Always funny to hear Mrs. MyMateVince in the background putting away glassware or doing something in the background. Will we ever meet Mrs. MyMateVince? lol

great fix's, live the test CD, walked into a record shop once, wearing a Motorhead tee shirt and denim jacket, and went up to the counter with a Daniel O'Donnell CD, and said "its for my mom" and the cashier replied, "they all say that sir"

The solution to the CD player was obvious... place the Daniel O'Donnel CD inside, then superglue it shut. Now it will never open unintentionally and always has the correct CD ready to play.

Ok, That last one shows that you're a real class act! Hope ya enjoyed the fix Damian! Glad to have you with us!

AGND = Analog ground, DGND = Digital ground, DVDD or DVCC = Digital Voltage supply (DD = CMOS (MOSFET drain), CC = TTL (BJT colector)), AVCC or AVDD = ANALOG Voltage supply (DD = CMOS (MOSFET drain), CC = TTL (BJT colector)), VEE or VSS = Negative voltage supply (EE = BJT emiter, SS = MOSFET source)

I find alcohol often helps with my fixes. If I use enough, I don't care if it ends up worse than before I started ...

Entertaining as always, you can't win them all. Over-moulding a fragile cable in a bendable boom mic, classic!

Regarding the Sega Game Gear, I once had a gameboy advance that was in the same condition. Granted it definitely needs a lot of work, but honestly it was a rewarding experience getting so much damage repaired and seeing it work against all odds. Tackling visible damage without having to think about it is therapeutic sometimes. I went over all the broken vias and traces with a fibreglass pen so I could physically see the break and repair it. You’ll also be surprised how many will clean up. If you wick up the solder from inside the vias you could run two through-hole jumper wires, going from point A on the top side of the board, going to point B & C on the underside. If the vias are full of corrosion poke it out with the end of some tweezers, clean with IPA and then run the wires. Come on Vince it’s vintage! It deserves a revisit! Beyond economical repair is for the manufacturers! My gameboy advance still works 2 years later by the way!

Hi Vince. The german word "Dachshund" translates literally to "Badgerdog" and is pronounced in german something like "Duckshoond". Greetings from germany.

That picture with the IPA gave me a laugh! :D Its only on there for 2 measly seconds.. but 7:33 for anyone who needs a smile after a hard day.

Fantastic video, as always, Vince. According to SD Association standards, full size SD cards have two VSS pins. MicroSD cards have only one VSS. That's why they have a different number of pins.

thanks to you i'm repairing mostly faulty audio systems and last week i got literally a brand new Teufel stereo system for like 30€ because it had a very similiar issue as the Sony micro stereo system. It was described as faulty. 10 Minutes of work and i got a fully working Stereo for one-twentieth of the original price. ^^

Oof, yeah that Sega Game Gear would need so much work that it would be faster to make a whole new board through PCB Way

I could literally watch Vince try and fix things 24/7 and never get bored of it unfortunately i've seen pretty much every video he's uploaded.

One of the most criciql measurements in a cd player is the distance of disc surface to laser emitting point. If that had been drop to cause faulty movement of tray then you'd think las3r may be damaged also. Great repair Keep up the effort.

The sim card was my favourite, memories mean more than material things. Keep up the good work Vincent 🤗.

Hi Vince I love watching your KZfaq videos I has given me confidence to try and fix some of my own items I find your videos very interesting thanks I’ll keep visiting them

Please use that IPA photo in all other future videos. Love it!

If you're looking ahead to a new challenge once the Roller is back to showroom condition Vince, there's what looks to be an abandoned Bentley in Keston Mews in Watford. I don't know whether it's available but the moment I saw it I thought of you 😀👍

For the Sega, an ultrasonic cleaner could be a good way to remove the stains and oxide. Just remember to remove the display and the electrolitics caps and then give the board a good wash 😊

Maybe the extra pin on the SD Adapter is related to the lock on the side, as you can lock the SD card adapter so it is not readable, although I do not know how it works electrically. Have been enjoying your videos!

