Power Supply Repair
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A comedically addressed box of Atari hardware for repair: a non-working Jaguar with a risky multi-voltage PSU, a boxed Team Tap and a surprise Lynx that would not turn on.
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The CPC 464 needs 5V at 2A, so I put the right plug on a spare adapter to replace a buzzing MP1. The method works; the cheap socket didn’t.
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A Dreamcast that randomly reboots or resets once it warms up usually has corroded power supply pins. Here is how I lift the PSU and clean them.
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Why the fix videos dried up in autumn 2013, and the project list waiting on the bench: a CPC 464 RAM fault, a guruing A1200, a dusty GBA and more.
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An MFS Quicktip: how to check the 7805 regulator in a ZX Spectrum 48K with a cheap multimeter, from the PSU plug to the 5V output pin.