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I paid £8 for this PAC MAN thing | Can I FIX It?
This My Arcade Pac Man handheld game was sold as dead, with no power. It's powered by either USB C or AA batteries.
Let's test them both and try and work out what the problem is!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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It's like a Game Boy, but worse | Can i fix it?
zhlédnutí 72KPřed dnem
I paid £19.99 for this Grandstand Game Player, for some reason. It was sold as faulty, no power, doesn't turn on. The usual. Let's try and fix it! Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot. SUPPORT ME ...
I bought an Atari LYNX 2 for £75 but it's got a problem...
zhlédnutí 99KPřed 21 dnem
I picked this Atari Lynx up from eBay for £75. It was sold as having some trace damage near the volume wheel. But is that the only problem? Let's try and fix it! Hope you enjoy! Steve AMP BOARDS: UK amzn.to/3wtfNRp US amzn.to/3WEiSsr PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting...
Faulty REVITIVE Circulation Booster | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 60KPřed 28 dny
This Revitive circulation booster thing belongs to Mick. It didn't like it when Mick inserted a 12v power supply into it. It wanted 5v. So now, it's faulty and doesn't have any power at all. Let's take it apart and see if we can bring it back to life! Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing ...
FAULTY B&W Z2 Speaker | REVISIT
zhlédnutí 79KPřed měsícem
This is David's Bowers & Wilkins Z2 speaker again. The one with the red pulsing LED. It's been giving me nightmares, so let's have another go at figuring out the fault and getting it working... Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. P...
A VIEWER sent me this FAULTY B&W Z2 Speaker | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 84KPřed měsícem
This Bowers & Wilkins Z2 speaker was sent over to me by David. It's got a red pulsing LED and doesn't come on at all. It appears to be in some kind of protection mode. Let's crack this open and see if we can work out what's wrong! Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pre...
Street NINJA with Garbled Screen | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 74KPřed měsícem
I picked this Tiger Electronics Action Man Street Ninja thing from off eBay for £9.99. I originally thought it was sold as no power, but it didn't actually say! Turns out, it's got a garbled screen and the game won't play. Let's crack this open and see if we can work out what's wrong! Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or...
Street Fighter 2 ARCADE Machine | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 108KPřed měsícem
I picked this Arcade 1up arcade machine from off Facebook Marketplace for £50. It was sold as "unsure if it actually works", and sure enough, it doesn't. It doesn't boot up, and it appears to hang on a black screen. Let's crack this open and see if we can work out what's wrong! Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest...
This PS5 was DROPPED | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 114KPřed 2 měsíci
I picked this PlayStation 5 up from off eBay for £220. It was sold as Impact Damaged and that it had been dropped with the HDMI cable inserted, directly onto the HDMI port! Let's crack this open and see if it's just a HDMI problem... I mean, will it even power on? Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go abo...
PURE Jongo T2 Speaker | how hard can it be?
zhlédnutí 77KPřed 2 měsíci
I got this Wi-Fi speaker off of eBay for £18. It was sold as faulty, no power, and that's what I got! Let's crack this open and see if we can work out what's wrong with it! Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me -...
2 eBay DAB Radios | Let's FIX Them...
zhlédnutí 90KPřed 2 měsíci
These 2 Bush DAB Radios were sold on eBay as faulty, no power. Let's crack them open and see what's wrong! And, of course, try to fix them! Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot. SUPPORT ME on PATR...
