Same here. I find his videos super interesting and relaxing. Also, it's very satisfying if the stuff he repairs is working again. Makes me wanna repair old cartridges and consoles myself!
Thanks a bunch!!! I have a few SNES carts with graphic issues and this is the first troubleshooting/repair video I’ve found to help guide me through what to investigate to determine and hopefully resolve the issue.
Just about to add that comment myself. I was cringing every time I saw metal scraping along those tiny copper traces. Definitely invest in a fiberglass pen. Same result with much less chance of making weak traces worse.
I actually had this same issue a few times a while ago. I also had an issue where the DSP-1 would glitch out on the tracks causing an unplayable glitchy mess that freaked me out. Turns out it was one of the pins in the cartridge slot that was bent.
With every next video Im slowly learning how to solder properly. But hey ! I may not be a total noob in terms of soldering. I brought back a Family Computer clone back to life ! Well to be fair the board was dead, so I replaced it with the new present day one, but kept the original AV output as well as controller ports plus on/off reset switches. The power port was broken, but I glued the LED plug into the place - it supports the same style barrel jack, plus the polarity can be easily reversed. Now I have a neatly looking clone in Genesis 2 style shell. It also costs me quite nothing. Unfortunately the present day clone I bought doesnt support the mapper on the 198 in 1 cartridge (Coolbaby copy, but it works okay, a great pickup if you need a multi game for the FC tests) , but seems to be perfectly okay with single games as well as older multicarts offering less than 40 different games. So I may say I saved a console !
hey there Adam how's it going hopefully fantastic , loved your videos saw every last one and yes I could have left a like but you would have received a like for every last one and I mean what kind of feed back is that ,the only thing that I can say is the videos that you go in depth about like changing capacitors adding jumper wire hear and there the long videos you have those are the one I love the most the boring ones ,idk I must be a bigger tech head than I thought ,but If and when you comeback maybe you can make some more long version of fixes on boards go a little more in-depth on fixing again idk how long your 9 to 5 is and major respect on keeping a job and doing videos on the side if you can that would be amazing I would really love that :0)
@South Jersey Gambler - Also the most expensive, due to their level of calibration and accuracy. Best to start with a $30 meter and then get a fluke if you need the accuracy...
Great content!! Just subbed. I'd like to ask you: after many years, I tried to boot up a PsOne (the little machine) and the screen only displays red and green, or green and blue, I'm not sure. A technician told me that this is related to the video processor's soldering points being loose and that this is very hard to fix, so I should instead look for a new console. Do you think it's true? Some days ago I tried to boot it up again and the console won't turn at all, but that's a different problem and it's easy to fix (it seems to be because of corrosion present inside the ac adapter, just some general cleaning). Do you think the video problem is not worth trying to fix? Should I just get a replacement?
Considering a psOne can be had for very cheap, id say that unless you're comfortable opening it up and attempting the fix yourself, it's probably not worth paying someone to fix it.
@@RetroRepairs Thanks for the reply! I'll do as you suggest. I just wanted to give the old friend a new chance. I've been always very careful with my consoles and it was a pain to see one of them working bad.
What kind of stuff should we be looking out for on eBay exactly? I don’t really want to spend €20-30 on a game that I’ll have no hope repairing! Thank you
Hello Retro! Great educational video. If I may, you could it use a flat tip for retracing the circuit. From my perspective via cam. Thanks for sharing!! 73, Joe k4jga
Hey man ! Would you be able to fix my personal Pokémon Emerald? I know you repair eBay game for yourself but to you do customers’ games? Please let me know and thank you !
I know this is good to change the battery but my old Zelda nes cartridge has my old game saved again and the cartridge has over 30 years old... I know in computer, you have to change the battery at every 2-3 years, but never changed one in cartridge and game are still saved. Do you know why?
