Hey man, do you think its possible to fix a broken PCI Express x16 connector on a gpu? Its really really busted up.. but if doable it would be totally amazing, please get back to me :)
2:49 Piezo speaker! I love this particular design with the springs making the contact, as it's much easier to take apart than if it was soldered with wires. The color is totally normal.
I pity none but thee, Repairman. The unsung hero of thrift stores. Giving a new home to dead items at a loss to your personal time and welfare. Time flies and repairmen come and go, yet your creations shall stand eternal, as reminders of your ever-needed craftsmanship.
Good fix 👍 And yes, your videos can sometimes be too short for us who really enjoy your content, but you're not a complete amateur and you often see the logic why your items are broken, so that makes the repair much quicker. I hope this challenge goes well for you, looking forward to the next repair video :)
Recognize the thing on the back immediately and looks like other people already let you know! Piezo Speaker, but hey having a simple fix is perfectly fine by me. Short videos are good too, especially when I don't have time to watch a 30 minute one! I do electronic fixes like this too occasionally as a hobby along with hack mods too, and I'm just glad I can watch other people do things I enjoy doing and actually learn from them too!
I love this challenge. I love these videos. I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment to fix old stuff. Thanks for making these videos and being so detailed about your repairs.
Nice one Tronix , won’t say about the speaker as everyone else already has. Nice you took on a watch ! Easier than Vince’s 😂. These game watches have a cult following so depending on much your paid you could do well. I will post your video into some of my watch Facebook groups . Keep going pal, really Getting into your channel and have it on often now while I am working on watches
Ha, ha MUCH easier than Vince's! I'm not ready to tackle a "real" watch yet...but someday. I actually have an old gold pocket watch...might have to pull it out and have a look at it. I'm enjoying your videos as well!
Funny how a watch can have a headphone jack.....but a cellphone can’t 🤣🤣 Don’t remember ever seeing this watch back in the day. Of course I had the best watch of the time back then.....NOPE, not the calculator watch😂; I had the Remote Control Watch🤣 Drove my teachers in school batty, nut did come in handy in couple of classes when actually needed to rewind or stop one of those infamous “health class” videos😉 Congrats on PS4 profit👍🏻 Good luck on the last challenge 🍀 Cheers✌🏼
Another great video dude. Thanks for uploading. Surely you have to show us a quick video of you winning a level on that watch before you sell it! Cant believe it has a headphone jack haha
As many have said piezo speaker usually connected to the main part of the watch by a small spring that touches the center of the piezo the spring usually rests in a round hole the center part of the piezo looked a little tarnished. A piezo speaker is an electro static type speaker the other contact for the speaker is the watch case
You should check if the battery lasts through the week. I have three similar watches: one loses picture on a new battery within the hour, the other two drain new batteries in about one or two weeks. Maybe they were always that power hungry, I don't know, but it sure makes wearing them unappealing...
Just found this watch from growing up. Thanks for the vid! I did try to remove all the corrosion which I feel it does look pretty good. Got a new battery and installed it back to how you put it back but it doesnt turn on. Is this something you may be interesting in a PT2 vid to see if/what I can/cannot repair? Would pay of course.....
Nice item Steve, I think you will turn a profit on it :-) That little circle thing on the back cover is a piezo buzzer for the sound if you didn't want to wear headphones.
I could be wrong but I don’t think they’d have been making Super Mario World watches before 1990 as the game only came out on the Super Famicom in November of 1990 in Japan. The Super Mario Bros 3 watch might have been earlier though as it was a different design (and there were also Tetris and Zelda versions of that watch). There was a Starfox game in the style of this watch.
Might be a difficult challenge but how about trying to fix a drone? I found one on eBay for 179.99 but looks like it might be a huge challenge but if fixed could give a large profit. DJI PHANTOM 4 STANDARD QUADCOPTER WM330A This is in the description to make it easy to look up. Even if this is not a good choice I still like the drone fixing in general and you always seem to be up for a difficult challenge. Love your videos and have a great day.
