Great video!!! I had a Pikachu N64 that wasnt working last week. Opened it up and dust bunnies were everywhere. I just sprayed it out and it worked good as new. :)
My reasons for fixing devices are mainly to make it last as long as it can, 2nd I hate being wasteful and throwing stuff away, 3rd plain and simple it's nice and fun to look at circuitboard it's almost like a city, 4th helping I just love to help paid or not it's just a nice feeling of being helpful. Basically repairing has so many benefits and joy to it.
Some of the happiest memories from my childhood were playing Harvest Moon on GameCube with my brother. I ended up with a hard drug addiction and sold all of my games and consoles. Harvest Moon and the Gamecube were hard to get rid of. It's been years and I'm clean now, and I finally felt like it was time to get another. I played for two days before it broke. (Won't power on) I feel like the universe is saying, "Oh nah, dude. You gotta EAAAARN it." I WILL fix this god**** GameCube. My inner child demands it. This video makes it seem very possible and I'm grateful for the encouragement.
You were talking about people being helpful in the repair/modding community....you are absolutely correct. Usually in the forums I visit, the youtube channels I sub to, 95% of the time I get numerous responses with suggestions. There are always the trolls in any community, but usually the good guys outnumber them 10-1 or more. You are one of the best at information sharing/being helpful etc... Truly a great channel...Thanks for being a great member of a great community!
Jim A heyo thank you! And your right, the good ones out number the trolls, theres an xbox group im in on facebook, and i dont post there much, i just read everyone elses posts, because its Always someone asking a question, and 50 people jumping to help answer. So im learning alot more about OG Xbox just by reading
The main reason I want to get into modding is because my old Wii is sitting in my closet and I want to transform it into an emulation box so I can install GB, GCN, N64, and other retro game collections onto the system.
people where paying me to fix their game consoles, and most of the time all i was doing was just opening them up and cleaning it, and i was like "why are people paying me to do something they can do" i mean, i couldent believe i was being paid for it. i'm trying to just get people to fix their own consoles if it's easy enough, and i'll just do the solder work for them, until they learn to solder! hence all the informational types of videos on my channel lol
My biggest part that gave me the courage to tackle my own smaller problems with retro games is from a channel retrorepairs he said pick up a cheap broken game, console, or anything try to fix it if it doesn’t work no harm done it was already broken.
hey, thank you, i do lots of different types of videos, mostly console mod/repair related, but theres some unique types mixed in. i do throw my own philosophy into the mix sometimes. if you liked that, check out my video "life lessons learned from street fighter" that video was DEEP. i re-watch it every so often to remind myself about those lessons
Love the video intro. Recently something in me sparked my excitement for reliving my childhood memories with my Ps1 and 2 and the n64. I bought a refurbished n64 set up just to get playing. Then I thought jeez I wonder what goes into refurbishing consoles and dude it fired me up to watch all kinds of repair videos. And because I am a automotive tech for a living I am always working with electrical and electronics and software. I have feel in love with that kind of work and I have been trying to learn EEPROM work for automotive ECUs it’s very difficult to remove chips and having to solder jumper wires because just like all new electronics the are smaller and compact. So I figured I love retro consoles and they aren’t as compact as the new stuff try practicing on a $60 console vs a $1200 ECU
NI99ANARUTO that's my goal, lots of my future videos will be of the informative variety, and lots of my old ones where too, anything you want to know just ask, as well as just keep cleaning the insides of your consoles, so you can get very very comfortable with them
Thank you so much yo, im glad some people out there understand just do this. Ya know, most people like to think of reasons why they cant, instead of why they can. Im glad you understand. And yo by the way i have a personal eyebrow stylist now.😎😷
Obviously this is a pretty old video but the passion and love u have for what u do and for the newcomer is palpable. I’ve always tinkered, repaired and now have gotten a bit into modding. I’ve been trying to share that with my nephew, so I’ve been thinking about teaching myself the next step: soldering. We share a love of gaming and I’ve been thinking about getting either an NES or a Genesis to restore with him, so he can experience an older console first hand. Thank u for giving me some confidence in this endeavor. I will definitely be checking out the rest of ur channel
Thanks alot for the kind words. I'm really happy you're going to show your nephew the old stuff, the good consoles, haha. There's TONS AND TONS to learn on my channel, all about soldering techniques and tips. Anything on my channel from when I started doing PS2 mods and newer are my most helpful videos
"Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" is a show tune composed by Irving Berlin for the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun 🙂 I subscribed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Looking forward to learning from you 🙂
Edward Edun excellent of you to teach him. Thank you very much for watching, i tend to throw in a little "lesson" in a bunch of my videos. Perspective is key.
