Author name: Jeff

Oh look another CDI 450! Well this time it’s actually a Philips 450 unlike the last one that was a Goldstar but functionality wise and board layout wise I could not honestly tell you any notable differences. I’m assuming they share all the same internals and just rebadge/brand the outer […]

Another Jaguar in the shop! This time for the whole trio of mods/upgrades from Zaxour including the 64BP for improved video/audio, JaguWatt to replace the stock power regulation circuit and a Hairball mod which offers reverse polarity protection. The latter is a very common issue with people using incorrect power

As my shop moves past covering more than 50(!) unique consoles and handhelds it’s becoming increasingly rare to see or find a system I have not worked on let alone laid eyes on before… But such is the case with the Vectrex. This one came to my attention through friends

Got a request to service a Sega CDX that was not reading any discs but played Genesis carts fine and was otherwise functional. I’ve found this to be a pretty common occurrence with these and sadly if the laser is toast it’s getting increasingly difficult to find a reliable replacement

Had another AES join the queue for an RGB Bypass, Unibios, recap & cleaning. I stock all revision Console5 cap kits as I can’t know which one it will be until it’s here and that adds extra delay. That said, I don’t see 3-1 here in the shop often I

In the ‘Hall Of Fame’ for most annoying consoles to work on, we have a new winner to crown and frankly its not even close 😅 This fancy piece of kit was shipped to me all the way from Mexico and luckily made it here safely. Customer wanted it refurbished

I work on a ton of XBOX consoles but still always cool to see a special edition (like this Halo version) come into the shop! This unit was fully functional, customer just wanted it to have a complete overhaul and refurbishment. The biggest concern on all but the 1.6 models

Talk about a console you don’t see often! This is actually the 3rd Jaguar CD I’ve had come into the shop in 2026 so far, more than all my previous years combined! Pretty simple consoles but a few finicky parts and common issues worth checking on while its fully disassembled!

This Indigo GameCube was sent in along with a Nintendo 64 ( https://jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-99441/ ) for a simple refurbishment job. Nothing out of the ordinary with this one, and at this point I feel like I could do GameCube in my sleep 😆 They did want a full service cleaning so

Had a customer send in this PS2 for what I thought would be a straightforward refurbishment process of capacitor replacement, new drive belt, cleaning, etc. During the testing process I discovered this unit was NOT happy about trying to play games. Customer mentioned this had been the case for a

Along with a GameCube I finished earlier came this Glacier GameBoy Advance for an IPS screen upgrade, recap and cleaning! Inside also found a USB-C rechargeable battery mod kit I wasn’t expecting. I do sometimes do rechargeable battery mods so I ended up getting this installed and will add the

The rise of the Virtual Boy repair popularity starting last year into 2026 has been really something else. It has to be the potentially renewed interest from Switch 2 ‘Nintendo Classics’ addition as I had rarely seen one in my shop before then and now I’m seeing them regularly. Either