These watches were manufactured and released in 1990 with this particular one being from late 1990/ early 1991 meaning you've failed to adhere to the guidelines.
I use to have a pac man game that was hand held but had two ends with buttons for 2 players at once.... not sure what ever happened to it ... was fun to play
This Remember me about those Casio watches with games.... I had the windsurf one and a decent One of them goes for pretty High on eBay... Might look For that kind of stuff
@@Tronicsfix And yeah it is really loud, I think the point of the headphone jack was you could plug in headphones to play it during class; but when I tried I got blasted by the "DOOT DOOT DOOT DO DEEEEE DO" and everyone could hear it anyway 😂
Your's looks like a Nelsonic original, Retro Future's I am sure was a Zeon branded one for the European markets as Nelsonic didn't have any means to enter the market when it was just easier to subcontract it to small firm. Zeon are still going but now just peddle stuff straight from Shenzen, no more Japanese movements, dunno if Nelsonic is still afloat? I seem to remember the last Nintendo collab was a Star Fox watch then they moved over to Tamigotchii style stuff.
Great item and a nice and easy fix, item nr5 how about something completely different like a vacuum cleaner robot or something, mechanical and electronic combined. Great challenge guys, keep it up.
I actually used to have an exact model of that watch, it was also broken and I didn't know how to fix it so I sold it for around the same price that you bought it for.
Yes, the new Xbox Elite2 Controller, will arrive Nov. 4th which hopefully will address some of the previous controller's biggest problems, let me guess, stick drift, broken shoulder buttons, rubber grips have fallen off over time. Steve take one of these apart, pretty please with sugar on top !
Did you ever have one of these? Loved this item.
Also, I just donated to #teamtrees would love to see this project get to 20 mil: teamtrees.org/
I had one of these when I was younger I think I still may have it.
Hey man, do you think its possible to fix a broken PCI Express x16 connector on a gpu? Its really really busted up.. but if doable it would be totally amazing, please get back to me :)
To make more profit you can charge the buyer for the shipping fee, that way you won't cut into your strict budget as much as you are atm.
Anything over 100 years is considered an antique, I think you mean vintage? That's how we do it in the UK anyway.
You didn't test the piezo transducer(speaker that you didnt know what it was) in the back
2:49 Piezo speaker! I love this particular design with the springs making the contact, as it's much easier to take apart than if it was soldered with wires. The color is totally normal.
That's a piezo beeper on the back of the case.
Yes...that's it! Thanks!
I was just ready to answer..on the back it's an old speaker that's beeping...Hunter is absolutely right
Had to look it up. That's a slick piece of tech
This used to exist on all of the 90s handheld LCD video games. Those two springs connect to them.
@@karthik3k not only handheld games. Its in every LCD and other battery powered watch which has an alarm or beep, except for mechanical watches
I pity none but thee, Repairman.
The unsung hero of thrift stores. Giving a new home to dead items at a loss to your personal time and welfare. Time flies and repairmen come and go, yet your creations shall stand eternal, as reminders of your ever-needed craftsmanship.
Seeing that almost made me sob. Thanks for picking this one, I think a lot of us appreciated it
Glad you liked it. It's a cool one!
It's been quite a long time since I've seen a Nintendo watch. Never actually played with one that wasn't already half broken. Great video!
This was my first time holding one so that was fun. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Great job, Dr.Resurrector
Ha, ha...thanks!
Awesome. Had this exact watch. I was so stoked to see this under the Xmas tree in 1991.
That would have been a great gift!
That thing inside the backcover looks like a piezo!
Yes, someone else said that too. I think you're right.
Would make sense, the two little spring would be the contacts !
Yeah, it is a speaker...
@@cedricpomerleau5586 Thats what i thought. In cell phones the speakers often are connected by little springs!
