Vince's Ebay Repair Thread - (Console Repairs & Mods)
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Decided to do another switch, this time a normal one, no power again so I can try and use some of the chips I bought:
Undecided at the moment but will probably sell the switch lite as right now i'm just accumulating consoles I don't need as I already have a normal switch.
I also bought something a bit more retro in the same colour I had when I was younger. This one is for some modding I think:
Undecided at the moment but will probably sell the switch lite as right now i'm just accumulating consoles I don't need as I already have a normal switch.
I also bought something a bit more retro in the same colour I had when I was younger. This one is for some modding I think:
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Got one on watch
- They seem to go for way too much money and don't come up that often. Also If you go for a lynx you have to go the full hog and do a full recap, screen upgrade etc.Nice job on that Switch Lite!
Need to get a rename on this thread, and just keep topping it up with stuff.
Thats the plan, I will keep modding and fixing stuff as I'm quite enjoying it, it's a good way to waste a few hours for sure! The DSi took me the longest to sort, much longer than the switch lite even though the switch lite did have more overall damage and probably more pcb damage. I'm looking forward to the OG switch as that's got a little profit in it if it's something I can fix. Again though it's not something I want or need as I already have an OG switch. I am also not really doing it for profit or anything though just sort of doing it as it's a fun way to build up a little collection and to learn something while doing it.
I am going to do a full re-shell, bigger screen, audio amp, power regulator etc on the gameboy colour so if you like a modded system that one might be fun!
Nothing is too far gone and I'll have a go at pretty much anything. The dsi/3ds etc are just nasty to repair and diagnose, then if you sell which I am likely to they command the same prices broken or working which sort of takes the fun out of it.
Things on my list for fixing that I now have or are on their way...
Atari ST 500
Switch
Switch Lite
Gameboy colour
Sega Master System
Also got my eyes on a lynx.
Lynx
Only time I ever played one was on a childhood holiday in Greece. The game was similar vein to afterburner. It seemed a clunky console with a screen that was too small, but compared to my Game Boy it seemed like future technology.
The decent IPS screens for GBC are so cheap here. About £20 will get you the latest offerings. Definitely something I want to do soon.
I've got a Q5 on the way, it's larger than the OG colour screen and is approx £50, I would never make back what I've spent if I sell the console but there is a decent gameboy library to explore!! As for the lynx, I'll keep looking!!
I'll all about having the proper hardware. Just looked a bit more at the switch I bought... the m92 charge chip has apparently been removed from the board... this should be very interesting indeed given somebody has already had a go at it...
I can already see missing housing screws etc... perhaps this one might be my first non-fix we shall see!
Oh for sure assuming I can fix it based on what I see leaves nothing left on the bone, needs a new digitizer £15, m92 chip £5, screws and fixings £5 that makes it a 80/90 switch before it's even fixed.
Got home from France to a few packages 
But only one would be interesting to the thread the Game Boy Colour turned up and it kinda works!! I dunno how but it does! Let's have a little look at what we have:
This is what it looked like straight out of the package:
Turn it on and we get something so that is promising...
Lets have a little look inside, open it up and straight away the speaker is missing and those wires don't look factory to me...
Didn't spot this but after I took the board out looking for any electrolytic caps, I started spotting where they should be
Oh and the main power cap is missing as well.
Apart in all its glory!
I don't have any games again so I guess ill just explore and find out what value caps etc it should have, find a speaker and go from there. I guess some of these repairs might cross over a bit as I have quite a lot of random stuff coming and ill need to order parts etc in so i'll just kinda update a bit at a time as we progress. Unless you guys would prefer me to update a single post per thing I am fixing. I really want to bring that Atari ST in from the garage as well so thats getting higher up the list!
So far on this one I have spent the following:
And in parts and the cheapest buy it now cart on ebay to test with:
So total so far is £42.28 to get it working how it should, if I want to reshell, power mod, and add an lcd you can add
Larger LCD: 54.99
CleanPower Regulator: £7.19
RetroSix Shell: £8.39
So you are looking at £112.85 for a properly sorted gameboy colour before even power modding batteries and stuff, Some 3d printing of a bracket is also needed. So what I thought would be a pretty cheap console is actually pretty expensive if you go the full hog. Ill get it working and see what we think If you put the smaller backlit lcd in you can knock £20 off of that but that lcd is slightly smaller than the stock one.
But only one would be interesting to the thread the Game Boy Colour turned up and it kinda works!! I dunno how but it does! Let's have a little look at what we have:This is what it looked like straight out of the package:
Turn it on and we get something so that is promising...
Lets have a little look inside, open it up and straight away the speaker is missing and those wires don't look factory to me...
Didn't spot this but after I took the board out looking for any electrolytic caps, I started spotting where they should be
Oh and the main power cap is missing as well.
Apart in all its glory!