New sub....loved your outlook... You know how many times I got in trouble growing up for opening things up just to see the insides and how they worked. At the same time you know how many things I fixed that didn't need to get repurchased..
Gr33nshell thank you so much for checking it all out, it means alot, i put my heart into this channel and its very enjoyable, and i love sharing how to fix stuff or how to solder tips. Its really alot easier than expected. And i want that to be known. Thank you again!
Love this, and I wish I could learn, but I have already broken a few, a PS2 and a 3DS XL. Nearly ruined a Dreamcast not realizing it had a less common fan with a cooling plate, nearly tore the board apart trying to get that off. My biggest issue is just ribbons. They break so easy and not always obvious where they go. Just too scary for me, but I have to learn. There are no professionals in my area that do retro repairs.
Thank you for making this video my friend, I've been thinking about trying to get into this. Game repair stuff. Very insightful and inspirational. But I honestly thought you were going to having a video of you actually doing the work and showing your work vs talking about it. Lol 😂 other than that. Great video straight up.
Whoah man, great vid! I really appreciated your (candidness?) and obvious enthusiasm in seeing others receive new knowledge. This vid spoke to me in a deeper level more than just console repair, which first lured me in... 👍👍 Edit: And hey, I'm looking to buy a non-working Gameboy Advance to diagnose and repair it to full working order as part of finding a new hobby in console and/or electronics repair. That being my venture, can you tell me what tools I would need for disassembly of an Advance and other consoles that I may need? Like, did you buy a toolkit when you first started out, or did you buy your tools individually? I appreciate it!
Hello. Thank you for this video. I was wondering how you would go about diagnosing bad connections on a board and on chips? What sort of tools would be needed?
I can speak so much about switching careers on this, and stay tuned to the next few months of videos because its going to go haywire.... I started my own buissness doing this, and it led to something even better but I cant say what yet
The quote is from the Irving Berlin song from _Annie Get Your Gun_ (a play about Annie Oakley); _Annie_ is a play about Little Orphan Annie (which is very different).
I really do have the curiosity of what actually is inside or what is happening inside and i have a habit of opening broken stuff and salvaging stuff and then suddenly i got into repairing electronics but i dont have the knowledge yet
Perfect, just keep exploring and poking around, a little Google search and a few youtube videos and you will begin to obtain the knowledge. And you always got me. Ask me anything I got your back
I am so dead set on making sure that these consoles dont go extinct or dead for decades to come, that I am making a business out of it. This just ensured that Im gonna do this. Thanks.
I’ve been doing console repairs for years now, but I’d like to extend my knowledge base further by actually getting involved in a community that does these things. Are there any discord servers or forums anyone recommends I can get involved with?
I want to start with consolmodding. My question ist what kind of soldering iron is good. I have some for wood but people told me that they will be to hot. Thx for the video. It was very nice
Thank you, I would start with the genesis. Much more simple than the 360. Clean it up, fix it up, change the LED and that will be a great introduction, thank you for checking out the videos on my channel too!
I just bought a almost perfect condition sega but when I got it, it came with a garbage 3rd party ac and a couple of the controller port pins are missing... I'm interested in soldering but nervous about doing any work on it.
dont be nervous. you gotta start somewhere, if your nervous about messing up the genesis, practice on something else. and after practicing on a few breadboards or what have you. move up to the genesis
Got a question when you are fixing consoles when you're taking the screws out should you put them in a bag label and tape it to the part that you took out any question how come the the ribbon cables on the switch they're so hard to put back
Hello! Great video. I've been into gaming for 24 years and just up until now I've started fixing and modding consoles. I really enjoy doing it. I am at the stage where I want to start to reball the ps3 cpu/gpu. I can't afford a huge bga machine. Can you recommend a smaller station to reball that is fairly affordable? A brand name and some possible videos that you learned with? I would really appreciate it. I am a HUGE ps fan. I love fixing, hacking and modding all the consoles. I hope that I can take my expertise to the next level. Also, do you have any advice on how to "marry" different ps3 bluray drives to different units? Do I need to downgrade to 3.55 and enter "service mode" or is there another way? Thanks!! Your videos are awesome. I am an official subscriber. Hope to see more!!
Looking to mod chip original ps1 and maybe do the Aladdin chip on my 1.6 og xbox. Also change a battery out on my gamecube. What type of flux do you recommend using?
So how do I learn about all that stuff mentioned, grounds, resistors, voltage? When I was young I took a Sega Genesis apart that had been sitting in the rain, and cleaned it with alcohol and Q-tips and it worked. I have been wanting to get more into this as an adult as a way of keeping these things alive and not lost to time, but I don't know anything about all that stuff. I just don't want to fool with something plug it in and burn down my place. Where should I start with learning the motherboard or all that other stuff? Should I learn more about electricity itself?