Hi, I'm watching your videos since I started collecting gameboy games and I wanted to ask you something I'm about to buy a crystal pokemon cartridge in Japanese, but the problem is that I don't speak that language so I was wondering how I could do to translate the game, I've seen people swapping ROM chips between cartridges in Japanese with English and it works. But my question is, can I do this by putting a bootleg cartridge ROM in a Japanese cartridge? Buying a repro cartridge is very cheap, and I was wondering if I could perform this "operation" and that it would turn out well, as I told you between original cartridges it works, but I don't know if there is any problem between original and pirate cartridges to do this process PD: Maybe some more puritan collector considers this as a profanation of an original pokemon cartridge but hey, is that or learn Japanese xD
Can that corrosion "contaminate" games? I have a cartridge with corrosion along with other games that are healthy. Can affect? Thanks and sorry my bad english
When it comes to electronics, no amount of corrosion is safe, it will eventually fail. Try IPA, and if some remains, use some vinegar and repeat treating them with the two substances. ALWAYS dry it after every phase, do not leave moisture in your electronics.
You could track down the end points of the wire, and just run a new wire from point A to B. still small. but not that small. This guy does neat looking repair work.
Hi Retrorepair, these contacts looks very bad. Search on youtube electroplating gold contacts, and plese tell us what you thing abaout procedure. All retro gamers would appreciate some review of procedure. Thank you!
Haha I agree. This video made me smile. Made me think when I started to solder when I was a kid. But good job he fixed it and didn't short the traces and not killing the ic with injecting 3volt on all the data pins in beeping mode
"Let's get started with some alcohol" - I like the way you think.
Yeah boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Good work on the cart!!! Forgot about the battery and checking to see if the game saves!!!
Just wanted to say that I'm really glad I found your channel. It's really interesting to watch you fix these old game systems.
Same here. I find his videos super interesting and relaxing. Also, it's very satisfying if the stuff he repairs is working again. Makes me wanna repair old cartridges and consoles myself!
@@NovaCrystallisXIII And he explains very good what he do, so it's helpful even for foreigners like me ^w^
I can't describe how oddly satisfying these videos are to me. Keep up the good work.
There is something so simply satisfying about all of this man's videos.
Very satisfying to fix stuff. I'm not handy at all but you're inspiring me to have a go.
Never understimate your abilities!!! Just patience, some instruction/guidelines and it can be accomplish... 73, Joe k4jga
Same here! Just the satisfaction of most of it working again makes me want to try it myself!
@@NovaCrystallisXIII excellent and outstanding thought!!! Keep it up!!!!
Love these videos, subscribed a while ago so I could watch these every once in a while.
Thanks a bunch!!! I have a few SNES carts with graphic issues and this is the first troubleshooting/repair video I’ve found to help guide me through what to investigate to determine and hopefully resolve the issue.
And another one saved from the garbage.... Great job RetroRepairs....
Bro, for scraping the mask off you can better use a fiberglass pen, it will make this task way more easier.
I literally was typing this out when I noticed your comment. Seconded. It's much easier on the board as well.
Just about to add that comment myself. I was cringing every time I saw metal scraping along those tiny copper traces. Definitely invest in a fiberglass pen. Same result with much less chance of making weak traces worse.
Why get something when you can use what you already have?
@@MalleusSemperVictor Have you ever tried to scrape the solder mask of a PCB?
@@padmad3k63 Yeah. I use tweezers. Same as most people, I assumed.
Nice work , you have inspired me to start repairing and restoring by myself and also posting videos
I actually had this same issue a few times a while ago. I also had an issue where the DSP-1 would glitch out on the tracks causing an unplayable glitchy mess that freaked me out. Turns out it was one of the pins in the cartridge slot that was bent.
Love the dog! ...oh and the repair was pretty good too.
Nice one, this would have been an insta Riggs board swap, wrecking one game and turning the existing one into a repro.
Good vid! Super Mario Kart is a classic! Love that! I especially love the N64 version.
Kona is smart she shows up at the end of the repair job to take partial credit.
9:35 dont mind me. just got my bone. nothing to see here 🤣
Thanks for the continued great videos, glad to see regular content too!
You Make Great Content! Your Channel Rocks!!
This copy is a later (post-1992) release which uses the 'Type 2' cart design.
Man , you make soldering look easy
With every next video Im slowly learning how to solder properly.
But hey ! I may not be a total noob in terms of soldering. I brought back a Family Computer clone back to life ! Well to be fair the board was dead, so I replaced it with the new present day one, but kept the original AV output as well as controller ports plus on/off reset switches. The power port was broken, but I glued the LED plug into the place - it supports the same style barrel jack, plus the polarity can be easily reversed. Now I have a neatly looking clone in Genesis 2 style shell. It also costs me quite nothing.