Do all Evercade EXP's have this fault? | Let's FIX it
zhlédnutí 124KPřed 3 měsíci
I bought this for £40 from off eBay. Sold as faulty but "working". It was supposed to work plugged in... but for some reason it doesn't. After filming this, I've looked through countless forum posts of people having the same issue. Blaze must have made a big boo-boo with some batches of these systems... Anyway, let's try and get it working again... I enjoyed this one, and I hope you do too! Ste...
£8 eBay job lot | Can they be fixed?
zhlédnutí 102KPřed 3 měsíci
This little lot cost me a whopping £8 off of eBay. Just sold as "faulty" without much explanation. We have a lovely retro MB Pocket Simon, a PMS(L) Sudoku Challenger and a Mini Arcade game thing. Let's see if we can get them all working! Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. ...
Cambridge Audio GO for £25 on eBay | What could go wrong?
zhlédnutí 730KPřed 3 měsíci
I picked up this GO V2 bluetooth speaker for £25 inc. postage. It was sold as faulty, with no power. Sure enough, it was accurately described, and didn't turn on. What they neglected to mention is that someone with fat fingers had already been poking around inside it... Let's see if we can get it working again... Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, ...
Can I make money FIXING Amazon RETURNS?
zhlédnutí 504KPřed 3 měsíci
I've seen a few of these videos, and I wanted to see for myself if it's possible to actually make money from one of these things. I picked it up from eBay for £66 in total... Is anything going to be faulty, or is it just a pile of random crap? Or, maybe, a bit of both! Let's fix what we can and see how much money can potentially be made from these things... Hope you enjoy! Steve PS. I'm not an ...
Why are they always water damaged? | Switch LITE trying to FIX
zhlédnutí 108KPřed 4 měsíci
Why are they always water damaged? | Switch LITE trying to FIX
FAULTY A500 Mini | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 129KPřed 4 měsíci
FAULTY A500 Mini | Can I FIX It?
Switch LITE with WATER Damage | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 123KPřed 4 měsíci
Switch LITE with WATER Damage | Can I FIX It?
"UNTESTED" Mini ARCADE Game Thing | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 75KPřed 4 měsíci
"UNTESTED" Mini ARCADE Game Thing | Can I FIX It?
My AMMETER Died | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 81KPřed 4 měsíci
My AMMETER Died | Can I FIX It?
I Bought a FAULTY Original XBOX Crystal | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 173KPřed 5 měsíci
I Bought a FAULTY Original XBOX Crystal | Can I FIX It?
FAILED Prior Repair Attempt on this RETRO ARCADE Game? | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 108KPřed 5 měsíci
FAILED Prior Repair Attempt on this RETRO ARCADE Game? | Can I FIX It?
ACTUAL FIX for the INSTAX Mini FLASHING ORANGE Lights?
zhlédnutí 88KPřed 5 měsíci
ACTUAL FIX for the INSTAX Mini FLASHING ORANGE Lights?
INSTAX Mini Cameras with FLASHING ORANGE Lights | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 61KPřed 5 měsíci
INSTAX Mini Cameras with FLASHING ORANGE Lights | Can I FIX It?
I Paid £80 for ALL the Instant CAMERAS | How many can I FIX?!
zhlédnutí 89KPřed 5 měsíci
I Paid £80 for ALL the Instant CAMERAS | How many can I FIX?!
This EXPENSIVE Huepar THERMAL Camera is BROKEN | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 90KPřed 6 měsíci
This EXPENSIVE Huepar THERMAL Camera is BROKEN | Can I FIX It?
FAULTY Panasonic DVR Thing | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 99KPřed 6 měsíci
FAULTY Panasonic DVR Thing | Can I FIX It?
NEW but FAULTY?! | JBL Flip Essential Bluetooth Speaker | Can I FIX It?
zhlédnutí 121KPřed 6 měsíci
NEW but FAULTY?! | JBL Flip Essential Bluetooth Speaker | Can I FIX It?
I HAD To Have Another Look At This!
zhlédnutí 53KPřed 6 měsíci
I HAD To Have Another Look At This!
I bought a FAULTY Switch Controller and made it WORSE...
zhlédnutí 98KPřed 6 měsíci
I bought a FAULTY Switch Controller and made it WORSE...