Ok so I have a Wii that shows no signal when I plug in tried numerous cords and TV's . I've disassembled but to the eye everything looks good except the drive has some kind of hard black flux covering a bunch of small prongs on two of the chips on the drive any one have any ideas?
I'm apparently two years late with this comment, but "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" is from "Annie Get Your Gun," so it's a completely different Annie. Also, thanks for a good video on how to get started!
Hahahaah, you like how I flipped that? "Anything i can do, you can do better" Good flip if you ask me, I didnt know where the original was from either. So thank you
I have a question. We had a bit of a back and forth a while back about installing a modbo 5 in a PS2 and how difficult it is to do. Well, I installed it, cleaned it and got the dust out, and replaced the fuse which had gone bad. As far as I know I installed it correctly and the solder is holding pretty well. The console powers on, disc tray opens and closes with no problems, disc spins and all that, however I'm not getting any audio or video signal from the console. That's also after trying several different power cords and A/V cables. I'm thinking that it may be a botched install. Do you have any tips that may help? I've checked a few forums and haven't found much that's helped out so far. Any help would be appreciated!
john21716 there's settings in your ps2s main menu, where you can switch from standard to RGB. If it's outputting RGB and your not using RGB cables, it won't output anything.
john21716 turn your ps2 on, no game, wait 15 seconds and press. Down X Down Down Down X Left X Wait like 1.5 seconds in between each press. This is the easy thing to try to fix your console, this may not be the issue though. Send me pics of your install job on facebook
NI99ANARUTO take them apart and clean them if your curious, to mod your wii all you will need is an SD card and an online tutorial, it's very easy, just download some files
I want to learn about circuitry and fixing older stuff, I actually ordered an original Gameboy that doesn't turn on in hopes of fixing. Idk why I love electronics and taking them apart and fixing them. The Gameboy will be the first one Ill try to do myself, my dad usually do this stuff for be like he's gonna solder a new speaker into my Gameboy Color bc it burnt out.
Niiice!! Handheld like the gameboy is a great place to start, and working with your dad will help dramatically to learn since it sounds like he's got a little soldering experience. Good job matthew!
@@RETROGAMINGARTS I just got two days ago and I was able to open it and clean battery acid. The boards had no acid on them, just the contacts. When I cleaned it, it turned on and worked the buttons work and everything. The screen had a lot of missing lines, but the next day my dad helped me with fixing that(I'm bad at using a soldering iron). It works like it's brand new now.
I've got a ds lite that I wanted to start working on as my first project with LEDs buttons. Do you know where I could find LEDs for sale and would you say glueing them to the back of the button is a good idea? Also I'm loving these videos, the soldering series explained alot of my questions 😊
Search "0603 Smd led" into ebay or amazon and you'll find tiny leds. Those are the same ones I used in my PS3 CONTROLLER led mod video, where I also did them on the wii mote in the video too. They're super small so they will fit into a ds. And your going to want to put the leds to the side of the button, not behind, but it's your project you'll figure it out as you go. What's possible, what's easier, ect ect.
@@RETROGAMINGARTS Thank you :) also do you have any videos that cover chip replacement or pin repair? Id love to put some money aside to try and repair broken switches but I think that's a long term goal of mine
Carbon Knights Gaming the more you take them apart, the more you will learn from that alone, that's all I did, and if you already know some repairs, the rest will come easy
Hopefully it does, it's really interesting. I think I'm going to start putting some lights into stuff like you mentioned, it seems like a great way to get started
Hi so I always wanted to get into console modding and now I'm trying to get into college. So I would like to know wich career would be the best to start getting into the modding community. any advice is welcome thank you.
I get the why I just don't get the how I always found the concept if console self repair fascinating but I do not have a major in electric/computer engineering let alone a clue of how these electronic parts work The most work I've ever done on electronic repairs is changing a fuse of a power outlet or reattaching a disconnected wire inside a heater But console repair? I just don't know where to start understanding these chip functionalities or the pathways of the motherboard or proper soldering How many books do I have to read to fully understand how electricity works?
