Drive tray, loader or mechanism inoperable due to a degraded or snapped belt.
6 repair logs
+11 photosSega — Wondermega
A full board recap on the Victor RG-M1, complete with a laser sled clean. Everything works; the motorised tray is just waiting on a replacement belt.
+20 photosPartial fixFujitsu — FM Towns Marty
A thorough recap from top to bottom. The console boots and the CD-ROM side works, but the floppy drive remains undefeated. It spins but refuses to acknowledge any disk.
+24 photosThe MiniDisc rabbit hole starts here. A portable MZ-N920 in good shape, a deck that needed a new belt for its loading mechanism, and a Victor stereo that does cassette, MiniDisc and CD. An embarrassment of riches.
+7 photosSuccessful repairNintendo — Famicom Disk System
Belt replacement, head alignment, and eventually a full recap. The Disk System is now as reliable as it's ever going to be.
+16 photosSuccessful repairSega — Mega-CD 2
A dead Mega-CD 2 that turned out to have a single blown fuse. Fuse replaced, region-free BIOS installed, and then fully recapped in a follow-up session. Also tidied up some interesting factory bodge cap placements along the way.
+3 photosMicrosoft — Xbox
Short form log of taking a pile of rust back to former glory.
