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magentis

BrownFinger wrote: »

I never had a problem with soldering but desoldering on the other hand,
it breaks my heart most of the time!
been after a desolding station for ages and finally bit the bullet and bought one of these.
https://www.circuitspecialists.com/Compact_Desoldering_System.html

Was 133e from ebay via parcel motel.

got it today and have to say im very very impressed.
stripped out several ICs to test it out it makes life so much easier.
took out a 24 pin IC in less than 3 minutes and it was 100% clean!
didnt damage the pcb at all.
highly recomended
ebay link
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/New-Model-ESD-Safe-Compact-Desoldering-Station-CSI-474A-through-hole-work-/321694777098

Looks like the answer to rows of bad 4116 ram chips!

The Last Bandit

magentis wrote: »

Looks like the answer to rows of bad 4116 ram chips!

The only answer for bad 4116's is to replace them the 4164's !!

eddhorse

Bye bye bumps, scratches, grime, holes and cigarette burns.

Some people might not agree with paint spraying but there were too many scratches for my liking.



Needs more sanding, another coat, wax and shine. Then finally reassembly

TechnoFreek

Very nice Edd. Did you do all the work yourself?

Hope you'll do a restoration thread for us.

eddhorse

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Very nice Edd. Did you do all the work yourself?

Hope you'll do a restoration thread for us.

Yeah its simple enough really with the help of the wiki to take it apart. Spraying is tricky. Plenty of photos and plenty of scews.

Atavan-Halen

Looking at picking up a Jap Saturn but was wondering if I can just swap out the power supply from a European one? The one I'm looking at is a model 2 with the round buttons, same as the pal one I have but just want to see if they're the same or if there's different board revisions

Steve X2

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

Looking at picking up a Jap Saturn but was wondering if I can just swap out the power supply from a European one? The one I'm looking at is a model 2 with the round buttons, same as the pal one I have but just want to see if they're the same or if there's different board revisions

I swapped mine out, there are different versions and sizes of the Saturn PSU. So definitely do a bit of research to make sure you get the right one.

eddhorse

Durty monitor, didnt go too mad on it just in case i took off the aquadag.



Nice and clean, good father son bonding with Chopper as well

I love a clean monitor and chassis!
It's makes such a difference.
That can is gonna be very very nice when done.
Have you decided what's going into it?

eddhorse

BrownFinger wrote: »

I love a clean monitor and chassis!
It's makes such a difference.
That can is gonna be very very nice when done.
Have you decided what's going into it?

I think i have an ocd cleaning problem, cant stop.

Options :
1. 1943 PCB / Seibu Soccer PCB (jamma switcher)
2. Taito Gnet
3. Mame PC with Jpac
4. Last bandit snes jammacon
5. All of the above

Steve X2

Not a retro question, but do any of our techy modders know the best type of grease to apply to high grade linear bearings( LMUW6 to be precise)?
I've got a few on order for a project but they’re coming untreated, so can’t be used until lubricated. Can I use silicon grease? These are extremely high grade parts, so I really want to get the lubrication perfect.

con71

SKF grease LGEP2 or similar.

Steve X2

con71 wrote: »

SKF grease LGEP2 or similar.

Cool, just googled it and it seems to be exactly what I need.

eddhorse

So Astro City marquee light flickers after replacement of starter. Rather than hoping a new 110v bulb might fix it im looking at upgrading to 240v.



Question is, do i retrofit parts of the new one to the old bracket or just use the new one which would be easier?

That's a decission only you can make!

eddhorse

BrownFinger wrote: »

That's a decission only you can make!

Thanks for your help, went with retrofitting old bracket with new dismantled light.

frasr

How hard is it to upgrade the harddrive on a PS3? I'm guess it's not as simple as a xbox 360 where it's an external add-on. 12GB seems very very small

eddhorse

frasr wrote: »

How hard is it to upgrade the harddrive on a PS3? I'm guess it's not as simple as a xbox 360 where it's an external add-on. 12GB seems very very small

Very easy, you will need two things, a mounting bracket for the hard drive and a bigger hard drive.

This is the mounting bracket :
http://www.amazon.com/Mounting-Bracket-System-CECH-400x-Series/dp/B00GD8Q34K

http://ie.playstation.com/upgrade-ps3/

1. Press the power button to turn off the system.

The power indicator turns solid red and the system enters standby mode.

2. Unplug the AC power cord, and then disconnect the other cables from the system.

For safety reasons, remove the plug for the power cord from the electrical outlet, and then detach the other cables.

3. Remove the hard disk drive.

Remove the HDD cover and gently pull the handle to remove the HDD.

4. Install the new hard disk drive.

Place the HDD in the new mounting bracket, open the HDD bay cover and insert the HDD into your PS3. You should refer to the installation steps in the instruction manual supplied with the hard disk drive or mounting bracket for full details.

5. Reinstall the system software.

After the hard disk has been replaced, the system software must be reinstalled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=517Ic4pPAMo

CathalDublin

eddhorse wrote: »

Thanks for your help, went with retrofitting old bracket with new dismantled light.

you made the right choice

TechnoFreek

A very neat CD32 rgb MOD

http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=76038&title=amiga-cd32-rgb-mod-guide

Steve X2

Oh, thats nice.
I'd love an RGB out on one of my CD32's. It's a failed console, so you know it's one of my favourites

The Last Bandit

Looks a bit messy tbh.

Steve X2

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Looks a bit messy tbh.

Ah sure you can grab one of my CD32's and do the mod proper.
I don't mind, no really I dont

Doge

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Looks a bit messy tbh.

Thats the con of making the connector removable.

I wonder why he did make it removable though?

The Last Bandit

Probably short on DB9 connectors...

TechnoFreek

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Looks a bit messy tbh.

By neater I meant neater and substantially cheaper than this add on expansion to get rgb out of the CD32 otherwise!
Does turn the Cd32 in to Amiga 1200 with an additional floppy drive.

The Last Bandit

Well thats just silly

TechnoFreek

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Well thats just silly

I know. Like Lego!

CiDeRmAn

I have a disk drive piggy backing my CD32, must check to see if it has any such outputs.

The Last Bandit

RGB is available on the edge connector alright, but I don't think it is sufficiently amplified.