None. Take it step by step. Problem by problem. A great place to start to understand is just by looking inside. Watch some videos, take some apart. My channel is all the books you need I promise. Problem is on my channel the difficulty level is scattered all around. I range from never opening a console before to advanced level soldering. So peruse around a bit, practice on your own systems. (Cleaning systems, then move onto led mods)
Hey, so yeah I grabbed this faulty Xbox 360-e and am looking to fix up the hdmi as when the hdmi is plugged in the light flashes red but otherwise is green troubleshooting says check with av but the e model only has a HDMI output I have some limited soldering experience and have been snooping around here and on UA-cam on info about fixing and rghing it (Snapped some photos when I was repasting the box if anyone wants to see the guts) imgur.com/a/WkdnLg0#1xfww2z so I was wondering what I would need to do in terms of troubleshooting this baby and getting it rghed whilst I'm in there ideally with a clear replacement shell and DVD drive as my end goal so you can see everything im not sure what parts id need i think its a corona v1 but im not 100% any help would be appreciated :D Thanks a lot oh yeah how is this in terms of business viability I would love to do this as a send-in repairs business or something similar ive go limited mobility but stuff like this even when I was a kid id get into trouble for taking stuff apart to look inside
Personally, my idea would be to start with systems like super Nintendo. Or sega genesis. Most of the components on those systems are large. So it may be easier to see Or. Start with a bit more simple repairs/mods such as game boy advanced. But before you start, I would open up a bunch of game systems. And inspect the motherboards and take note of what systems you are able to see and what systems are too small. So you have a baseline of what is feasible and what isn't. Take your time, learn the systems, i know a sega genesis and a ps2 so well, i guarantee I could mod either of those systems blindfolded, just by feel. So if I can do that, I have 100% faith in you that you can too. Just take the time to learn all you can about the systems before hand. That knowledge will help you beyond belief. Thank you for watching me too by the way.
@@RETROGAMINGARTS thank you so much for the advice I most definitely will. And you are very welcome. I've been watching your channel on and off for a long time and love the content. Thanks again and have a wonderful day/night.
Great video!!! I had a Pikachu N64 that wasnt working last week. Opened it up and dust bunnies were everywhere. I just sprayed it out and it worked good as new. :)
Legend of Crews HELL YA! That's what I'm talking about, great job, keep that up, make sure all your consoles are minty fresh!
i guess it is kind of off topic but does anybody know of a good place to stream newly released movies online ?
@Maddux Kade Try Flixzone. Just google for it =)
@Lance Kolton Yea, I have been using Flixzone for years myself =)
@Lance Kolton thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service :D Appreciate it!!
My reasons for fixing devices are mainly to make it last as long as it can, 2nd I hate being wasteful and throwing stuff away, 3rd plain and simple it's nice and fun to look at circuitboard it's almost like a city, 4th helping I just love to help paid or not it's just a nice feeling of being helpful. Basically repairing has so many benefits and joy to it.
I'm with you 100%
Yes!
Some of the happiest memories from my childhood were playing Harvest Moon on GameCube with my brother. I ended up with a hard drug addiction and sold all of my games and consoles. Harvest Moon and the Gamecube were hard to get rid of. It's been years and I'm clean now, and I finally felt like it was time to get another. I played for two days before it broke. (Won't power on) I feel like the universe is saying, "Oh nah, dude. You gotta EAAAARN it." I WILL fix this god**** GameCube. My inner child demands it. This video makes it seem very possible and I'm grateful for the encouragement.
I earned it 👌 mission accomplished.
You were talking about people being helpful in the repair/modding community....you are absolutely correct. Usually in the forums I visit, the youtube channels I sub to, 95% of the time I get numerous responses with suggestions. There are always the trolls in any community, but usually the good guys outnumber them 10-1 or more. You are one of the best at information sharing/being helpful etc... Truly a great channel...Thanks for being a great member of a great community!
Jim A heyo thank you! And your right, the good ones out number the trolls, theres an xbox group im in on facebook, and i dont post there much, i just read everyone elses posts, because its Always someone asking a question, and 50 people jumping to help answer. So im learning alot more about OG Xbox just by reading
The main reason I want to get into modding is because my old Wii is sitting in my closet and I want to transform it into an emulation box so I can install GB, GCN, N64, and other retro game collections onto the system.
You don't need to open up your console to do so
The Wii is the easiest console to mod
this is the sweetest, most welcoming, kind, and non-gatekeepey video ever. so encouraging and like safe. i adore you.
Thank you so much. I should start making videos again.. it's comments like these that make me want to
@@RETROGAMINGARTS your videos are a great contribution to this platform!!!
You are not only giving advice about fixing electronics, but also advice about life improvement.
I'm so happy you watched this video and caught that, Thank you
I just found your channel. You are a man after my own heart! Love the content and your humble perspective. Inspiring!
people where paying me to fix their game consoles, and most of the time all i was doing was just opening them up and cleaning it, and i was like "why are people paying me to do something they can do" i mean, i couldent believe i was being paid for it. i'm trying to just get people to fix their own consoles if it's easy enough, and i'll just do the solder work for them, until they learn to solder! hence all the informational types of videos on my channel lol
Ive always wanted to learn to fix stuff. But never knew where or how to start. Thank you. This has hyped me up to learn more beyond this point.