Unfortunately the present day clone I bought doesnt support the mapper on the 198 in 1 cartridge (Coolbaby copy, but it works okay, a great pickup if you need a multi game for the FC tests) , but seems to be perfectly okay with single games as well as older multicarts offering less than 40 different games. So I may say I saved a console !
I Learned a lot ... keep up the good work! Had to subscribe to your channel :).
Nice video, bud! (So much for that battery, eh? 🤣) Hope all is well, and the renovation is going good (done, perhaps?). Thx for the content!
hey there Adam how's it going hopefully fantastic , loved your videos saw every last one and yes I could have left a like but you would have received a like for every last one and I mean what kind of feed back is that ,the only thing that I can say is the videos that you go in depth about like changing capacitors adding jumper wire hear and there the long videos you have those are the one I love the most the boring ones ,idk I must be a bigger tech head than I thought ,but If and when you comeback maybe you can make some more long version of fixes on boards go a little more in-depth on fixing again idk how long your 9 to 5 is and major respect on keeping a job and doing videos on the side if you can that would be amazing I would really love that :0)
Some skilled soldering.
You make me wanna buy old electronics and send to you to be repaired!
You have encouraged me to fix ebay junk sir. Any videos about what i would need to get started? Your brand of multimeter etc.
@South Jersey Gambler - Also the most expensive, due to their level of calibration and accuracy. Best to start with a $30 meter and then get a fluke if you need the accuracy...
@South Jersey Gambler they are good, I have 2 bench top units myself, 5 1/2 digit readouts.
@@EngineeringVignettes Would a Harbor Freight Tools one work okay as a starter multimeter?
Epic! Good work! i hope you make more repair videos! Thanks
I enjoy your videos. Just Wonderinf kd you end up reselling a lot of these or keeping most of them?
Keep more than i sell, but the common ones like super mario world for example usually end up in a bundle for sale
Another awesome fix on video as always 👍🏻❤️
Suggestion you could get a fiberglass scratch brush for future solder mask scraping.
9:34 not green and now working, turns camera AWWW a doggy
6:03 that scared me lol nice vid
This man loves his alcohol!
99% to be exact. Only way to clean stuff like this without leaving residue.
More of a Canadian Alcoholic comment than anything :-) we like our alcohol.
Did you test continuity on pin 42? trace looks broken there as well
Great content!! Just subbed. I'd like to ask you: after many years, I tried to boot up a PsOne (the little machine) and the screen only displays red and green, or green and blue, I'm not sure. A technician told me that this is related to the video processor's soldering points being loose and that this is very hard to fix, so I should instead look for a new console. Do you think it's true? Some days ago I tried to boot it up again and the console won't turn at all, but that's a different problem and it's easy to fix (it seems to be because of corrosion present inside the ac adapter, just some general cleaning). Do you think the video problem is not worth trying to fix? Should I just get a replacement?
Considering a psOne can be had for very cheap, id say that unless you're comfortable opening it up and attempting the fix yourself, it's probably not worth paying someone to fix it.
@@RetroRepairs Thanks for the reply! I'll do as you suggest. I just wanted to give the old friend a new chance. I've been always very careful with my consoles and it was a pain to see one of them working bad.
Keep up the great work 🤟🏻
You're the boss! I hope if you can help me with some no-retro dyagnosis lol!
I love your vids
The solder only goes into the track you cut/scratch off, right? Nothing bridges to another track because those aren’t scraped off?
Generally, no. The trace is so small that not much solder can build up on a trace
Nice work
What kind of stuff should we be looking out for on eBay exactly? I don’t really want to spend €20-30 on a game that I’ll have no hope repairing! Thank you
Nice save! 👾👍🏻
Great video no music
Hello Retro! Great educational video. If I may, you could it use a flat tip for retracing the circuit. From my perspective via cam. Thanks for sharing!! 73, Joe k4jga
Are there schematics explaining what each pin does, or you have to troubleshoot it every time by hand?
You can often get an idea of some of them, but others you need to just do by hand
Do you have a video for what tools you need to start doing your own repairs and cleaning of games?
Amazon has a solder kit available. Buy extra flux, a spool of solder, and some very thin copper wire.
Do you have a video or list of the tools you use and where to get them
What temp do you run your iron at when riding traces?