@Mr Prongles yes - speakersa are made from a piezo crystals, they are also called piezo electric crystals
Good fix 👍 And yes, your videos can sometimes be too short for us who really enjoy your content, but you're not a complete amateur and you often see the logic why your items are broken, so that makes the repair much quicker. I hope this challenge goes well for you, looking forward to the next repair video :)
Thanks! I make them as long as I can while still keeping them semi interesting
Hey Steve! I love to binge watch your videos. You have a great company and I love these videos!! Hope the company is going well!
Hey thanks! Glad you're enjoying these!
Must feel good when the cleaning takes more time than the repair.
It's nice every once in a while!
Would like to see more retro repairs - another nice vid Steve
Thank you!
To play it safe for the last item I’m guessing you will go for a Nintendo switch thats the sensible option guaranteed to make profit
Certainly not guaranteed but could be a money maker.
You should grab a circa 1985 Coleco Mini Arcade game to repair. Huge demand and lots of broken ones around.
That's a good idea
Hell yeah they have a lot of broken ones
Always get excited when you upload!
Hey thanks!
Recognize the thing on the back immediately and looks like other people already let you know! Piezo Speaker, but hey having a simple fix is perfectly fine by me. Short videos are good too, especially when I don't have time to watch a 30 minute one! I do electronic fixes like this too occasionally as a hobby along with hack mods too, and I'm just glad I can watch other people do things I enjoy doing and actually learn from them too!
Cool! You should film them and put them on your channel!
thats a piezo speaker on the back cover should play sound from there as well as headphone jack
That's super dope bro. Heros do exist.
Nice soundtrack when cleaning bro. Thanks again.
I just like how the circuit says "HI" on it, in gold.
I love this challenge. I love these videos. I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment to fix old stuff. Thanks for making these videos and being so detailed about your repairs.
Omg! 😱I had one of those as a kid! In like 1996-1997! I got it for Christmas.
YOU MISSED A LITTLE DOT NEAR YOSHI'S CHIN! messing with my OCD gosh!!!!! Hahahaha lucky repair btw ;)
I had that watch was a kid. Definitely before 1990. Mine was probably between 82-85. This has a better band
The thrift store near me throws lots of things away that I find repairable or good components in.
Oh my! I really want to buy that off you!!
Sorry. I just did.
It's a cool one!
Just discovered your channel, wow! Love it man 👍
You make it look easy, is this something anyone can do (within reason) thanks
Welcome to my channel! It's something that anyone with a little bit of skill and a lot of determination can do imo
Hey, love your channel, never even new this existed, you should also try to fix a Nintendo switch next week
Thanks for watching! That's a good idea
Nice one Tronix , won’t say about the speaker as everyone else already has.
Nice you took on a watch ! Easier than Vince’s 😂. These game watches have a cult following so depending on much your paid you could do well.
I will post your video into some of my watch Facebook groups .
Keep going pal, really Getting into your channel and have it on often now while I am working on watches
Ha, ha MUCH easier than Vince's! I'm not ready to tackle a "real" watch yet...but someday. I actually have an old gold pocket watch...might have to pull it out and have a look at it. I'm enjoying your videos as well!
Funny how a watch can have a headphone jack.....but a cellphone can’t 🤣🤣
Don’t remember ever seeing this watch back in the day. Of course I had the best watch of the time back then.....NOPE, not the calculator watch😂; I had the Remote Control Watch🤣 Drove my teachers in school batty, nut did come in handy in couple of classes when actually needed to rewind or stop one of those infamous “health class” videos😉
Congrats on PS4 profit👍🏻
Good luck on the last challenge 🍀
Cheers✌🏼
That sounds like a cool watch!
This is awesome. I haven't seen those watches in so long.
Ya...it's a cool one!
@@Tronicsfix I used to want one of those so much when I was little. My parents never bought me one.
Supposedly antiques are over 100 years old and vintage items are over 20 years old. I remember having this watch
Another great video dude. Thanks for uploading. Surely you have to show us a quick video of you winning a level on that watch before you sell it! Cant believe it has a headphone jack haha
I wish I had the time to play it that long!
I had that thing 30 year's ago! A rare watch!
Cool! I wish I would have had one! They're awesome!
