Jeff’s Retro Gaming

22 June

In an effort to provide customers with a more thorough breakdown of work done to their systems I have started adding all orders to the blog, including pictures. The article link is sent to customer along with tracking when order is marked as complete! jeffsretrogaming.com/blog/

If I owned one of these I wouldn't even play games on it. I'd just do this all day...

Order 10278-3 Complete! Another DOL-101 GameCube came in for a Recap Service, New Battery & Socket and Full Service Cleaning w/ new thermal pads! Also gave the gray plastic parts a RetroBright and cleaned/lubricated the disc drive Playing discs great now, check it out 👇

Pics of the cleaning and sticker!

Want your GameCube serviced? Check out my prices and options here: jeffsretrogaming.com/product/game... Blog entry here: jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-1027...

Pics of the new battery, optical drive cleaning/greasing and the new thermal pads!

Finished up the TurboNanza and Palette Cleanser install in the TG16 Heres a 4K shot of just the base RGB mod and then another with the Palette Cleanser added. All the benefit of the RGB mod with correct colors now!

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TurboGrafx-16 arrived in the shop for an RGB mod w/ Palette Cleanser! Pretty soon this customer will have razor sharp RGB output with correct colors! It's also getting a much-needed cleaning and full recap 👍

Order 10322 Complete! Model 2 Japanese Sega Saturn built for a customer with a Region-Free BIOS, FRAM Upgrade, Fenrir Pro ODE, Full Recap Service & Full Service Cleaning! This unit plays discs from all regions and can be switched from CDROM to ODE use easily 👇

Pics of the cleaning service, ODE Switcher and new battery installed (with FRAM it's not needed for save data anymore but still needed to keep date/time/language settings)

Want your Saturn serviced just like this one? Check out my prices and options and consider joining the queue: jeffsretrogaming.com/product/satu... Blog entry here: jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-10322/

Pics of the recap of all 3 boards on this VA13 revision (mainboard, PSU and CDROM)

Order 10538 Complete! Super Nintendo (GPM-02) came in for a Full Recap Service and Full Service Cleaning Deep cleaned the cart slot and replaced the 7805 regulator while in there, check it out 👇

Pics of the burn-in test passing, new 7805 and JRG sticker!

Want your SNES worked on? My services and prices are here: jeffsretrogaming.com/product/snes... Blog entry here: jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-10538/

Finishing up a VirtualTap RGB mod in this customers Virtual Boy and now comes the tricky part… Getting the board, extra ribbon and multiout / palette switch wiring all shoved inside safely and as clean as possible

Order 10209-2 Complete! Panasonic 3DO FZ-10 came in for a Full Recap Service and Full Service Cleaning! The optical drive was quite gummed up and filthy so gave it a thorough cleaning and re-grease as well Check it out 👇

Pictures of the cleaning and JRG sticker!

Want your 3DO serviced? Check out my options and prices: jeffsretrogaming.com/product/3do-... Blog entry here: jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-1020...

I have a customers pair of NeoGeo AES arcade sticks inbound for a makeover! Both will be getting Seimitsu MVS-colored buttons and a larger 35mm balltop as well as the usual cleaning/greasing Great selection and fast shipping from @arcadeshock.bsky.social I always recommend 👍

Order 10278-2 Complete! Platinum GameCube (DOL-101) came in for a Recap Service, New Battery & Socket, Full Service Cleaning & New Thermal Pads! Also Retrobrighted front panel and cleaned/lubricated the optical drive. Reading discs great and ready for many more years 👇

Pics of the shell and fan cleaning and JRG sticker!

Want your GameCube serviced? Its been a popular system for me this year, check out my options and prices: jeffsretrogaming.com/product/game... Blog entry here: jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-1027...

Pics of the new battery, thermal pads and drive cleaning!

Just finished a Game Gear build for a customer and now that I’ve seen it in person I really want to get this shell/color combo for my personal one 😍 It has a new screen and dual stereo speaker setup. Arrived completely toast and in rough shape, happy to save another 👍

Here is how it looked on arrival. No power, fixed and restored power but then had only backlight / no display

Full job posting/write up coming later! I still have about 15 jobs done I have to post first 😂

Order 10278-1 Complete! VA1 Sega Dreamcast came in for a Region Free BIOS Install, Full Recap Service, New Battery/Socket & Resettable Fuse, Cleaning & New Thermal Pads! Also swapped out a cracked motor gear causing noisy drive access! Check it out 👇

Pics of the GDROM after cleaning and gear replacement, new thermal pads and JRG Sticker!

Want your Dreamcast worked on? I offer all the above services plus HDMI mods, re-shells and ODE Installs (free if you are getting other work done) etc Prices and options here: jeffsretrogaming.com/product/drea... Blog entry here: jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-1027...

Pics of the controller board work (recap, fuse & battery) and the PSU and GDROM PCB recap!

Got a Dreamcast on the bench today that won’t detect/read discs Hoping a recap of the GDROM board will resolve. Worst case I have several working drives I can grab a laser from 👍

Order 10209-1 Complete! NeoGeo AES came in to fix AV Din issue - horrible solder joints causing all kinds of display issues if cable wasn't held just right. Also did a Full Recap Service and Full Service Cleaning! Check it out 👇

Pics of the cleaning service, new rubbert feet and JRG sticker!

Want your AES serviced? Check out my prices and options here: jeffsretrogaming.com/product/neo-... Blog entry here: jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-1020...

Found another example of a very common issue on the Model 2 Genesis/MegaDrive If yours requires wiggling the power cord around or has intermittent reset issues, get the the power jack reflowed!

Order 10317-2 Complete! Sega CD Model 2 came in for a FRAM upgrade, Full Recap Service and Full Service Cleaning! Power jack also replaced due to being worn and corroded and cleaned/greased the optical drive Check it out 👇

Pics of the cleaning, save data backup/restore and JRG sticker!

Want your SegaCD serviced? Check out my prices and options here: jeffsretrogaming.com/product/sega... Blog entry here: jeffsretrogaming.com/blog-co-1031...

Pics of the CDROM PCB recap, cleaning and greasing and new power jack install!

I’ve heard positive things about ThunderPSU for Dreamcast My OEM is fully serviced but I do get asked for recommendations often so figured I’d check it out and keep original as a spare/backup Swapped it into my heavily modded system and going to put it through its paces 👍

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Customers PS2 fan got a good cleaning 🧼