Komentáře

  • @dragnar1147
    @dragnar1147 Před 37 minutami

    Great video. I have two ps1 that i need to change the chip, What temperature and speed did you used to make the repair

  • @geddeeee
    @geddeeee Před hodinou

    It's aluminium....

  • @user-pw1bt3fj4x
    @user-pw1bt3fj4x Před hodinou

    Looking abit tanned there steve

  • @JeffreyGroves
    @JeffreyGroves Před 2 hodinami

    Do not feel guilty. Ask the previous owner for the parental control PIN. Ah.. you did ask in the end. Good work.

  • @JeffreyGroves
    @JeffreyGroves Před 2 hodinami

    You're so meek and polite in your early videos. I'm glad you loosened-up over time.

  • @greedysourceofgod4819
    @greedysourceofgod4819 Před 2 hodinami

    I mean aint bad what you paid , i paid 400 bucks back in 2015

  • @joshuafrimowitz4298
    @joshuafrimowitz4298 Před 4 hodinami

    I'm trying to repair about 250 wiimotes and one of the more common problems im coming across with some of these is the wiimotes work, but have inverted motion controls. Can you please give me some insight as to how to fix this? Thanks a ton!

  • @ronsonwagner9401
    @ronsonwagner9401 Před 6 hodinami

    Those two 512 (5.1k ohm) resistors @4:48 are on CC1 and CC2 pins on the USB Type-C connection, a quick and dirty way to pull 5V at up to 3A from a charger.

  • @theexile4694
    @theexile4694 Před 7 hodinami

    What you SHOULD have done was repair the broken pads first, then attach the USB C port.

    • @theexile4694
      @theexile4694 Před 7 hodinami

      The way you would do this is scrape some of the board's green protective layer off, get small wires, and place the small wires in the scraped areas. You would then solder them into place to create the "ghetto pad". After the ghetto pads are in place, you install the USB C and it would make your life so much easier.

  • @itsmrotaku
    @itsmrotaku Před 8 hodinami

    I have a spare pcb for this arcade if you need it mate

  • @oh-totoro
    @oh-totoro Před 10 hodinami

    I was shouting "there's a hole in that there!", "a hole - right thereeee", "Over more - a hole!!". Then he flips the board over and I'm screaming "back to the other side - a hooooole!".

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond Před 11 hodinami

    The Pac is Back, baby.

  • @moholayan1626
    @moholayan1626 Před 12 hodinami

    If you don’t mind my question what is the name of that battery type of this machine

  • @Marian_Rusnak
    @Marian_Rusnak Před 12 hodinami

    'real English'

  • @darktrain1971
    @darktrain1971 Před 13 hodinami

    love the videos but that robbie williams rapping though....

  • @davenunyabusiness4893
    @davenunyabusiness4893 Před 13 hodinami

    "Stupid Ghosts" camera slowly zooms in 💀💀💀

  • @SVW1976
    @SVW1976 Před 13 hodinami

    Well done!

  • @WillEclipse
    @WillEclipse Před 14 hodinami

    Apologies if answered before but what’s your background? And do you sell the items you fix or keep them?

  • @rwilcox_71
    @rwilcox_71 Před 14 hodinami

    Eezy Peezy Lemon Squeezy! Nicely Done!

  • @Tomtraubert2009
    @Tomtraubert2009 Před 17 hodinami

    what's that little noise at 6:19?

  • @simonRTJ
    @simonRTJ Před dnem

    soak the whole thing in vinegar, then wash with de-ionised water. dont dremel away the sulfates you can damage the traces, i soak pc motherboards it doesnt ahrm them as long as you dont leave it in for too long. it fixes the corrosion perfectly.

  • @ninaevans4501
    @ninaevans4501 Před dnem

    Bands Don't Play No More....... ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍

  • @ninaevans4501
    @ninaevans4501 Před dnem

    P.S. Love the 1980's style music when you're working on stuff. Wayne & Nina 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🫡🫡🫡🫡

  • @ninaevans4501
    @ninaevans4501 Před dnem

    To be honest, with anything vintage, Observe, Clean and Resolder wires. Replace caps, scrub battery terminals, but be aware that some idiot might have got in there before you (not calling you an idiot despite "Voice Over Steve"). Warmest Regards Wayne & Nina ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍❌️❌️❌️❌️❌️

  • @shittyyyy1
    @shittyyyy1 Před dnem

    Flux is your best friend 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @dj5626
    @dj5626 Před dnem

    I've been going through all your videos again, one enjoyable marathon, especially with the lyrical masterpieces

  • @adiposerex5150
    @adiposerex5150 Před dnem

    Good job.

