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Silhouette posted:If the drive gets jammed, it probably just needs grease on the rails and gears 
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Kind of off topic but my laserdisc player makes an audible sound when spinning a disc that makes me think something needs greased. What kind of grease should I use and what is the most likely appropriate place to put it.
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bone emulator posted:it's a Samsung SDG-605F. Samsungs pretty much the best drive. Sectopod posted:Out of curiosity, what is the the approach for the latter? My OG Xbox jams the tray maybe 50% of the times it tries to open. Grease it. Also might need a new belt. It's kinda becoming a fad to recap them too but I've never resorted to that...yet. Heck I've got one drive that will only read game discs as data discs so thats kinda interesting. Wayne Knight posted:Kind of off topic but my laserdisc player makes an audible sound when spinning a disc that makes me think something needs greased. What kind of grease should I use and what is the most likely appropriate place to put it. What sort of sound? It could actually be the grip ring thats perished and the spindal is freespinning and surging trying to equalise the torque. Brand and model? One of my other favourite tricks is fixing LD players. EDIT: I use a marine grade white lithium grease. DO NOT GET IT NEAR ANY PULLEYS OR BELTS. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 10:30 on May 31, 2023 |
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May 31, 2023 10:14
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Humphreys posted:What sort of sound? It could actually be the grip ring thats perished and the spindal is freespinning and surging trying to equalise the torque. Brand and model? One of my other favourite tricks is fixing LD players. Here's a link to a .m4a audio file. Should play in browser. It's a Pioneer CLD-980. Makes that noise while playing LDs, but not CDs (due to the weight difference?) I think you might be right as to the cause, the sound stops immediately when I press the stop button.
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I've just added a noctua fan to my old XBox and naturally, it won't start up properly now. The optical drive makes an awful racket, and the light just blinks green. It will show the xbox bootup blob thing, but then does nothing. I have an Xbox2HDMI adapter on the back, but this worked months ago, so I don't think it's the system suddenly hating that. Google just has a lot of "it could be basically anything" responses and then a lot of "oh the bios is fried" responses. Reseating everything does nothing. What else should I be testing here? EDIT: it's softmodded, but I don't recall what was used specifically.
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Wayne Knight posted:Here's a link to a .m4a audio file. Should play in browser. Does it stop after a minute? Sounds kinda like a worn out spindle motor. Sure are fun to replace!
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George RR Fartin posted:I've just added a noctua fan to my old XBox and naturally, it won't start up properly now. The optical drive makes an awful racket, and the light just blinks green. It will show the xbox bootup blob thing, but then does nothing. I have an Xbox2HDMI adapter on the back, but this worked months ago, so I don't think it's the system suddenly hating that. Google just has a lot of "it could be basically anything" responses and then a lot of "oh the bios is fried" responses. Reseating everything does nothing. What else should I be testing here? Can you uninstall everything and try stock again for me?
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Humphreys posted:Can you uninstall everything and try stock again for me? Like, reinstall the stock fan? The softmod was done years ago, so "stock" is a bit relative. I am gonna dig the component cables out of the basement to rule out a resolution issue. I recall the softmod did make the light behavior weird, so it's possible it's working fine and the monitor I have it hooked up to via the hdmi adapter can't display what it's putting out or something. As a bonus, the plastic sled holding the disk drive cracked and broke, so I have some glueing to do as well. Edit: put the old fan back, no difference. On to cabling... George RR Fartin fucked around with this message at 14:05 on Jun 1, 2023 |
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Jun 1, 2023 13:40
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George RR Fartin posted:Like, reinstall the stock fan? The softmod was done years ago, so "stock" is a bit relative. I am gonna dig the component cables out of the basement to rule out a resolution issue. I recall the softmod did make the light behavior weird, so it's possible it's working fine and the monitor I have it hooked up to via the hdmi adapter can't display what it's putting out or something. Yeah I meant stock fan. What board revision is it? If unsure, send me a photo of the board. Youl probably soft modded with Rockys and a game save from 007 or Tony Hawks 4. I would be trying Composite calbes before Component jsut to get it back to as raw as possible. If you dont wanna poo poo up the thread feel free to PM me. I've got pretty much every board and mod revision around so can help diagnose.
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Humphreys posted:Yeah I meant stock fan. What board revision is it? If unsure, send me a photo of the board. Youl probably soft modded with Rockys and a game save from 007 or Tony Hawks 4. I would be trying Composite calbes before Component jsut to get it back to as raw as possible. If you dont wanna poo poo up the thread feel free to PM me. I've got pretty much every board and mod revision around so can help diagnose. Oddly I remember I used Mechassault specifically. Found the composites, I'll update once the glue has dried on the tray and I get it all back together. It's a 1.6 as far as I can recall for two reasons: 1. I looked into replacing that one capacitor that blows in most Xboxes and found my version tended not to succumb to that. 2. I found I was unable to do the soldered-in HDMI mod (thus the adapter thingie).
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Humphreys posted:Does it stop after a minute? Sounds kinda like a worn out spindle motor. Sure are fun to replace! No, continues the entire time the disc is spinning.
