Some time ago, I had the chance to buy a used PlayStation 2 for cheap because it was sold as “defective.” In fact, the console was unable to read any discs, whether DVD or CD. […]
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PSP Go : screen replacement and microSD storage
The PSP Go is a pretty good version to play with original hardware on the go, as it is the smallest version of the console. It has however 2 mains drawbacks : its limited internal […]
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Pimped socket 7 / BabyAT with K6-II 400 + Riva 128
Back in the nineties, I was using boosted Amiga computers and a Playstation, not a PC. Of course, I had the chance to play Doom on my father’s PS/2 with its 486SLC, but I did […]
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Nintendo DSi XL touch panel replacement
I recently had to replace the touch panel of my Nintendo DSi XL : it was not working anymore and some games were even crashing while touching the screen. I think it is worth replacing […]
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Pimped Amiga 600
Amiga computers are by far my preferred retrocomputing machines. Several years ago, I owned multiple ones: A500, A2000 + SCSI, A1200 (+68060, tower, Zorro 2 bus, C64/3D) and ultimately a marvelous Amiga 4000 PPC with […]
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Revive the colors of an original Famicom
With all the photos we can found on the internet, we tends to forget that the orignal Famicom colors are plain white and dark red. Over the time, the white part tends to become yellowish. […]
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PC-Engine DUO : repairing / expanding the internal backup memory life
The PC-Engine DUO line of consoles has an internal memory to store game’s saves. But this memory is not like an SDCard as it needs to be powered in order to retain the data. Unless […]
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Atari Lynx 2 : replacing the speaker
One of the most common problem with the Atari Lynx 2 is bad sound output. It can becomes very low and / or kind of saturated. Usualy, the source of the problem is the speaker. […]
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PSP 3000 : changing an old and yellowish screen
From all PSP models, the 3000 serie is my favourite (I don’t like the sliding mecanism of the PSP GO). It has all 2000 serie’s advantages (thin, bigger battery, 64Mb of ram, better speakers) and […]
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Pc Engine duo : changing all capacitors
In the PC-Engine consoles line, the DUO is my favourite. It plays Hucards, all CD-Rom games (excepted Aracade ones) and has still a nice dark gray look despite its age. I know that the DUO-R […]
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