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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A Spectrum 48K board with half its parts missing, including the ULA. In part one I look at what’s gone and the new parts from ZX Renew that make a rebuild possible.
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An Amstrad CPC 464 found on a woodland walk, sent to me unopened. I open it on camera to see how bad years outdoors have left it.
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An Atari Lynx II that won’t power on, fixed by replacing the power stage components (Q12, D13, Q7, Q8, R74) and recapping the board with a Digital Delights kit.
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Can new capacitors cure the missing horizontal lines on an Atari Lynx II LCD? I recap one and test it, with surprising results.
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An Atari Lynx II that won’t load any games and shows INSERT GAME, fixed by cleaning the cartridge contacts and, crucially, the console’s cart slot.