@@Tronicsfix it was a big thing for me. The watch was a birthday gift.
As many have said piezo speaker usually connected to the main part of the watch by a small spring that touches the center of the piezo the spring usually rests in a round hole the center part of the piezo looked a little tarnished. A piezo speaker is an electro static type speaker the other contact for the speaker is the watch case
Oh wow, I have one of those. Need to find and clean it up.
Love these watches!
A headphone jack? Very retro.
Ha, ha...yep!
Does anyone else think of toy story 2 when he is cleaning the watch lol
I have that same watch lying in my desk, I bought that watch for like $6-7 from local market
Wow, great deal! And great watch
Sometimes the simplest fixes are the most rewarding...
...and profitable.
You should check if the battery lasts through the week. I have three similar watches: one loses picture on a new battery within the hour, the other two drain new batteries in about one or two weeks. Maybe they were always that power hungry, I don't know, but it sure makes wearing them unappealing...
Wow this brings back some memories. I had a dino game watch in my childhood.
Didnt play that well.
Anyway lobed the video.
Awesome! These things are cool! Glad you enjoyed the video
I never saw a link on my screen
That's because it's not published yet. The link will be there after next weeks video
I used to have this watch in middle school 🙂
Love this watch!
Nice fix!
Just found this watch from growing up. Thanks for the vid! I did try to remove all the corrosion which I feel it does look pretty good. Got a new battery and installed it back to how you put it back but it doesnt turn on. Is this something you may be interesting in a PT2 vid to see if/what I can/cannot repair? Would pay of course.....
now that's a collectors item.
Nice item Steve, I think you will turn a profit on it :-) That little circle thing on the back cover is a piezo buzzer for the sound if you didn't want to wear headphones.
Thanks Vince! Seems everyone knows what the piezo is but me!
@@Tronicsfix Haha, sorry Steve. I seen all the comments after I made my one. I was a bit late to this Piezo party :-)
Uber cool watch. For watch enthusiasts it will fetch alot of attention
Ya, this is a cool one!
It has a headphone jack and no notches or cutouts in the display, which makes this watch better than the majority of smartphones.
Casio watches are better than this watch
I could be wrong but I don’t think they’d have been making Super Mario World watches before 1990 as the game only came out on the Super Famicom in November of 1990 in Japan. The Super Mario Bros 3 watch might have been earlier though as it was a different design (and there were also Tetris and Zelda versions of that watch). There was a Starfox game in the style of this watch.
I think you should go outside you're comfort zone next week and repair a retro console!
The first two items were outside of my comfort zone so I need to get some things I'm comfortable with so I can try to win
Might be a difficult challenge but how about trying to fix a drone? I found one on eBay for 179.99 but looks like it might be a huge challenge but if fixed could give a large profit. DJI PHANTOM 4 STANDARD QUADCOPTER WM330A This is in the description to make it easy to look up. Even if this is not a good choice I still like the drone fixing in general and you always seem to be up for a difficult challenge. Love your videos and have a great day.
Drones are a good idea.
@@Tronicsfix 😎
These watches were manufactured and released in 1990 with this particular one being from late 1990/ early 1991 meaning you've failed to adhere to the guidelines.
I used to have that watch, growing up.
I use to have a pac man game that was hand held but had two ends with buttons for 2 players at once.... not sure what ever happened to it ... was fun to play
Ya, those are super cool!
This Remember me about those Casio watches with games.... I had the windsurf one and a decent One of them goes for pretty High on eBay... Might look For that kind of stuff
Those are cool!
Awesome fix on video as always ❤️👍
Thanks!
Throw a resistor over the aux output to lower the sound
Maybe for challenge 5, try your hand at some car electronics. Those things generally have huge profit margins.
Good idea
lol I still have one of these in a shoebox somewhere, along with the original blue Mario game watch and the Zelda one.
Wow, cool!