The headphones were fun to watch with the length you took it to to get a fix, something that is quite unique to you i think.

I like that Weller work mat!

YES! more random junk! Best videos, honest faults as you say.

I have a couple of those Sony CD players, not surprised that the output transistors are big... pretty good sound with some decent speakers attached. Nice easy fix too.

Well done on the headphones (I sent them). Knew you’d fix them!

Had a couple result fixes, fixed yesterday a super rare all white Pulsar V657 chrono and today got working a Lorus Fusion with a Seiko 7T62 movement inside... super super happy adding two abs beauts to the collection :D

A new my mate Vince video!! Yesss! My day is set😊

❤ 1 hour video. Viewers items make it extra exciting. I dig the red mat, too. It makes everything pop.

i love going on youtube after a long day and seeing a new my mate vince video :)

Dachshund is German. Dachs = Badger, Hund = dog. A dog bred to hunt badgers

Hi Vince and thank you for the fresh batch of entertainment.

Going to need that photo of Vince and the isopropyl alcohol on a my mate Vince mug.

A really nice variety of fixes. Have I mentioned that I like the red Matt? But the yellow Matt is by far my favourite.

Nice video. I think the 9th pin is for the write lock. Normal SD Card has a lock, micoSD has not...

Game gear shell is ideal for the Zega Mame Gear kit, 55 quid and you've got a really nifty handheld in a dead machine carcass.

Mics on those types of headseats are usually electret or condenser. Put your meter onto capacitance range (nF or pF) and if its working the reading will be steady with silence, but flucuate with sound.

1:56 That's a nice unit - separate AM (loop), FM (Co-ax) and DAB (F-Conn) external aerial connectors! Shame it's not DAB+ compatible as almost everything is DAB+ nowadays!

Great fixes as always! It hurts to see a GameGear die, but some are just too hard to repair. It´s sad that so many people thinks that they just need recaps. It´s the least problem of them...

Nice fix on all of what was fixable, Vince :) Ultrasonicly welded stuff like that memory card adapter or a laptop charger usually come apart with a little help of some 95 octane petrol. One drop, you let it run around the weld, then wipe off so it does not melt the plastic, and it should come apart easily.

I so much look forward to this thank you very much indeed

Hi vince I recommend (glitter 801B or 801D) spot welder, it's amazing I have both 😊

That Daniel O'Donnell will be talked about more than the Yellow Mat...lol - Great video again Vince!

Great Job as always Vince👍. Nice easy fix on the Sony CD, shame about that projector it looks a nice bit of kit. The game gear as you said would need too much work. I had similar when I looked at that Cricut vinyl cutter that suffered a similar fate. Great idea with the heat shrink on the headset mic. Strange co-incidence that we ended up both doing viewer repairs at the same time 😂😂

Nice fixes, good idea to finish the headset arm with heat shrink tube :) Interesting the memory card converter too, one of those refused to work for me even it was new. Also plenty of MicroSD cards have failed for me, so that media seems to be the most unreliable in my experience. Even currently my phone locked up the MicroSD card, because there's some fault detected.

AGND is Analogue Ground and DGND is digital Ground, they are kept separate in audio circuits because digital (fast) signals can be very noisy !...cheers.

Thank you for reparing this last item - micro to SD adapter. Fate in humanity slightly restored.

I can watch the 3 dogs all day

Just a guess/hazy memory, but the extra pin on an SD card was the write protect switch IIRC, which micro SD doesn't have. Love the channel, keep up the good work.

Great Video again !!!

Not sure what that tiny laptop thing is but it looks interesting.

I'm a bit late to comment. I just saw the video re the faulty microphone. I'm thinking of replacing the microphone wires with the LED wires. No LED working, not needed. The microphone will work!

