Cleaning
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A full PS4 DualShock 4 teardown: replacing worn thumbstick grips, changing the battery, cleaning the buttons and refitting the fiddly triggers.
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A BBC Micro Model B arrives with an MMC interface fitted: a clean up, a look at the cards in the box and a test of loading games from MMC.
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A tub from Gareth Chapman with two untested computers, an Amstrad CPC 6128 and an Atari 520STFM, plus two joysticks and an MP1 modulator.
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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.
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Master System game not booting? I open an Olympic Gold cartridge with a 4.5mm Gamebit and clean both sides of the contacts with isopropyl alcohol.