@@Tronicsfix And yeah it is really loud, I think the point of the headphone jack was you could plug in headphones to play it during class; but when I tried I got blasted by the "DOOT DOOT DOOT DO DEEEEE DO" and everyone could hear it anyway 😂
It is definitely post 1990, because it's a Mario World watch. there were Mario watches made in 1989, but those were Mario 3 watches.
Series 0 Apple Watch would be interesting. I would love to see inside it.
Never done an Apple watch before. Good idea
Watching someone clean with a q-tip has never been so satisfying.
Ha, ha...thanks!
You missed a very good pun, when you said that there was a video on a similar watch you said you didn’t “Watch” it 😂
Your's looks like a Nelsonic original, Retro Future's I am sure was a Zeon branded one for the European markets as Nelsonic didn't have any means to enter the market when it was just easier to subcontract it to small firm. Zeon are still going but now just peddle stuff straight from Shenzen, no more Japanese movements, dunno if Nelsonic is still afloat? I seem to remember the last Nintendo collab was a Star Fox watch then they moved over to Tamigotchii style stuff.
Wow, great info! Thanks
Never seen one of these before. Awesome find.
How were you here a day ago? Lol
@@Natei members get videos a day early
@@FlaccidGnome oh cool!
Thanks! It's a cool one.
Great item and a nice and easy fix, item nr5 how about something completely different like a vacuum cleaner robot or something, mechanical and electronic combined. Great challenge guys, keep it up.
Those are good ideas
This piece is a ceramic speaker from The back side of watch
Great repair, nice video! Btw, what product did you use to clean the watch?
99% IPA
I would've killed for that as a kid. I wanted one so bad
They're sure cool!
For that sort of cleaning might I recommend a fiberglass brush.
I actually used to have an exact model of that watch, it was also broken and I didn't know how to fix it so I sold it for around the same price that you bought it for.
Just want to clarify. Anything over 20 years old (like your car or your game console or that Nokia we all know and love ) is considered an antique.
Anyone else remember those Tv remote watches? 😆
Bowsette yes!!! Me and a friend had them and would wear them at school and piss the teachers off by turning the TVs on and off.
I actually wanna see elite controller fixes. Faults on those controllers are so common from what my brother got
I might have to fix some of those!
Yes, the new Xbox Elite2 Controller, will arrive Nov. 4th which hopefully will address some of the previous controller's biggest problems, let me guess, stick drift, broken shoulder buttons, rubber grips have fallen off over time. Steve take one of these apart, pretty please with sugar on top !
Thank you for the motivational words in the stream. I'll work on the feedback you gave me.
Great vid! Which screwdriver did you use to undo the screws on the watch?
Hey, where can I buy the t-shirt you are wearing? I love the grey marl colour and the design.
That one is from ifixit.com I love their business and support them as much as I can
@@Tronicsfix thank you so much for the info!
0:21
Yeah.... for eBay & PP !!!
Nice one!
Fix the climate next! ;)
I'm trying! #teamtrees
short or long dont matter if repaired it does
why is it when you say can i fix it i think bob the builder but i am waiting for you to say we sure the hell can not fix it lol
Does changing the battery really count as a `repair`? Was it really `broken`?
Yeah that thing is important, it is the beep speaker
Yep
Have you ever repaired crane machines? Or those type of games. I got here by searching how to repair my crane machine btw :)
On the back cover you have the speaker
That on the back is the speaker. That was in an old calculator watch I had
Steve, would love to see if you fixed a bunch of PS VITAS!!
Good idea
2:55 its a speaker lol
I didn’t know Nintendo did watches!!! I hope it works!!! Yes that’s all it took
I wanna see a GameBoy Advance Micro so bad !
I have one...just haven't made a video yet
Hoping for a Sega Nomad or a CDX for the final repair!
It's a speaker aka buzzer and it's good 😇👍
Nice video!
Thank you!
@@Tronicsfix No problem! I have never actually seen one of these watches before, are they rare?
Its a piezo buzzer
I had a watch just like that when I was 11. I want that watch. Lol
You should try fixing a faulty nintendo 64, i dont think ive ever seen anyone do it
That would be a fun one
That's the speaker at the back plate