Are wireless gamepads terrible? Mario Maker TAS playback with an RP2040

The last couple of electronics repairs I’ve written about on this blog were both quite involved. Fixing stuff doesn’t always involve crazy rabbit holes though! Here’s a quicker fix that I recently performed. Fitting in with my recent trend of repairing video capture/camera devices, this time I found a non-working NZXT Signal 4K30 HDMI capture […]

I’ve recently been on a bit of a repair kick and wanted to tell another fun repair story. I promise my blog isn’t becoming dedicated just to fixing electronics. This was an interesting story as far as parts sourcing goes though, so I thought it would be a cool one to share. Plus, you’ll get […]

There have been some past rumblings on the internet about a capacitor being installed backwards in Apple’s Macintosh LC III. The LC III was a “pizza box” Mac model produced from early 1993 to early 1994, mainly targeted at the education market. It also manifested as various consumer Performa models: the 450, 460, 466, and […]

Here’s a weird problem that I’ve never seen before, along with my eventual hardware fix. After my previous Elgato Game Capture HD60 S HDMI capture card LED repair escapades, I recently ended up trying to find another modern revision of the same device so I could dump its SPI flash chip in order to be […]

This post has a little bit of everything. Hardware diagnostics, some suspiciously similar datasheets from two separate Taiwan chip manufacturers, and firmware reverse engineering. Read on if that sounds like fun! Lately, I’ve been enjoying watching random electronics repair channels on YouTube. There’s something oddly satisfying about watching...