Hi Vince, I would certainly recommend the RCminder DH30 MAX battery spot welder. I have been using it to rebuild power tool batteries and so far has been great. It also has a 10,000mAh internal battery that you recharge via usb-c. It is quite powerful, I must say.

hi nice video, i have a question from this moment 47:17 if i understood correctly... the mic ground and the light ground are full short so that means you can feed both with the same cable and replace the other cable with the broken negative mic cable.. right?

happy 500th episode of trying to fix it guys! time to bring out the expensive tea bags!

1st fix great one Vince! .... I thought you wasn't gonna fix that one 😂

I recently repaired a Pioneer CD/Radio with has a wonderful rising screen when you turned it on. It had CD problems and I discovered that it was worn after years of use and wouldn't engage the CD drive mechanisms. I got it work but it was unreliable and I found a replacement for only £10 on ebay. I imagine that many of the CD players from the late 80-90's are starting to have mechanical problems.

What brand is the mini laptop ? thanks Vince.

34:43 been waiting for this

PLEASE VINCE, BRING BACK THE BLUE MAT. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE. 😁

OMG the previous recap on that game gear is shudder worth.

I got that Sony system. Sounds really good to me.

7:30 perfect photo

Love the videos! How would someone go about donating a item for repair to you? I would be very interested in that, thanks again and keep up the great content!

My Denon hifi does the ghost opening and closing all the time, cleaned and checked everything I could see but still does it and now got an AIO Panasonic which a "space age" sliding CD door, iPhone dongle that comes out like a tongue and plays USB stuff as well. I bought it for a tenner spares or repair and all it was, was a mains plug fuse had blown.

Hi Vince, easiest way to say the dog breeds name is Daxhund, Dachs being German for badger, bred originally for hunting badgers I believe. Love the videos, do keep 'em coming 😁

Hi Vince, where did you get the pc/Tablet at 51:27 ? What is it?

Hey Vince, with the CD player, would you suspect that maybe regular use eventually forces that part to dislodge do to poor design in that area? If so, will this maybe repeat with use and is there anything you might do to reinforce while you're in there?

About that projector, you had it on radio and bluetooth. Maybe it did nothing because it had to be switched to video mode? I have a similar one (very very cheap chinese one) that when is on radio/bluetooth do not display video, but with a SD card in it turn video on. Also, to use it as projector, I need to give it some signal on VGA, AV or HDMI. It also have a button on its remote to switch the video off (or maybe only the LED turn off to save power or to protect the LED).

I have the wireless version of the Corsair void elite headset that you repaired the mic wire on. They are good but the fact that the mic is moulded is what lets them down.

It just needs a good clean all those contact points were visibly corroded , board looked good.

Hu Vince, love your videos, I've been a subscriber for a while now and I've learnt a lot from watching you, where can I find your PO box address? Thanks Keep it up 😊

I think you should acquire a Faulty spot welder. 😂

I've got a high end multiregion Sony 4k blu ray player (think I paid around £800) plays then after a while it stops showing the picture like it's overheating. Quite happy to send it to you for a video, I'm struggling to even get into it

27:05 Oh heck yeah, lithium batteries don't like being charged to 100% frequently or discharged to 0% frequently, but that's exactly the life they live in power banks. And they can ultimately end up in exactly the fault condition that you found: self-discharge. I'm told that this is because the electrodes form microscopic whiskers that bridge through the electrolyte. 49:00 Your heat-shrink finishing of the microphone arm reminds me of something I did at work a few years ago: I was wearing cheap sunglasses and managed to break one of the arms. I didn't feel like going out and buying another pair just yet, and it was a pair of sunglasses I would wear only at work anyways. So I mended it with a pair of heat shrink tubes - a slightly larger one over a smaller one for rigidity. Then a few months later the other arm broke, so I did the same fix again. Still have 'em. 😂

Love it 🧡

You can discharge caps by shorting the live and return on the mains plug. (Obviously not plugged in 😉)

That IPA photo had me laughing

I remember someone at school having the game gear and a TV adaptor, thought it was the coolest thing ever.