I don't have any games again so I guess ill just explore and find out what value caps etc it should have, find a speaker and go from there. I guess some of these repairs might cross over a bit as I have quite a lot of random stuff coming and ill need to order parts etc in so i'll just kinda update a bit at a time as we progress. Unless you guys would prefer me to update a single post per thing I am fixing. I really want to bring that Atari ST in from the garage as well so thats getting higher up the list!
So far on this one I have spent the following:
And in parts and the cheapest buy it now cart on ebay to test with:
So total so far is £42.28 to get it working how it should, if I want to reshell, power mod, and add an lcd you can add
Larger LCD: 54.99
CleanPower Regulator: £7.19
RetroSix Shell: £8.39
So you are looking at £112.85 for a properly sorted gameboy colour before even power modding batteries and stuff, Some 3d printing of a bracket is also needed. So what I thought would be a pretty cheap console is actually pretty expensive if you go the full hog. Ill get it working and see what we think
If you put the smaller backlit lcd in you can knock £20 off of that but that lcd is slightly smaller than the stock one.
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I think I have a real problem this came up on a buy it now last night and I couldn't resist:
I think all I need now is the coral and the new blue one and ill have one of each colour I now have a pretty big stack of stuff to fix so should hold off buying anything for a while until a few more of these are fixed. I might just show working items unless it's interesting as I am sure the thread doesn't want to see me fixing 20 switch lites
I think all I need now is the coral and the new blue one and ill have one of each colour
I now have a pretty big stack of stuff to fix so should hold off buying anything for a while until a few more of these are fixed. I might just show working items unless it's interesting as I am sure the thread doesn't want to see me fixing 20 switch lites 
I am looking forward to finishing it. I did all the caps and played with the potentiometer but the screen is still terrible as is the game I have, I played it for 5 mins or so but should probably think about investing in a decent game... The speaker for it turned up after I put it back together but ill just wait for the new power board, lcd case etc to turn up and put it back together all done. Some of it is coming from china because it keeps the price sub £100 for the whole device but hopefully it all turns up this side of christmas.
This stuff is awesome...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Novus-Acry...ocphy=9045030&hvtargid=pla-762233523517&psc=1
It can do it all... 1,2,3 are just different grades of the cleaner. works really well removing dirt, scratches etc.
I got fed up of using eye loops and a magnifying glass...
65 quid from China.. total bargain!!
The grey switch lite is missing a whole bunch of components, so far I've worked out its missing M92T36 (power IC), and around it 4x 100k 0201 resistors as well as 3x 0204 1uf 6.3v and 1x 10nf 25v 0201, then it's also missing MAX17050 and a 10k 0402 below it. The device only really has one issue and that was a shorted charge port that will blow m92t36 but somebody went ham on it I do think I can fix it though and have all the parts on order. Luckily I had a switch board laying about so removed everything and measured it all.
Everything else measures good. I also got another normal switch in and somebody has tried to replace the charge port on it really badly and it appears to have a shorted video IC. Still waiting for a bunch of charge ports so I guess I won't know what I can fix until all my parts arrive.
65 quid from China.. total bargain!!
The grey switch lite is missing a whole bunch of components, so far I've worked out its missing M92T36 (power IC), and around it 4x 100k 0201 resistors as well as 3x 0204 1uf 6.3v and 1x 10nf 25v 0201, then it's also missing MAX17050 and a 10k 0402 below it. The device only really has one issue and that was a shorted charge port that will blow m92t36 but somebody went ham on it
I do think I can fix it though and have all the parts on order. Luckily I had a switch board laying about so removed everything and measured it all.Everything else measures good. I also got another normal switch in and somebody has tried to replace the charge port on it really badly and it appears to have a shorted video IC. Still waiting for a bunch of charge ports so I guess I won't know what I can fix until all my parts arrive.
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We've been promised 20 switch lites and we expect 20 fixed switch lites
Well so far we have just 1 switch lite fixed
one is here (the grey one) but I am waiting parts and I will add some pics to the thread because I have my cool new camera/scope thing 
The yellow one still hasn't turned up, but the OG switch has and is already in pieces but needs a new charge port (somebody had a go but its not pretty). Ill update the thread once some progress has been made. I'm quite looking forward to sharing if I get the grey one working because there is quite a lot broken/missing on this one, some of it was my doing though .Cheers dude, I am having fun with and so ill keep fixing, buying and modding stuff until I either run out of money or get bored. I'll just update things like the cost and how much it cost me to repair/mod each one
I've got another one to add to the list, a megadrive mini that wont power on 
Can confirm that I am not a youtuber
- Although I do put the odd video on there but mostly only for this thread. Am hoping some more consoles / parts turn up today so I can get on with fixing stuff Love the dell fix, so satisfying when you manage to get something that is totally dead to fire back into life!