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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
The '''Repair Guides''' category provides detailed step-by-step instructions for restoring and repairing a wide range of vintage and retro electronics. These include classic personal computers, video game consoles, consumer audio/video hardware, and peripheral devices. Whether you're fixing a power supply, recapping a motherboard, or restoring a floppy drive, these guides offer practical repair procedures for hobbyists and collectors alike.
The '''Repair Guides''' category collects repair procedures that apply across machines: recapping, drives, batteries, safety and plastics. Machine-specific guides are in the maintenance, troubleshooting and capacitor categories below.


== Featured Repair Guides ==
== Featured repair guides ==
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| '''[[Floppy Drive Repair]]''' || General repair procedures for 3.5" floppy disk drives from various manufacturers.
| [[Floppy Drive Repair]] || Cleaning, alignment and common faults of 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy drives.
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| '''[[:Category:Capacitor Replacement Guides|Capacitor Replacement Guides]]''' || How to identify and replace failed capacitors in vintage hardware.
| [[:Category:Capacitor Replacement Guides|Capacitor Replacement Guides]] || Recapping guides for each machine.
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| '''[[CRT Discharge Procedure]]''' || Step-by-step safety procedure for discharging CRTs in vintage monitors and all-in-one systems.
| [[CRT Discharge Procedure]] || Discharging the CRT in monitors and all-in-one computers before working on them.
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| '''[[Hard Drive Maintenance and Repair]]''' || Techniques for restoring stuck or damaged SCSI and IDE hard drives.
| [[Hard Drive Maintenance and Repair]] || Stiction, head bumpers, controller boards and what can be repaired.
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|'''[[Battery Refurbishment]]'''
| [[Battery Refurbishment]] || Rebuilding battery packs.
|Step-by-step guide for bettery refurbishment.
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== Common Repairs Covered ==
== General guides ==
* Capacitor replacement and recapping
* [[Capacitor Failure Symptoms]] – recognising failed capacitors.
* Drive cleaning, alignment, and lubrication
* [[Battery Explosion, Capacitor or Corrosion Damage]] – repairing boards damaged by leaking batteries or capacitors.
* Logic board and analog board servicing
* [[Recommended Tools]] – tools for repair work.
* Power supply diagnostics and regulator repair
* [[Retrobrite]] – reducing the yellowing of ABS plastic cases.
* CRT adjustments and yoke fixes
* [[Maintenance Guides]]
* Fuse, diode, and transistor replacements


== Related Categories ==
== Psion repairs ==
* [[:Category:Troubleshooting Guides|Troubleshooting Guides]] – Focused on diagnostics and symptom-based fault identification.
* Hinges: [[Psion Series 3 Hinge Repair|Series 3]] · [[Psion Series 3a Hinge Repair|Series 3a]] · [[Psion Series 3c Hinge Repair|Series 3c]] · [[Psion Series 3mx Hinge Repair|Series 3mx]] · [[Psion Series 5 Hinge Cable Repair|Series 5 hinge cable]] · [[Psion Series 5mx Hinge Repair|Series 5mx]]
* [[:Category:Maintenance Guides|Maintenance Guides]] – Preventative care, cleaning, and system longevity practices.
* Batteries: [[Psion Revo Battery Replacement|Revo]] · [[Psion Series 7 Battery Service|Series 7]] · [[Psion netBook Battery Service|netBook]] · [[Psion netBook Pro Battery Service|netBook Pro]]
* [[:Category:Component Diagnosis|Component Diagnosis]] – Resources for identifying failed chips, capacitors, and semiconductors.
 
== Related categories ==
* [[:Category:Maintenance Guides|Maintenance Guides]] – cleaning and preventive care.
* [[:Category:Troubleshooting Guides|Troubleshooting Guides]] – symptom-based fault-finding.
* [[:Category:Capacitor Replacement Guides|Capacitor Replacement Guides]]
* [[:Category:Storage Devices|Storage Devices]] – floppy and hard drives.
 
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Latest revision as of 13:15, 30 September 2026

Repair Guides
Step-by-step Repairs for Vintage Computers, Consoles, and Electronics


Overview

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The Repair Guides category collects repair procedures that apply across machines: recapping, drives, batteries, safety and plastics. Machine-specific guides are in the maintenance, troubleshooting and capacitor categories below.

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Guide Devices covered
Floppy Drive Repair Cleaning, alignment and common faults of 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy drives.
Capacitor Replacement Guides Recapping guides for each machine.
CRT Discharge Procedure Discharging the CRT in monitors and all-in-one computers before working on them.
Hard Drive Maintenance and Repair Stiction, head bumpers, controller boards and what can be repaired.
Battery Refurbishment Rebuilding battery packs.

General guides

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Psion repairs

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