Things you have fixed/modded recently

[Wolfy]

Modded my friend's Wii U since the eShop has gone the way of the Dodo, and next will probably be the OG Xbox I have sitting in my console table, since I've neglected it's clock capacitor a tad too long.

 

[RetroNerdGamer]

Haven't really modded anything PER SE recently but I did fix my PSP Go. It was havin' a multitude of issues since a few years ago when it just stopped turning on and when it did it'd turn off and back on by itself leaving me to run the battery out and leaving it that way so it doesn't go stupid all night. In the last few weeks I've gotten it up and running. Seems the issue was that the actual power switch that goes into the plastic switch on the outside was knocked out of place and I set it in place and it diddn't do what it did years ago anymore.
Unfortunately it had a host of issues that popped up that led me to mod it with updated CFW (since it had old CFW), and put a plug in that blocked the HOLD button that was below the power switch. Among other things, but I think it should be fixed now hopefully.

 

[MohammedQ8]

I bought it on xbox series x so that I can use cheats on pc via pc trainers lol.

I only use exp x4 because I don’t have time to grind.

I might buy all future rpgs on xbox because of that lol

 

[hippy dave]

I put a new fan in my old laptop, as the original fan died a slow noisy death.

I actually had to fix the new fan first, as it got a bit squashed in the post and wouldn't spin up. Popped the lower shell out a bit and replaced the top shell with the one from the original fan. Now it works great.

 

[The Catboy]

Side note, made my own custom PS4 controllers. One of my controllers has a faulty battery that I will replace in the future. But for now, I moved another battery from a donor controller into it. Then I swapped the shell. The one turned on is the now fixed controller

I need to fix the other board both for the battery and joysticks. I accidentally left it in front of the window and the caps on the joystick melted slightly, so now they are permanently sticky

 

[emcintosh]

Further progress in my quest to add ABXY back buttons to any controllers that don’t have them:
PowerLead wireless controller for P4 - a third-party PS3/4 controller with the Wii U sticks-on-top layout. The trackpad is half-width and in at least some games maps to only the left half of the screen.

Hot glue is useful for securing the wires to the board so the solder joints don’t get pulled, and for holding the tact switches in place. I may have overdone the hot glue on the lower switches, as the case doesn’t want to close all the way - possibly the glue is impinging on the rumble motors’ space.
The solder to the ground connection wasn’t very secure, so I had to break out my lead-flavour eutectic solder. Presumably this connection was less secure as the heat was being spread over a wider ground plane, so it wasn’t getting hot enough to bond to the solder. That’s definitely an issue with Xbox controllers. The leaded solder melts at a lower temperature.

 

[slaphappygamer]

Overhauling my ebike to make it better and more pleasant. Also for higher level throttle operation. I’m also able to manipulate the dead zones of throttle rotation. New controller, new display. I’m able to tune the new controller to my motor. Now I just need to finish wiring in my lights and accessories. Then clean/dress wiring. Should be completed in the coming days. None of this was plug and play, so I’m making them plug and play. Easier for trouble isolation down the road.

 

[captainpringles]

I'm building a media/game server out of a Dell Optiplex 3020. I've already installed a 120GB SSD to serve as the boot drive and I just ordered 16gb of DDR3 and a 12TB HDD. I'll get everything up and running, then see if I need to upgrade the CPU. At the moment, it has an i3-4160 and I want to see what kind of demands I'm putting on it before upgrading.

 

[tech3475]

Managed to finally track down the official firmware for my XDA Exec after it semi-bricked itself, got the thing running and now I can mess around with some custom ROMs.

If you ever find yourself struggling for certain pieces of software, be persistent, try different search terms engines and look every so often.

 

[zekro94]

My tv went "pok"(like something fell off the table) so I took a look at the psu, the resistor was blown and also the fuse. Replaced both for about 1€ and I still have my tv working.