Someone get this man an alcohol dispenser...
Hey man ! Would you be able to fix my personal Pokémon Emerald? I know you repair eBay game for yourself but to you do customers’ games? Please let me know and thank you !
Que televisor usas?! O adaptador se ve bien la imagen?!
Antonio Portillo bro, lo mejor que te puedo recomendar es hackear una Wii y instalarle el emulador del Super Nintendo, la imagen es muy nítida.
Have you ever fix a neogeo pocket ?
I buy one but no turn on if a put a adapter only led turn on but nothing happen...
Wow, you sound so much like Adam Koralick.
Joey M “the following is a video of some kind”
What kind of soldering iron do you use? And heat gun?
Soldering iron is a Hakko fx-888D
Air gun is just a cheap Yihua
@@RetroRepairs nice. I was looking at some hakko products. Great price and really good reviews.
I know this is good to change the battery but my old Zelda nes cartridge has my old game saved again and the cartridge has over 30 years old... I know in computer, you have to change the battery at every 2-3 years, but never changed one in cartridge and game are still saved. Do you know why?
They don't take alot of draw, so they'll usually last 20-30 years
@@RetroRepairs Really? Great :)
Hi, I'm watching your videos since I started collecting gameboy games and I wanted to ask you something
I'm about to buy a crystal pokemon cartridge in Japanese, but the problem is that I don't speak that language so I was wondering how I could do to translate the game, I've seen people swapping ROM chips between cartridges in Japanese with English and it works. But my question is, can I do this by putting a bootleg cartridge ROM in a Japanese cartridge?
Buying a repro cartridge is very cheap, and I was wondering if I could perform this "operation" and that it would turn out well, as I told you between original cartridges it works, but I don't know if there is any problem between original and pirate cartridges to do this process
PD: Maybe some more puritan collector considers this as a profanation of an original pokemon cartridge but hey, is that or learn Japanese xD
Hey man...
Do you mind if I send you something free of charge and you can see if it will work ok?
If you get it too work it's yours too ok?
Oh canada great video
Another ASMR video!
This is like surgery for consoles and cartridges!
10min vid.. I think he will clean and change the battery. Maybe some super quick fix with a broken connection.
I find it hard to find broken carts on eBay? What do you type in?
You might have better luck with Craigslist and garage sales. eBay prices these days are a rip-off.
Can that corrosion "contaminate" games? I have a cartridge with corrosion along with other games that are healthy. Can affect?
Thanks and sorry my bad english
When it comes to electronics, no amount of corrosion is safe, it will eventually fail. Try IPA, and if some remains, use some vinegar and repeat treating them with the two substances. ALWAYS dry it after every phase, do not leave moisture in your electronics.
what i see hard to repair its those tiny lines, it need be almost perfect
You could track down the end points of the wire, and just run a new wire from point A to B. still small. but not that small. This guy does neat looking repair work.
I have a question is it in better to clean it with bleach or vinegar?
Vinegar. Never bleach
what wire does he use and can somebody give me a link to buy it?
😃
Hi Retrorepair, these contacts looks very bad. Search on youtube electroplating gold contacts, and plese tell us what you thing abaout procedure. All retro gamers would appreciate some review of procedure. Thank you!
I've that, however last i looked the product was very expensive
@@RetroRepairs i think it can be built at home. Power supply is simple, only gold solution is a little bit tricky to make...
I feel like you need a person directing your camera, keeping track of the zoom level and such.
Agree! Im sure it drives you crazy when you go back and edit. All good man.
flux you need to use more its your friend your work would be easyer try you will see !!!
Haha I agree. This video made me smile. Made me think when I started to solder when I was a kid. But good job he fixed it and didn't short the traces and not killing the ic with injecting 3volt on all the data pins in beeping mode
@@taltechchip5827 a little more pratice i think he will be great at it he will get there
#Skills
You should keep a bowl next yo you or invest in a magnetic bowl instead of keeping the screws in plain sight!
Otherwise THUMBS UP!
Hi
Not sure I agree with using a hard bristle brush, but shrug
Dude, other pins are still corroded! At least put soder on those too!
the game probably just needed cleaned
How much for you fix a snes game and send it back to me?
Why don’t you pronounce the L in solder? Why do you say sodder. It has an L in it you know ;-)
no one says it like that