– Retrodrömmar
My recapped Game Gear had a problem with scraping sound when adjusting the volume with the volume control. There is a relatively straight forward way to fix that: replacing the volume control wheel. To do so, you need some basic soldering skills and tools. The volume control is a 10KA (log) Potentiometer. My potentiometer was a bit slimmer than the original, but that is not…
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This post is a collection of notes I made during the recap and repair of an Amiga 600 I bought on Swedish eBay. If nothing else, it contains a useful collection of links where I gained a lot of information on recapping and repairing the Amiga 600. The unit I bought looked to be in good condition, but suffered from a black screen according to…
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I recently acquired an old 14 inch CRT monitor from a local buyer. It works fine, but I noticed a small annoying scratch on the screen. I did some reading and found some anecdotical evidence of people being able to fix these kinds of dents using cerium oxide powder (used to polish glasses etc) and an electric polish machine (drill / dremel). So, I decided…
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An iPhone 7 I bought from Swedish eBay worked perfectly fine, except for some distortment on the camera lens as seen below. This are due to aging and / or damage to the lens and can only be fixed by replacing the camera. In this I will show how to replace the iPhone 7 rear camera. To follow this guide, you need some tools (included…
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In this post I will write some notes on the Hyundai P5000M series PC. I recently aqcuired a machine from Swedish eBay, and I have conducted a few restorations and repairs on the machine, which I will describe here. The reason why I bought this particular machine was that my father bought one of these in the Swedish home PC government program in the mid-1990s….
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In 2018, I made a video and a post where I repaired a TAC-2 joystick with a broken stick. This process was performed by using tire valve, a screw eye, and a newly crafted ball at the end of the stick. See: At the end of the post, I mentioned that we also created a stick with a chrome look during this process, by attaching…
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The Slik Stik joystick, often known as the “little brother” of the classic TAC-2, was created by Suncom as a part of its line of controllers for the C64 / Atari / Amiga etc line of computers and video games. As with other joysticks from this time, the Slik Stik may require some maintenance to work properly. I recently bought one of these on Swedish…
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One of my Commodore 64:s (C64) did not respond to pressing certain keys, so I decided to give the keyboard a good clean. In this post I will describe this cleaning process. Step 1: Remove the keyboard from the main unit As seen in the images below, I am working on a C64 model “C”, which disassembles by removing three screws below the unit. Then,…
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Nintendo 64 was released in Japan and USA in 1996 and Europe and Australia in 1997. It was the successor the Super Nintendo and introduced 3D graphics similar to other popular consoles at the time, such as SEGA Saturn and Sony Playstation. The reception of the console was generally good, and the transition from 2D Mario to 3D Mario in Super Mario 64 was deemed…
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I got my Hewlett Packard 1040 G1 laptop back in 2015-ish, and it is still a quite competent machine with its Intel I7 cpu. However, over time, it may require some service, including changing thermal paste on the cpu, add memory, replace battery and so on. In this post, I will disassembly my machine and add new thermal grease on the cpu. The reason for…
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