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Atari 7800 General Troubleshooting
If your Atari 7800 is having issues, check the below general troubleshooting information for help. Several conditions can occur that can cause the 7800 no…
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GameCube Trusted Sellers and Hardware List
Black Dog Technology u/Citrus3000PSI - Modding parts Castlemania Games - Modding tools, parts, accessories Console5 - Parts and accessories Digikey - Elec…
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CRT displays CPD-G520
The Sony GDM-G520 is a 21" class PC CRT Monitor from Sony FD Trinitron brand. Compared to the predecessor CPD-G500, model G520 premiered a new chassis, de…
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CRT displays Trinitron IK Circuit
The Trinitron IK circuit ("IK" meaning "Cathode Current") is a protection circuit appearing on all Sony Trinitron designs starting around the mid-1990s. I…
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Genesis / Mega Drive No Display (Power LED ON)
This is a basic troubleshooting guide for more advanced Genesis faults where the system turns on, but displays only a black screen. Often times this can b…
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Xbox 360 Controller Repair
The Xbox 360 controller is the standard gamepad for the Xbox 360 console, produced in both wired and wireless variants. Common issues include analog stick…
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Original Xbox Playing Game Backups (Spanish)
Para poder jugar copias de seguridad en una Xbox modificada, es posible que tengas que convertirlas a un formato compatible. En esta página se explican lo…
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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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Original Xbox Controller Repair
Both versions of the original Xbox controller are relatively simple to disassemble, clean, and perform basic maintenance. The thumbsticks' rubber grips wi…
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PlayStation 3 General Troubleshooting
If you encounter any issues with your PS3, the solution may be here! Specific error codes can be found on this page in the PS3 devwiki. If you are having …
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SG-1000 No Power
Although the SG-1000 is a fairly hardy console, there are several conditions which could cause the system not to power on. Fortunately the system has fair…
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ColecoVision 5V VRAM Mod
The ColecoVision uses the TMS9928/9929 VDP, which requires the use of eight chips to provide 16 KB of video RAM (VRAM). Specifically, the ColecoVision use…
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Odyssey² Garbage Screen Fix
When you turn on your Odyssey 2, it may display a screen with garbage or scrambled symbols and shapes. This always occurs if you turn the console on witho…
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CRT displays PVM-1343MD
Repair Guides Power on, tally light, no response from buttons, no picture displayed. Technical Bulletins PVM-1343MD File Name Purpose 301993085.pdf Techni…
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CRT displays PVM-1340
Technical Bulletins PVM-1340 File Name Purpose 301992049.pdf RESISTANCE VALUES FOR CP101– CP113 301992099.pdf Technical Bulletin 92-099R. Part Registratio…
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FM Towns Marty PSU Repair Guide
First of all Marty was originally designed to use 100V in Japan. You can use it in a 120V country with a 20% overvoltage but for long term use it isn't re…
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FM Towns Marty Floppy Drive Repair
Marty uses a brittle and trash FDD called Matsushita EME-215 or EME-216. It is also used coincidentally by more expensive MSX computers such as MSX-A1GT. …
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FM Towns Marty Doc Brown
Doc Brown is an ODE created by Deunan to revive FM Towns Marty. Marty drive is known to be made of paper and it is almost classified as a repair part due …
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TurboGrafx-16 Disc Drive Repair
For general disc drive repair steps, see this page. For an in-depth repair guide, see the PC Engine Fans site.
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Atari 5200 Controller Repair
Almost all Atari 5200 controllers seem to eventually fail whether they were heavily used or not. The most common symptom is that buttons fail to register …
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Game Boy Advance Repair Tools
All revisions of the Game Boy Advance use the same driver bits. Game Boy Advance AGB-001, Game Boy Advance SP AGS-001/101, Game Boy Micro OXY-001 iFixIt T…
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Game Boy Color Patches for Monochrome Games
List of fan colorized gameboy games. (CURRENTLY DEFUNCT: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6224/) Spanish translation: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/728…
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Super Nintendo Replacement Shell
The following are options for replacement shells.
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NES Lightgun Repair
This page lists common issues with lightguns and their fixes. The original light gun released predated the NES Zapper and was made for the Famicom. This l…
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