How are you now?
My biggest part that gave me the courage to tackle my own smaller problems with retro games is from a channel retrorepairs he said pick up a cheap broken game, console, or anything try to fix it if it doesn’t work no harm done it was already broken.
Subbed!! Love your philosophy man 👍you seem like a cool dude
hey, thank you, i do lots of different types of videos, mostly console mod/repair related, but theres some unique types mixed in. i do throw my own philosophy into the mix sometimes. if you liked that, check out my video "life lessons learned from street fighter" that video was DEEP. i re-watch it every so often to remind myself about those lessons
Love the video intro. Recently something in me sparked my excitement for reliving my childhood memories with my Ps1 and 2 and the n64. I bought a refurbished n64 set up just to get playing. Then I thought jeez I wonder what goes into refurbishing consoles and dude it fired me up to watch all kinds of repair videos. And because I am a automotive tech for a living I am always working with electrical and electronics and software. I have feel in love with that kind of work and I have been trying to learn EEPROM work for automotive ECUs it’s very difficult to remove chips and having to solder jumper wires because just like all new electronics the are smaller and compact. So I figured I love retro consoles and they aren’t as compact as the new stuff try practicing on a $60 console vs a $1200 ECU
Thank you so much for your positivity , I can't wait to gain more knowledge from you?
NI99ANARUTO that's my goal, lots of my future videos will be of the informative variety, and lots of my old ones where too, anything you want to know just ask, as well as just keep cleaning the insides of your consoles, so you can get very very comfortable with them
Liking the philosophy and perspective! Looking forward to starting my console mod/repair journey
Hell yea, theres alot here to help. I hope you find something on my channel that will save you time and in the future
You know, i was thinking about starting messing around with my old consoles and you’re so inspirational that I’m actually going to do it
Good! I'm glad
been fixing console for years and year after year i learn more and more from guys like you , much love THANK YOU!!! you got my sub
The best revision of the Annie quote should be: Anything I can do we can do better.
Bro’s eyebrows on fleek. I like this dude positive vibes af. Good shit bro you got my support
Thank you so much yo, im glad some people out there understand just do this. Ya know, most people like to think of reasons why they cant, instead of why they can. Im glad you understand. And yo by the way i have a personal eyebrow stylist now.😎😷
Obviously this is a pretty old video but the passion and love u have for what u do and for the newcomer is palpable. I’ve always tinkered, repaired and now have gotten a bit into modding. I’ve been trying to share that with my nephew, so I’ve been thinking about teaching myself the next step: soldering. We share a love of gaming and I’ve been thinking about getting either an NES or a Genesis to restore with him, so he can experience an older console first hand. Thank u for giving me some confidence in this endeavor. I will definitely be checking out the rest of ur channel
Thanks alot for the kind words. I'm really happy you're going to show your nephew the old stuff, the good consoles, haha. There's TONS AND TONS to learn on my channel, all about soldering techniques and tips. Anything on my channel from when I started doing PS2 mods and newer are my most helpful videos
@@RETROGAMINGARTS ^_^. Thank you. Hopefully this will inspire him to take on a new hobby.
You got a good vibe my man, subbed
I want to say thanks. You get it.
I’ve only watched for 5 minutes, and I love the way you think bro! Kinda why I’d like to get into this stuff myself!
Awesome channel been looking for one like this for a while now
Loved this video and the overall energy. Keep it up 👍🏿
Good im glad, thank you for watching
Such a lovely video 😊
"Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" is a show tune composed by Irving Berlin for the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun 🙂
I subscribed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Looking forward to learning from you 🙂
Excellent retro game perspective/philosophy and great channel. Subscribed!
Thanks so much edvanni, im glad you found me😀😀😀
Great mindset...
It's called acts of kindness....
My 14 year old son is learning this concept..
Edward Edun excellent of you to teach him. Thank you very much for watching, i tend to throw in a little "lesson" in a bunch of my videos. Perspective is key.
This man is rocking that unibrow 😎👍
New sub....loved your outlook... You know how many times I got in trouble growing up for opening things up just to see the insides and how they worked. At the same time you know how many things I fixed that didn't need to get repurchased..
Hell yea! Thank you for being on level and understanding
Awesome video and channel dude!
Gr33nshell thank you so much for checking it all out, it means alot, i put my heart into this channel and its very enjoyable, and i love sharing how to fix stuff or how to solder tips. Its really alot easier than expected. And i want that to be known. Thank you again!
