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This is an order for a Game Gear recap. On arrival, the console was tested and found that while it would turn on (tested using external power only), the screen wouldn’t display a game an instead a random arrangement of horizontal bars which would move around. Being this one of the symptoms of bad capacitors, […]

The order was for the installation of switchless region-free mod into a Sega Mega Drive 1 acquired from RetroUpgrades. Upon inspection, the customer also agreed to pay for an extra TLC service as the console was quite dirty and dusty. The console shell was fully disassembled and thoroughly cleaned The mod was then installed. This

This order was for the installation of a dummy load on a Dreamcast and for the a TLC refurbishment of a PS2 slim. I also agreed to provide a “soft” clean service to the Dreamcast. Dreamcast dummy load installation The console came in a custom black shell with a Noctua fan installed, apart from the

The controller is an Xbox One Elite controller model 1968, and was sent for a check on the D-Pad as the down button was misbehaving. Before accepting the order, I explained to the customer that it might be the conductive metal dome film that sit between the plast d-pad and the conductive carbon trails in

Customer originally got in touch for a recap for a Sega Saturn VA13 PAL with a Terraonion MODE already installed. After discussion, a FRAM mod and a 50/60hz refresh rate modification were also ordered. The refresh modification is an advanced feature on the MODE which requires connecting a wire to VDP2 pin 79 into the

This service was for the recap of a 3DO Fz-1. The customer reported some games working and some not, and we discussed the likelihood of a recap solving that problem, recognising that it might not be a solution. The customer was happy to proceed on those basis. The console was received with a various original

This service was for the Xbox 360 Refurbishment and modding 500GB+, which includes: The console was in good state without excessive dust build up externally or internally. Only one of the mall rubber feet in of the sides of the console was missing, but the impact of this is very minimum. The console was a

This service was a green translucent Original Xbox that came for a refurbishment, a recap (motherboard and PSU), a SSD install and modding via TSOP flashing. The customer provided the SSD and the bracket, as well as a heatsink for the southbridge. I provided the Startech IDE-to-SATA adapter, the UDAM ASUS ribbon cable and capacitor

The service was for a recap, IPS screen installation, glass lens install and battery mod for a V0 Sega Game Gear. The IPS screen was a BennVenn screen sourced from ZedLabz, and the glass lens and the battery mod were sourced from RetroSix. The console came with a non functional screen but with power. First

The order was for sourcing and modding a Sega Genesis model 2, and it was agreed with the customer to source one with two controllers. The console sourced came with a box and manuals, marked as untested but on arrival it tested just fine. The services ordered were a Disassembly, test and Recap The console