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

My tv went "pok"(like something fell off the table) so I took a look at the psu, the resistor was blown and also the fuse. Replaced both for about 1€ and I still have my tv working.

I can't understand ANY OF THOSE COMPONENTS. I could NEVER do anything like that (at least not now)!

 

[Jayro]

With the help of @Sono I was able to build myself a Pokemon Pinball reproduction cart for my personal collection. It supports Rumble and Saving without batteries and in a regular Gameboy Color cartridge formfactor. I couldn't find any labels I liked, so I designed my own and had it printed professionally. The end results speak for themselves. I compiled the ROM myself from the decompilation project.

It's honestly one of my favorite games of all time, and this build perfected every flaw it once had; batteries and bulk.
Mission successful.

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

With the help of @Sono I was able to build myself a Pokemon Pinball reproduction cart for my personal collection. It supports Rumble and Saving without batteries and in a regular Gameboy Color cartridge formfactor. I couldn't find any labels I liked, so I designed my own and had it printed professionally. The end results speak for themselves. I compiled the ROM myself from the decompilation project.

It's honestly one of my favorite games of all time, and this build perfected every flaw it once had; batteries and bulk.
Mission successful.

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Dude, that is super duper awesomely cool.

Great work! Now I'm going to go to YouTube and look up the game, as I am not familiar with it.

 

[Jayro]

Dude, that is super duper awesomely cool.

Great work! Now I'm going to go to YouTube and look up the game, as I am not familiar with it. View attachment 446094

There's a Pokemon Pinball for GBA as well, but it's lame af because it doesn't have rumble and the ball physics and table layouts are both just totally whack. The Gameboy Color version is far superior.

 

[Fien]

My tv went "pok"(like something fell off the table) so I took a look at the psu, the resistor was blown and also the fuse. Replaced both for about 1€ and I still have my tv working.

The blue one... isn't that a capacitor instead of a resistor? The symbol on the PCB and the part itself looks like one.

 

[Hayato213]

The blue one... isn't that a capacitor instead of a resistor? The symbol on the PCB and the part itself looks like one.

The one blown was a capacitor. That was what I thought too.

 

[zekro94]

I can't understand ANY OF THOSE COMPONENTS. I could NEVER do anything like that (at least not now)!

I also don't understand most of the things on a motherboard but with a little bit of googling and some courage I succeded. I don't have electrical knowledge but I just compensate. Either I repair it and learn something or I break it and learn something, so just try

The blue one... isn't that a capacitor instead of a resistor? The symbol on the PCB and the part itself looks like one.

Yeah, I wrote resistor when I meant capacitor,didn't realize since I was kinda sleepy when I posted that so thanks for correcting

 

[zxr750j]

With the help of @Sono I was able to build myself a Pokemon Pinball reproduction cart for my personal collection. It supports Rumble and Saving without batteries and in a regular Gameboy Color cartridge formfactor. I couldn't find any labels I liked, so I designed my own and had it printed professionally. The end results speak for themselves. I compiled the ROM myself from the decompilation project.

It's honestly one of my favorite games of all time, and this build perfected every flaw it once had; batteries and bulk.
Mission successful.

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Really awesome!! Partslist?

 

[Jayro]

Really awesome!! Partslist?

It's just using HDR's MBC5 rumble cartridge, which can be found here: https://github.com/HDR/MBC5-Flashcart

 

[AmandaRose]

Had to replace the SD card slot in my original 3DS. Had me extremely nervous as the last 3DS I owned several years ago also developed the same problem. The replacement SD card slot I bought also came with a cheep little plastic screwdriver and when I tried to fix my 3DS with it I ended up stripping a screw. So I gave up and chucked the 3DS in the trash.

This time I made sure I had a good quality Phillips #00 Screwdriver and all the screws came out easily and from there the SD card slot replacement was a breeze.

Everyone please learn from my mistake from several years ago and always use good quality tools to repair your equipment.