Love this, and I wish I could learn, but I have already broken a few, a PS2 and a 3DS XL. Nearly ruined a Dreamcast not realizing it had a less common fan with a cooling plate, nearly tore the board apart trying to get that off. My biggest issue is just ribbons. They break so easy and not always obvious where they go. Just too scary for me, but I have to learn. There are no professionals in my area that do retro repairs.
Thank you for making this video my friend, I've been thinking about trying to get into this. Game repair stuff. Very insightful and inspirational. But I honestly thought you were going to having a video of you actually doing the work and showing your work vs talking about it. Lol 😂 other than that. Great video straight up.
Whoah man, great vid! I really appreciated your (candidness?) and obvious enthusiasm in seeing others receive new knowledge. This vid spoke to me in a deeper level more than just console repair, which first lured me in... 👍👍
Edit: And hey, I'm looking to buy a non-working Gameboy Advance to diagnose and repair it to full working order as part of finding a new hobby in console and/or electronics repair. That being my venture, can you tell me what tools I would need for disassembly of an Advance and other consoles that I may need? Like, did you buy a toolkit when you first started out, or did you buy your tools individually? I appreciate it!
Hello. Thank you for this video. I was wondering how you would go about diagnosing bad connections on a board and on chips? What sort of tools would be needed?
Liked and Subscribed. Thanks bro! I am looking to change careers and am seriously considering this avenue.
I can speak so much about switching careers on this, and stay tuned to the next few months of videos because its going to go haywire.... I started my own buissness doing this, and it led to something even better but I cant say what yet
The quote is from the Irving Berlin song from _Annie Get Your Gun_ (a play about Annie Oakley); _Annie_ is a play about Little Orphan Annie (which is very different).
your a boss
"anything you can do i can do better" Annie Get Your Gun, super close😂😂
I modified that quote to be more accurate to how I feel about people.
Anything I can do. YOU can do better
And I believe that
I really do have the curiosity of what actually is inside or what is happening inside and i have a habit of opening broken stuff and salvaging stuff and then suddenly i got into repairing electronics but i dont have the knowledge yet
Perfect, just keep exploring and poking around, a little Google search and a few youtube videos and you will begin to obtain the knowledge. And you always got me. Ask me anything I got your back
I have my old Turbo Grafx 16 system and would like to work on it. What do I need to know? Where to look first? Then fix it.
Michael Aranda dirty hue card slot, replace voltage regulators, capacitors, and maybe the fuse
I am so dead set on making sure that these consoles dont go extinct or dead for decades to come, that I am making a business out of it. This just ensured that Im gonna do this. Thanks.
I’ve been doing console repairs for years now, but I’d like to extend my knowledge base further by actually getting involved in a community that does these things. Are there any discord servers or forums anyone recommends I can get involved with?
I have a discord😉
Do you have facebook?
I want to start a repair shop because its fun to repair things and I don't like to be bossed around. Fixing is fun and few things are fun.
I want to start with consolmodding. My question ist what kind of soldering iron is good.
I have some for wood but people told me that they will be to hot.
Thx for the video. It was very nice
Good video. I have a sega genesis and an Xbox 360 that I need to work on. Think that would be an awesome opportunity to get some education!
Thank you, I would start with the genesis. Much more simple than the 360. Clean it up, fix it up, change the LED and that will be a great introduction, thank you for checking out the videos on my channel too!
I just bought a almost perfect condition sega but when I got it, it came with a garbage 3rd party ac and a couple of the controller port pins are missing... I'm interested in soldering but nervous about doing any work on it.
dont be nervous. you gotta start somewhere, if your nervous about messing up the genesis, practice on something else. and after practicing on a few breadboards or what have you. move up to the genesis
Got a question when you are fixing consoles when you're taking the screws out should you put them in a bag label and tape it to the part that you took out any question how come the the ribbon cables on the switch they're so hard to put back
Hello! Great video. I've been into gaming for 24 years and just up until now I've started fixing and modding consoles. I really enjoy doing it. I am at the stage where I want to start to reball the ps3 cpu/gpu. I can't afford a huge bga machine. Can you recommend a smaller station to reball that is fairly affordable? A brand name and some possible videos that you learned with? I would really appreciate it. I am a HUGE ps fan. I love fixing, hacking and modding all the consoles. I hope that I can take my expertise to the next level. Also, do you have any advice on how to "marry" different ps3 bluray drives to different units? Do I need to downgrade to 3.55 and enter "service mode" or is there another way? Thanks!! Your videos are awesome. I am an official subscriber. Hope to see more!!
thems some bendy shelves you got back there
Looking to mod chip original ps1 and maybe do the Aladdin chip on my 1.6 og xbox. Also change a battery out on my gamecube. What type of flux do you recommend using?