  • @MrDuncl
    @MrDuncl Před dnem

    After ten minutes of random button pressing I just received Six Music on the Evoke F4 I bought on eBay. Now it is time to buy a display. What would be useful would be to know the menu structure below the home key.

  • @taterzsalad9252
    @taterzsalad9252 Před dnem

    Y1 🤮

  • @wesleybilly8097
    @wesleybilly8097 Před dnem

    Good video. The atari is great from my arcade and i think you would love it. you can add games to it. either way good video. I appreciate you

  • @maxbrown347
    @maxbrown347 Před dnem

    Fe rant I not fujitsu

  • @stevenmarkbullock8002

    Love your channel. I have a cool old Vectrex system from my childhood bought in 1980. Was working fine when it went into the attic...now all those years later no sign of life. I'd love it back working and I'm sure it would get you some good viewing figures if you fancied a cracked at it.

  • @cpop9275
    @cpop9275 Před dnem

    I take care of my original Nintendo switch,Nintendo switch lite and my Nintendo switch oled

  • @markc5509
    @markc5509 Před dnem

    Hey buddy. Could i have the headphones please ?as I'm a Bus Driver and I only use the right one.

  • @franckozon
    @franckozon Před dnem

    Nice

  • @barryodriscoll4693

    I have to ask Steve, have you been on hols? Either that or too long behind the heat of the soldering iron has given you a tan 😂

  • @Cruxics
    @Cruxics Před dnem

    I now kind of want to mod the screen attachment with a modern IPS or AMOLED display that can handle both the 50hz of PAL and the 60hz of NTSC.

  • @chrisfeaka4250
    @chrisfeaka4250 Před dnem

    Nice catch!

  • @petem2436
    @petem2436 Před dnem

    You're a brave man Gunga Din, either that or a wealthy fool: paying £280 for a non-working device of eBay is folly to say the least but the laugh is on me because you repaired it without any too many problems. Good on yer! I used to enjoy repairing cell phones etc., but then age caught up to me (83) and made me jitter and half blind. I admire your efforts!

  • @Archie503
    @Archie503 Před dnem

    Great content,beautifully presented. Made me smile throughout.

  • @srtmaine3959
    @srtmaine3959 Před dnem

    💩

  • @StilgarAstartes
    @StilgarAstartes Před dnem

    Hello, old friend Y1! After so many failed transistors, I vote for namig those pieces the "Y-tho?" because they seem to fail almost randomly. Nice Fix, Sir!

  • @daviddawkins
    @daviddawkins Před dnem

    "seamless"..."pretend you didn't see that"... :-D Do more of this please

  • @mcolom
    @mcolom Před dnem

    I'm wondering what could have caused that transistor to have such a hole. It doesn't seem to come from the inside, so perahps it was damaged right after the machine was assembled? Great videos Steve, by the way!

  • @jylam_
    @jylam_ Před dnem

    I come for the rap music, but sometimes there's even some electronic stuff. That's culture for you guys.

  • @paulrb894
    @paulrb894 Před dnem

    Good video, I sent you a Sony Walkman wm20 to your po box , can you confirm it arrived please, if your too busy to fix it then kindly return it many thanks

  • @markstanton8398
    @markstanton8398 Před dnem

    Looks like it's been mod in the past to either overclock or convert to ntsc. It was probably cocked up and the mod chip removed to go in a different machine. Like with the PlayStation some games never got released in the uk

  • @Dinosword2000
    @Dinosword2000 Před dnem

    11:30 The thermal paste sound effects... I'm dying! 😂

  • @gregalss
    @gregalss Před dnem

    y1 blew up y

  • @dodgydruid
    @dodgydruid Před dnem

    Aw ended on just about the best 2 tone song ever... they actually shot the video in my neck of south London and I can annoy people by pointing out various streets etc AND actor Gary Oldman's Deptford road where he grew up...