• randomuser2349
    • 2 years 3 months ago
    • Posts: 578
    		 I usually open game consoles to try to repair them or to mod them. I tried opening up my Game Boy Color since it broke to try to find the solution. I found what caused it to break but to fix it it would possibly take precise soldering and such. Later, I opened up a Logitech gamepad I bought from a dollar store to fix it and it was a success. I later opened my PS2 to enable it to play copies PS1 games. It works well but sometimes one of the sensors I need to block becomes unblocked and I need to reblock it. Also, I tried to fix my broken DS Lite, but it still looks like it needs heavy repairs. I'm doing it on the XBOX (original) to mod it but I need an older computer and a bit of practise before I can get it working. The same with my broken XBOX controller but it looks like soldering is needed.

    Have you ever opened game devices?
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    • Drahken
      • 2 years 3 months ago
      • Posts: 1237
      		 I opened my old NES (front loader) when I was having to constantly reinsert the games a dozen times, spit on them, hammer reset a thousand times, etc, just to get them to play. I found that I could take the connector piece out & theoretically replace it, but I had no idea where to get a new one & figured it'd probably cost more than just buying a new system (it very often works out that way).
      I had a broken c64 that someone had given me once, I opened it up to see if I could get it working, but couldn't find anything blatantly wrong.

      I've taken apart controllers countless times (often unintentionally, like when I threw my NES controller through a wall, and one of the red buttons somehow came out & got lost in the wall). I played my NES to death back in the day & frequently wore out buttons on the pads. I often cannibalized parts from one to fix the other (the rubber springpads inside in particular).
      signature*WARNING: The above post may be highly opinionated, read at your own risk.

      Gee Caspah, you're a twicky one!
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      • billbot85
        • 2 years 15 days ago
        • Posts: 13
        		 The only think I've really done is open my NES and SNES controllers so that I could clean them and make them work better. I might be operating on my NES soon, however, since I think it needs a new 72 pin connector....
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        • blueluigi22
          • 2 years 15 days ago
          • Posts: 140
          		 I opened up my NES a couple times. Usually, it's either to clean it out, or if I'm trying to install a new pin connector.
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