So how do I learn about all that stuff mentioned, grounds, resistors, voltage? When I was young I took a Sega Genesis apart that had been sitting in the rain, and cleaned it with alcohol and Q-tips and it worked. I have been wanting to get more into this as an adult as a way of keeping these things alive and not lost to time, but I don't know anything about all that stuff. I just don't want to fool with something plug it in and burn down my place. Where should I start with learning the motherboard or all that other stuff? Should I learn more about electricity itself?
What materials do you need to get started or equipment
Does any one have any suggestions for a step down converter for Japanese consoles that use 100 volt 80 wats for America it's 120 volta
Ok so I have a Wii that shows no signal when I plug in tried numerous cords and TV's . I've disassembled but to the eye everything looks good except the drive has some kind of hard black flux covering a bunch of small prongs on two of the chips on the drive any one have any ideas?
Does having a tech/electronics degree help so you know what all the parts do?
I'm apparently two years late with this comment, but "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" is from "Annie Get Your Gun," so it's a completely different Annie. Also, thanks for a good video on how to get started!
Hahahaah, you like how I flipped that? "Anything i can do, you can do better"
Good flip if you ask me, I didnt know where the original was from either. So thank you
I have a question. We had a bit of a back and forth a while back about installing a modbo 5 in a PS2 and how difficult it is to do. Well, I installed it, cleaned it and got the dust out, and replaced the fuse which had gone bad. As far as I know I installed it correctly and the solder is holding pretty well. The console powers on, disc tray opens and closes with no problems, disc spins and all that, however I'm not getting any audio or video signal from the console. That's also after trying several different power cords and A/V cables. I'm thinking that it may be a botched install. Do you have any tips that may help? I've checked a few forums and haven't found much that's helped out so far. Any help would be appreciated!
john21716 your console may be accidentally outputting rgb
john21716 there's settings in your ps2s main menu, where you can switch from standard to RGB. If it's outputting RGB and your not using RGB cables, it won't output anything.
john21716 turn your ps2 on, no game, wait 15 seconds and press.
Down
X
Down
Down
Down
X
Left
X
Wait like 1.5 seconds in between each press. This is the easy thing to try to fix your console, this may not be the issue though. Send me pics of your install job on facebook
Hello, I have very poor vision (I am legally blind) and I was wondering if you know of any tips/aid for poor vision.
Does anyone know of any test carts for Sega genesis & NES ?
I'm still curious about the inner works of my consoles old & new.
How could I mod my wii🤓🤓🤓🤓...????
NI99ANARUTO take them apart and clean them if your curious, to mod your wii all you will need is an SD card and an online tutorial, it's very easy, just download some files
NI99ANARUTO i could mod your wii for you.
I want to learn about circuitry and fixing older stuff, I actually ordered an original Gameboy that doesn't turn on in hopes of fixing. Idk why I love electronics and taking them apart and fixing them. The Gameboy will be the first one Ill try to do myself, my dad usually do this stuff for be like he's gonna solder a new speaker into my Gameboy Color bc it burnt out.
Niiice!! Handheld like the gameboy is a great place to start, and working with your dad will help dramatically to learn since it sounds like he's got a little soldering experience. Good job matthew!
@@RETROGAMINGARTS I just got two days ago and I was able to open it and clean battery acid. The boards had no acid on them, just the contacts. When I cleaned it, it turned on and worked the buttons work and everything. The screen had a lot of missing lines, but the next day my dad helped me with fixing that(I'm bad at using a soldering iron). It works like it's brand new now.
@@Matthew.S_3 niiice bro! Good job man
I've got a ds lite that I wanted to start working on as my first project with LEDs buttons. Do you know where I could find LEDs for sale and would you say glueing them to the back of the button is a good idea? Also I'm loving these videos, the soldering series explained alot of my questions 😊
Search "0603 Smd led" into ebay or amazon and you'll find tiny leds. Those are the same ones I used in my PS3 CONTROLLER led mod video, where I also did them on the wii mote in the video too. They're super small so they will fit into a ds. And your going to want to put the leds to the side of the button, not behind, but it's your project you'll figure it out as you go. What's possible, what's easier, ect ect.
@@RETROGAMINGARTS Thank you :) also do you have any videos that cover chip replacement or pin repair? Id love to put some money aside to try and repair broken switches but I think that's a long term goal of mine
@@08areis not exactly, but if you watch my NEO GEO CDZ video you'll see chip relocation, sortof. witch kinda covers chip replacement
What are some jobs out there that might be able to give me a little experience on repairing/modding game consoles?
