Repairs & Restorations
Step by step retro console and computer repairs: diagnosing faults, recapping, power supply repairs, cleaning up battery and fire damage, and restoring machines to working order.
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The first group fix: a very sick Spectrum 128K toastrack with every capacitor cut free at one end. The Facebook group decides what happens next.
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A Spectrum 48K+ from my to-fix pile turned out to have a rare AMI SAGA-1A ULA. I test it, check the picture and measure how cool it runs against a Ferranti ULA.
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I open up a scrapheap Spectrum +3 to find out what is rattling, find a loose Z80 with mashed pins, and try an ill-advised power on.
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A Samsung 40 inch LCD TV that just clicks and never turns on, fixed by spotting and replacing two worn 1000uF 25V capacitors on the power board, with ESR meter results.
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A loud Dreamcast is usually dried-out grease in the GD-ROM drive. Here’s the full step-by-step to lift the laser assembly, re-grease it and reassemble safely.