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Recommended Repair Equipment
The below recommendations are general recommendations for equipment targeted toward hobbyists looking to repair or mod electronics. Thermally conductive m…
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Original Xbox Original Xbox DLC
All Xbox DLC is stored in E:\TDATA\\$c\ where is the 8 digit Hex titleID of a game and is the 16digit offeringID of a DLC as shown below. For example the …
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Xbox 360 Motherboard Information
The motherboard used in beta XDKs and the finalized launch models. It has a 90 nm Waternoose CPU, 90 nm Y1 GPU, and 90 nm Edifis eDRAM. Commonly has leaky…
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PlayStation 3 Buying Guide
This page serves as a reference for information on each model of the PlayStation 3. These are all objectively based recommendations, with no bias for the …
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Xbox 360 Alternate Solder Points
Phat 3.3v, 5v, GND, and RGH 2 i2C J2B1 1.8V (Only if using an X360 ACE V1/V2/V3) Non-Xenon Xenon CPU_RST C7R112 R8C2 J8C1 Will not work with EXT_CLK. EXT_…
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PlayStation 4 Firmware Revert
This page will explain the process of reverting your console firmware, or "downgrading" as some might think of it. The PS4 saves the data of current and p…
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PlayStation 3 Installing CFW
To minimize the chance of bricking, do NOT skip any of the following sections. This process will use a recently released software hack to allow the instal…
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Xbox 360 RGH/RGH3
RGH 3 is a modern method of the Reset Glitch Hack that uses the SMC in the Xbox 360's southbridge instead of an external glitch chip in order to boot unsi…
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CRT displays CRT Repair Guide
Look up your model on this wiki and elsewhere to see if there are any common issues specific to your models. Some model families may have shared issues or…
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PlayStation 2 Scene History
This page documents the major events of the PS2’s history. March 2nd: Sony announces the PS2 and reveals its hardware details. April: Sony and Toshiba est…
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Original Xbox Front Panel Trace Repair
Some Xbox motherboards may develop issues communicating with the front panel buttons as they age. This failure is caused by the traces that connect to the…
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LaserActive PAC-S10 - Various Issues and Solutions
This page details several faults discovered while servicing various PAC-S10/S1 modules and their solutions. Most times, the Mega Drive/Genesis section of …
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Xbox 360 Error Codes
Generally, if there is a problem with the Xbox 360, the LEDs in the Ring of Light (ROL) around the power button will flash in a particular pattern. The pa…
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Genesis / Mega Drive FRAM Mod
The Sega CD holds saved games in a static RAM (SRAM) chip on its motherboard. The SRAM chip requires constant power in order to retain the game saves, whi…
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CRT displays Finding Local CRTs
People who post to community sales pages are becoming more aware of the renewed interest in CRT televisions and monitors. Often, many of these listings ty…
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CRT displays PVM-1954Q
https://crtdatabase.com/crts/sony/sony-pvm-1954q
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CRT displays Repair Technicians
ConsoleMods.org does not necessarily endorse any service technician or company listed here. United States Arizona Tucson/Chandler: aztvrepair.com - websit…
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LaserActive Pioneer Laseractive CLD-A100 Various Issues and Solutions
The biasing network design of the Laseractive makes it prone to major damage should one of it's voltage rails become absent. This page details various fai…
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Original Xbox XBMC-Emustation
XBMC-Emustation is a modification of XBMC made by Rocky5 for the original Xbox. The dashboard looks and acts like EmulationStation, being a front-end for …
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Main Page
Welcome to ConsoleMods.org! We are a collaborative community focused on collecting and preserving the ephemeral knowledge of console modifications, repair…
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Saturn FRAM Mod
The system memory in the Sega Saturn is held in a volatile SRAM memory chip, which is powered by a CR2032 battery. This battery is also responsible for po…
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Original Xbox Playing Game Backups
In order to play game backups on a modified Xbox, you will most likely need to convert them into a usable format first. This page will cover the various m…
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PlayStation 4 FAQ
Jailbreaking is, on a basic level, a term used when the console gets exploited to unlock various levels of the firmware that allows the access to many fea…
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PlayStation 3 Updating your Firmware
A video demonstration of this process can be found on MrMario2011's channel. Keep the following in mind: Make sure you have a FAT32 formatted USB drive th…
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