iPhone 7 rear camera replacement
Dreamcast 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…
Repair and refurbish
Hyundai P5000M
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…
Update: Repairing a TAC-2 with a broken stick
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,…
Slik Stik cable repair
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 /…
Cleaning the Commodore 64 keyboard
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…
Nintendo 64 (N64) disassembly and recap
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…
HP 1040 G1 disassembly
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…
Gameboy Advance SP (GBA SP): battery and screen replacement
The Gameboy Advance SP (“SP” stands for SPecial) was an upgraded version of the Gameboy Advance, with a different form factor, and most important of all: a backlit screen. The…
NES controller repair
The NES controller with its characteristic D-pad, select, start and A and B button is liked by many, and is considered a standard for how a digital controller should function.…
Game Gear re-cap update
Previously I wrote a post about replacing the capacitors of a Game Gear (see, Game Gear re-cap). I recently bought another Game Gear that would not power on, so I…