Your extra screw is the correct screw for the voltage regulator to the heat sink. The screw that you used in its place at 10:08 belongs in the screw hole at 4:47 in the video near C96 on the bottom of the board. That screw hole is left unoccupied at 10:12
For the top case is there a way you can use something like filler, sure I saw something like that once where someone filled in gaps with something then painted over the material and you couldn't tell it was damaged, or do something like put masking tape under it.
I mean someone probably could do that. My goal isn't to make these things perfect though. I'm trying to show things that the average person might want to see how to do rather than doing a completely perfect restore. There are other channels that do that really well.
I have a Super Famicom that I got a few years ago. From the looks of it, it is quite old and has seen the world, so to speak. Recently its fuse blew, so I have to replace it. But as you can imagine, it wasn't as simple as switching out the one part when I opened the case. The console looks about the same as the one you refurbished in this vid. So thank you, this video will come in handy when attempting to clean the sucker! I'm not looking forward to it, but I also can't leave it as is. 😛 P.S. That one left over screw gives me solace in a peculiar way. :D
Retrobriting will make the plastic more brittle and allow the plastic to yellow quicker. What is left of UV protection in the plastic is removed with retrobriting techniques.
Your extra screw is the correct screw for the voltage regulator to the heat sink. The screw that you used in its place at 10:08 belongs in the screw hole at 4:47 in the video near C96 on the bottom of the board. That screw hole is left unoccupied at 10:12
The background music during reassemble is awesome
Send it to Steve! Also it might be a good idea to check the ALTTP cart connector if they need some cleaning as well if you haven't
Send it to Steve!
That screw is the most important screw. It secures the voltage regulator to the aluminum heatsink.
For the top case is there a way you can use something like filler, sure I saw something like that once where someone filled in gaps with something then painted over the material and you couldn't tell it was damaged, or do something like put masking tape under it.
I mean someone probably could do that. My goal isn't to make these things perfect though. I'm trying to show things that the average person might want to see how to do rather than doing a completely perfect restore. There are other channels that do that really well.
I have a Super Famicom that I got a few years ago. From the looks of it, it is quite old and has seen the world, so to speak. Recently its fuse blew, so I have to replace it. But as you can imagine, it wasn't as simple as switching out the one part when I opened the case. The console looks about the same as the one you refurbished in this vid. So thank you, this video will come in handy when attempting to clean the sucker! I'm not looking forward to it, but I also can't leave it as is. 😛
P.S. That one left over screw gives me solace in a peculiar way. :D
Good luck with your project! Thanks for the comment :)
These get so gross! 😝 I totally see why you wear gloves to do this. BTW, pink gloves on a blue background just looks cool! 😎
Surprised you don’t use the retrobright process
Retro bright can be pretty hard on plastics so I don’t usually use it. Maybe I will in a video at some point.
Not worth it when there are so many replacement cases out there.
Retrobriting will make the plastic more brittle and allow the plastic to yellow quicker. What is left of UV protection in the plastic is removed with retrobriting techniques.
How does the inside get so gross?! I can smell it from here. On another note, all I need is the music of ALTTP to send me to dreamland.