I've always wanted to take look on the inside but been scared
This sounds odd but I want to start fixing gba or gbc because there such beautiful devices
What about blurry screen on a fc3
how to i get to fix my xbox 360 with a redlight
But how did you learn about how consoles or phones work? I can’t find a video that explains the very basics.. don’t even know what cpu means
I’m at the point where I am taking stuff apart lol. Modding is next.
Funny thing about opening stuff up to clean... that’s how I got started with my PC in 1998. By 2000 at the age of 15 I had built my own PC.
The S-Squad that's exactly what I'm talking About! Same principle and concept, you get it cuz you've done it! Thanks for popping in on the stream too
Same here, I know a few very minor repairs, but some day I'll mod 'em too
Carbon Knights Gaming the more you take them apart, the more you will learn from that alone, that's all I did, and if you already know some repairs, the rest will come easy
Hopefully it does, it's really interesting. I think I'm going to start putting some lights into stuff like you mentioned, it seems like a great way to get started
It would be cool if there was a class people could pay for just focusing on console repair, soldering for joysticks, etc.
Thats my dream, to create that class
I wish i was that confident but just couldnt take my old consoles apart
I believe in you
Hi so I always wanted to get into console modding and now I'm trying to get into college. So
I would like to know wich career would be the best to start getting into the modding community. any advice is welcome thank you.
Engineering
@@RETROGAMINGARTS Thanks that sounds cool!
Wich type of engineering would you suggest?
Hiya mate, any capacitors holding voltage in them to be wary of?
Nope, unless they're massive in size
@@RETROGAMINGARTS Ok thanks buddy.
I get the why
I just don't get the how
I always found the concept if console self repair fascinating but I do not have a major in electric/computer engineering let alone a clue of how these electronic parts work
The most work I've ever done on electronic repairs is changing a fuse of a power outlet or reattaching a disconnected wire inside a heater
But console repair? I just don't know where to start understanding these chip functionalities or the pathways of the motherboard or proper soldering
How many books do I have to read to fully understand how electricity works?
None. Take it step by step. Problem by problem. A great place to start to understand is just by looking inside. Watch some videos, take some apart. My channel is all the books you need I promise. Problem is on my channel the difficulty level is scattered all around. I range from never opening a console before to advanced level soldering. So peruse around a bit, practice on your own systems. (Cleaning systems, then move onto led mods)
Hey,
so yeah I grabbed this faulty Xbox 360-e and am looking to fix up the hdmi as when the hdmi is plugged in the light flashes red but otherwise is green
troubleshooting says check with av but the e model only has a HDMI output
I have some limited soldering experience and have been snooping around here and on UA-cam on info about fixing and rghing it
(Snapped some photos when I was repasting the box if anyone wants to see the guts)
imgur.com/a/WkdnLg0#1xfww2z
so I was wondering what I would need to do in terms of troubleshooting this baby and getting it rghed whilst I'm in there ideally with a clear replacement shell and DVD drive as my end goal so you can see everything
im not sure what parts id need i think its a corona v1 but im not 100%
any help would be appreciated :D
Thanks a lot
oh yeah how is this in terms of business viability I would love to do this as a send-in repairs business or something similar ive go limited mobility but stuff like this even when I was a kid id get into trouble for taking stuff apart to look inside
2:00 avocation
Where could i ask for help on repairs for consoles 🤧
My discord, should be a link to it in one of my newer videos descriptions or on my youtube channels home/about page
Tons of talented smart people in there
@@RETROGAMINGARTS thank you !
ant that from a song
Here’s one better. Anything you can do you can teach me to do better.
Thats sooo good
Thanks man.
Yo we should be friends, message me I want in on whatever you got going on bro
Thanks man, I don't got much goin these days though
its from anything goes, not annie xD
Damnit! LOL!
Is this a troll video? 😂
Why
Hello, I have very poor vision (I am legally blind) and I was wondering if you know of any tips/aid for poor vision.
Personally, my idea would be to start with systems like super Nintendo. Or sega genesis. Most of the components on those systems are large. So it may be easier to see
Or. Start with a bit more simple repairs/mods such as game boy advanced.
But before you start, I would open up a bunch of game systems. And inspect the motherboards and take note of what systems you are able to see and what systems are too small. So you have a baseline of what is feasible and what isn't.
Take your time, learn the systems, i know a sega genesis and a ps2 so well, i guarantee I could mod either of those systems blindfolded, just by feel. So if I can do that, I have 100% faith in you that you can too. Just take the time to learn all you can about the systems before hand. That knowledge will help you beyond belief. Thank you for watching me too by the way.
@@RETROGAMINGARTS thank you so much for the advice I most definitely will. And you are very welcome. I've been watching your channel on and off for a long time and love the content. Thanks again and have a wonderful day/night.