What is that model / make little laptop thing you use?

What is the spot welder you use?

Congrats on your fixes. Shame about that projector, it looks really well built. Maybe the DLP itself is simply dead. The SD card has one extra pin for the write-protect switch.

LED ground patch should work. Even if original ground is snaped, it would be still connected to the ground on both sides, so interference would be minimal.

The game gear is a perfect candidate for a new replacement motherboard from SYF. Just need to harvest the ASIC, RAM, and cartridge connector.

That Corsair headset is the reason I stopped buying Corsair peripherals. Had so many issues with them and so high of a cost to have all those issues.

I had a break in a wire close to the jack on a set of Behringer headphones. Try as i might, i could not get the solder to tin the cables when replacing the jack.

how much would it cost for a new board from PCBWay it would say if it was a total loss board?

What is that small laptop you use to test with ?

Would you be able to fix a chaos 1600w scooter vince

Hi Vince, as a German speaker I can tell you that Dachshund is pronounced more or-less DAX HUND not HoUnd but hund and translates into literally Badger dog or Badger Hound. Dachs is Badger in German and Hound is Dog or Hound.

where did you get the pad? tools?

Vince , why don't you invest in some micro drills and just drill through the via, thread a strand of wire through, solder either side easier than loads of crossing wires, just a thought as I've done this before Great vids though , how's the roller going .

The Game Gear would defo be a Labour of love or buy one with crud case or screen and swop out parts, the sd card if I get a faulty one I throw em out as they cost penny’s & not sure about extra pin, nice work on the headset &Hifi system & I’d say ur right to give up on the projector.

part of me wants to send My old IBM T42 Motherboard to Vince to Reflow the GPU On (unlike most GPUs a reflow can actually be permanent on these as the chip isnt at fault). But i recently came into possession of a new motherboard which works flawlessly so no need!..but I'll keep the old board around.

@24:30 Did you add thermal paste after you scraped off the old dried up stuff? It could have a thermal protection check, mid-bootup as with CPUs/GPUs. I have had CPUs that were missing just a tiny amount of paste, which resulted in only about 70% or so of the surface actually covered. And that prevented the entire CPU from working -- preventing the entire system from POSTing. The CPU clearly has some way (embedded thermistors) of knowing how hot it gets, and there are sometimes motherboard sensors under it as well. So I would make sure you put new paste on it. CPUs actually have a good number of thermal sensors on them, not just one. So I think there is a good chance that there is at least one thermal sensor on that particular piece/die of silicon in your projector. And if you don't put the putty between the surfaces to bridge those surfaces and dissipate the heat, it may prevent further progress beyond that to protect itself. I know you said you were going to remove the putty. But I don't recall you saying you were going to replace it with fresh, nor did I see you do so in the video. You seemed more interested in making sure that the pins were making full connection, and you thought that the dried up paste was actually preventing the pins from contacting -- perfectly logical thinking, but only half of the problem...the die still needs cooling. I think they essentially warm up just a tiny bit and then check to see if that heat gets dissipated first before actually proceeding into fully-on mode. You can't just assume that it'll fully work and produce video until it gets hot and then shut off, which TBH it seems you did.

Some good fixes. I did like the SD card fix and thank you Damian for sending that in. Sometimes its the simple fixes that impress. I did also love the isopropyl picture that flashed up, I am sure it was noticed by the facebook members.

that kind of connector is very picky about connecting and just tightening it down doesnt work, i had to fiddle with the display cable for something for awhile before it would reconnect and that device didnt actually have anything wrong with it, i had only taken it apart to replace the thermal paste

It's probably been checked but could the projector issue be as simple as a prematurely burned out / damaged lamp?

dont spot weld the very centre as you can melt the glue holding the cathode :)

Hey my mate Vince I am known as my new name is AmyRose which is a member of your Patreon group