polymer capacitors in a follow-up to the earlier repair, and the maker regrets assuming tantalum parts for the 47uF positions could not be found.

  34. Hobbyist or repairer

    0x001B.1 - Macintosh Classic II Repair

    Tech Tangents

    After a Macintosh Classic II turned unreliable, Tech Tangents opens the case and cleans leaked electrolytic fluid off the board, calling it a stopgap until the capacitors are replaced.

  35. Hobbyist or repairer

    IBM PCjr Repair and Restoration

    The 8-Bit Guy

    The 8-Bit Guy restores an IBM PCjr to its original condition and also repairs a monitor that was damaged while being shipped, with a guest channel linked.

  36. Hobbyist or repairer

    Laser XT Restoration

    The 8-Bit Guy

    Can two broken Laser XT compact computers make one working machine? The 8-Bit Guy tries to combine them, alongside a complete restoration of the result.

  37. Hobbyist or repairer

    Commodore PET Repair and Restore

    The 8-Bit Guy

    A Commodore PET from the late 1970s gets its keyboard repaired, its screen brightened and its case cleaned by The 8-Bit Guy, who goes through each job in turn.

  38. Hobbyist or repairer

    Tuning up a Dell M992 CRT monitor

    Adrian's Digital Basement

    A free 19 inch Dell M992 CRT monitor, built by Samsung in 2002, arrives filthy and beaten up, and Adrian's Digital Basement sets about tuning it up.