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I'm a little over halfway through TearRing Saga now and anyone who enjoys Fire Emblem should really play this game. Some really great maps with only a few trolly ones so far. Story is pretty great. You probably want to make sure to get Narron and Zieg on your team unless you want a big challenge.
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George RR Fartin posted:Oddly I remember I used Mechassault specifically. You can most def install a HD+ into a 1.6. And ah yes Mech Assault is another one of the soft modding titles. Wayne Knight posted:No, continues the entire time the disc is spinning. You can try AS A TEST NOT A FIX with some light weight doublesided tape on the spindle ring. See how that goes and hope that points us to the problem. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Jun 2, 2023 |
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Anyone know what's considered a good price for a broken/"parts only" PVM these days? Local repair shop couldn't fix my 20m4u a couple years ago. After a couple years of it sitting in the closet I decided to get a diagnosis via Retro Tech Steve's patreon, just to be sure, and yeah this thing definitely ain't coming back. I'd like to get SOMETHING for it (local only, definitely not worth the trouble to ship IMO), but still wanna price it to MOVE.
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I need a flyback for my broken PVM. Same model pretty sure, if you didn't blow that up.
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Anyone ever tried kitsch-bent n64 stick parts? I replaced the parts in my original n64 stick and although the stick feels snappy and perfect, it's not returning perfectly to center so sometimes Mario keeps walking instead of stopping. A lot of people online say to file/sand/lube the places where the gears contact the bowl but no luck for me. It's so annoying to be this close to having a good backup stick and not being able to figure out what's missing.
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Rubellavator posted:Anyone ever tried kitsch-bent n64 stick parts? I replaced the parts in my original n64 stick and although the stick feels snappy and perfect, it's not returning perfectly to center so sometimes Mario keeps walking instead of stopping. A lot of people online say to file/sand/lube the places where the gears contact the bowl but no luck for me. It's so annoying to be this close to having a good backup stick and not being able to figure out what's missing. Several years ago I replaced my gears with theirs in a few controllers and they worked fine. It was slightly mushy but at least the sticks center now instead of flopping around. I'm wondering what was wrong with yours though because I've never experienced stick drift with n64 controllers. Typically I've seen them get really floppy and effectively end up with a huge dead zone.
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E: Wrong thread.
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njsykora posted:Did Brundle just say Norris had a "spunking qualifying"? I think this translation patch is broken. 
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Ooh, a copy of Rendering Ranger for less than $600! Who says all of the retrogame deals are gone? Not buying since I have the reprint on order. Also, it's $600.
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Rubellavator posted:Anyone ever tried kitsch-bent n64 stick parts? I replaced the parts in my original n64 stick and although the stick feels snappy and perfect, it's not returning perfectly to center so sometimes Mario keeps walking instead of stopping. A lot of people online say to file/sand/lube the places where the gears contact the bowl but no luck for me. It's so annoying to be this close to having a good backup stick and not being able to figure out what's missing. About two months ago I replaced four controller sticks completely from worn out original parts to kitsch-bent parts: joystick, gears (large and small holed), and bowls. I used some light synthetic grease on the inside of the bowl as well as where the gears touch the bowl. All work fine with no drift for Mario on Super Mario 64. So, yeah, I'd recommend to use all kitsch-bent parts and use some very light synthetic grease coating, like from Super Lube brand. You can find it at auto parts places.
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I recently learned that in 1990 Sierra released a port of Falcom's Sorcerian on MS-DOS. The PC-88 version has an intro that's already in English, but Sierra made some changes. PC-88  MS-DOS  I guess the words "might" and "magic" were a little to close together for Sierra's comfort. Also the dungeon music is sick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW6qHhsScmg
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Sierra went through an odd little stretch of porting/localizing Japanese games for western machines. They also did Silpheed, Zeliard and Thexder 1 & 2! The PC port of Silpheed is well worth a look if you have an MT-32 (or an emulation thereof).
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My first exposure to Zeliard was hearing a recording of its music from the Tandy 1000 and being very confused as to why decided SMS noises were playing, that led to a fun journey
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The Kins posted:Sierra went through an odd little stretch of porting/localizing Japanese games for western machines. They also did Silpheed, Zeliard and Thexder 1 & 2! The PC port of Silpheed is well worth a look if you have an MT-32 (or an emulation thereof). I had their releases of Zeliard, Slipheed, and the first Thexder. I never could find Sorcerean in stores even though I saw ads for it. Zeliard was the first game I played with my shiny new Adlib sound card. Sierra also released a Thexder sequel years later and I'm not sure if it was western developed or a really strangely late import.
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Are there any sources for TOP-60 Lasers for OG XBox that aren't from China? I've had two orders canceled in the past month and a half, and I honestly just want these rebuilds I have on the docket I have for some family friends done (unless the answer is "eat poo poo and adjust them within an inch of their lives" ).
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Broken Virtual Boys aren't cheap, huh. I assume because it's often an easy fix. Castlemania may have finally shipped my Virtual Boy video out mod kit, and I was thinking I should probably get a second Virtual Boy to mod instead of using my current one.
