Fuse measured dead or with no continuity.
5 repair logs
+49 photosSuccessful repairSony — PlayStation
Imported NTSC-J PlayStation sent in for the full works: xStation, MFO and X-Reset installs, plus a recap and a clean. Board and PSU recaps went in without trouble, then the console came up dead, no video and no audio, once the mods were fitted. The MFO had been wired to a pad that is ground on one board revision but not on this PU-18, which shorted the 3.5V rail and blew the PS604 fuse. Rewired correctly and refitted with a fuse taken from another console, with the surrounding fuses and ferrite beads checked for further damage. Finished with a controller clean and recap, lubrication and UV protectant.
+28 photosSuccessful repairIkegami — TM10-17RA
Reconfiguring this Ikegami TM10-17RA broadcast monitor for European mains voltage turned out to be a research project in its own right. The service manual doesn't make it obvious; the community came through. Also: these fuses are apparently sensitive to mechanical shock.
+25 photosSuccessful repairNintendo — Famicom
This Nintendo Famicom (HVC-001) was self-fixing and self-breaking. The fuse measured fine one day and dead the next; a replacement sorted it. It has since gained a composite video mod board and new factory-style stickers.
+16 photosSuccessful repairSega — Mega-CD 2
Dead Sega Mega-CD 2 that turned out to have a single blown fuse. Fuse replaced, region-free BIOS installed, then fully recapped in a follow-up session. Also tidied up some interesting factory bodge cap placements along the way.
+2 photosSuccessful repairSony — PlayStation
Controller ports on this PAL PlayStation had stopped working, and the fault traced to a blown fuse. It was replaced using the fuse pulled from the NTSC unit whose PSU had gone up in smoke that same evening, and a new part went into that console.
