Nintendo
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+5 FotosPartial fixNintendo — GameCube
Two spare GameCube drives recapped. One came back to life, one didn't. The dead one reads 30 ohms on the motor where the working one is OL, which might point to a dead motor.
+17 FotosNintendo — GameCube
The silver one kicked off the mainboard recap campaign across the whole GameCube fleet. Razor sharp Tetris blocks to celebrate.
+13 FotosNintendo — GameCube
A bit of an identity crisis: DOL-001 board in a DOL-101 shell, transplanted there many moons ago. Optical drive recapped as part of the GameCube maintenance day.
+25 FotosNintendo — GameCube
Retrobrighted over a couple of sessions and then brought up to the same standard as the rest of the fleet. It had a very dark hue so it's definitely better than it was.
+18 FotosSuccessful repairNintendo — GameCube
A PAL DOL-101 with a PicoBoot install using a WiiKey as the storage interface. Turned out the mainboard had almost entirely polymer caps, making the recap a very quick affair.
+27 FotosSuccessful repairNintendo — GameCube
My personal orange spice GameCube. Started life with a Picoboot and later upgraded to a FlippyDrive. The optical drive also got fresh caps as part of a GameCube maintenance day.
+7 FotosNintendo — GameCube
A couple of GameCubes restored and fitted with Xeno chips for friends. Wind Waker was reportedly played immediately.