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Chainclaw posted:Broken Virtual Boys aren't cheap, huh. I assume because it's often an easy fix. Castlemania may have finally shipped my Virtual Boy video out mod kit, and I was thinking I should probably get a second Virtual Boy to mod instead of using my current one. It's more like Nintendo didn't sell many of them.
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Yeah there’s maybe what, a million of them out there? 2 million at most. And people buying them are probably wanting it more to go on a shelf than to actually use so it being broken doesn’t matter.
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Has anyone done the video out mod and kept the in-headset displays working too?
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njsykora posted:Yeah there’s maybe what, a million of them out there? 2 million at most. And people buying them are probably wanting it more to go on a shelf than to actually use so it being broken doesn’t matter. 770 000 total, not sure if that's shipped or actually sold. Most of them sold in Japan, so those are probably still around, the used market being what it is there. So i'd say less than 700k exist worldwide in various states of disrepair.
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hatty posted:I've been playing Devil's Crush and I'm suddenly very interested in virtual pinball Pinball Dreams, Fantasies, Illusions. Best pinball sims that aren't our more modern ones that are so real feeling they are Uncanny Valley levels. And are original tables. You can get most of em in their pc ports on Gog. Sadly the remastered Dreams n Fantasies were 08 era ios so are effectively lost media now. (Like everything on my g1 IPad Air because it refuses to boot up insisting its not charged. I wanna play "Damned Little Town" and "Eclipse" again!) Devils Crush is largely one of the best not trying to be a pinball simulation pin games though. Jaki Crush feels pretty dire however. (Revenge of the Gator is a Game Boy hidden gem imo.) Lately my retro has been Stupid Vita Tricks. I just need a USB extension cable as only one 6" cable actually will charge the bastard. I'm in the mood for more 1st person dungeon crawling in Lazy mode. I was playing Shining in the Holy Ark on the Saturn (via emulation cuz LAZY MODE) as a follow up to completing Might and Magic 6-8 but im not feeling it. I reached the dungeon with invert gravity tunnels and it just sucks all the enthusiasm I have away. Yes there are some on the Switch but many dungeon crawlers are now either monster collection (meh) or very very creepy anime horny. Like the Mary Skelter games. If Demon Gaze was pushing it Mary Skelter is near Watch Listing it. I just want to rampage through dungeons with a nice automap and make my numbers go up, not what it seems to be turning into! Edit:: I'm aware of many dungeon crawlers. Here are most of my last ages of portables n Megaten collection:  vvvvvI BUY IN THE TIMES STUFF IS CHEAP. But its never enough. The Beast hungers. You can never feed it, only calm it for a time. Captain Rufus fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jun 7, 2023 |
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It took roughly a year, but it finally arrived: This is why I was shopping for a second, broken virtual boy. I also need to get a few more parts to put this together, looks like I'll need a VGA socket and some other stuff.
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Captain Rufus posted:Lately my retro has been Stupid Vita Tricks. I just need a USB extension cable as only one 6" cable actually will charge the bastard. I'm in the mood for more 1st person dungeon crawling in Lazy mode. I was playing Shining in the Holy Ark on the Saturn (via emulation cuz LAZY MODE) as a follow up to completing Might and Magic 6-8 but im not feeling it. I reached the dungeon with invert gravity tunnels and it just sucks all the enthusiasm I have away. If you haven't tried it, give The Dark Spire for the DS a look. It was a Wizardry throwback game. I never saw a copy in person when it was new (and I looked) and now it's  , but I'm sure you can find options if you really want it.
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Random Stranger posted:If you haven't tried it, give The Dark Spire for the DS a look. It was a Wizardry throwback game. I never saw a copy in person when it was new (and I looked) and now it's Fair warning it is BALLS hard. But the music is incredible, from the guy who did the music from Rusty on PC98, fittingly enough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVSVT-VcHMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve9EIlwIXIE
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Speaking of incredible music, I just came across this and had to share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhkD3iUW7fU It's programmed from scratch into Famicom BASIC....
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8bitdo opened up preorders for a second wave of N64 modkits, shipping on July 5 https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-mod-kit-for-original-n64-controller?variant=42721361854641 Apparently the stick isn't that good? Saw some people report good results on replacing the stick on an otherwise OEM controller (w/o modkit)
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I just added three consoles to my collection bringing me up to five or six devices that will need to get to my HDTV. Given this, I’m probably ready to improve my upscaler hygiene from a crappy Amazon HDMI box to something like the OSSC. Curious what a good RGB multi-input method would be? Consoles are SFC, FC, Dreamcast, N64, PSX, and the NABU. I’m making the assumption that I can get RGB and sound of each console in a consistent way, whether that’s SCART or some other cabling. I guess I should define “good” as having the least complexity and moving parts as possible without resorting to cable swapping. I don’t mind pushing a button or flipping a switch, but I’m hoping to consolidate all the inputs into one peripheral if possible. Right now I’m /imagining/ a multi-SCART switch running to an OSSC but I’m not married to any specific technology. Apologies if this is something covered recently, I went back a few pages and didn’t come across anything.
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Random Stranger posted:Speaking of incredible music, I just came across this and had to share: Okay, now this is Art. 30 years working on this? Just because? Amazing result, too? All boxes are checked.
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