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I updated my wee breakdown guide today in the light of the recent GC and X-box launchs. Hope it comes in useful for all your PS2 and other console problems, oh an please post any suggestions as there's always need for improvment:)
Anyway on with the guide:
This guide is to let you know what you should do in the event of your video gaming pride and joy breaking down.
Yesterday consoles
These are machines like the snes, mega drive and master system.
For all of these consoles try your 2nd hand shop cos its cheaper to by a 2nd hand snes for £10 than get your old one repaired. The main reason for this is parts are scarce so repair shops charge ridiculous prices.
Old consoles
Were talking ZX Spectrum and the likes here.
Get somebody who knows what there’re doing to look at it. Parts aren’t cheap but you can’t usually buy these 2nd hand.
Consoles >1995
For example PSX, N64 and Dreamcast.
PS2 Import
Blown Up PS2s cost between £45 and £65 in most repair shops to be sorted out. This usually involves opening the PS2 and replacing lots of fuses. Using the right step down usually saves this from happening.
PS2 UK model
Blown up? Early UK models are more likely to suffer this. If your PS2 is less than a year old claim on your Sony warranty unless you were stupid enough to get your PS2 chipped. If you can’t claim most repair shops charge about £50 to fix your PS2.
PS original style and new PSone
Drive related problems can be claimed under your one year warranty. Costs about £35 to be fixed.
Dreamcast Import
Blown up, as with PS2, imported DCs aren’t muppet proof. Cost around £35.
Dreamcast UK model
Drive related problems like on the PSX/PSone claim under warranty if possible otherwise about £30.
Overheating is the other main DC problem usually results in DC resetting in the middle of playing games. Costs anything from £5 to £40 to be fixed. Claim under warranty where possible to avoid costs also give your DC space so as to lessen risk of overheating.
Oh and joyport failure costs about £30ish to fix unless claimed under warranty.
GameCube
Hasn’t been out long so best to take it back to the shop you got it from to get a replacement. Nintendo make good quality products so it’s unlikely you’ll have problems with your gc.
X-box
Like the GC the x-box hasn’t been out in the uk for very long. Since it’s 14th March launch the most common problem has been scratching discs, hopefully not too bad but if it makes the discs unplayable then I suggest getting in touch with one of Bill Gates helpline people.
N64
Cartridge port failures cost around £30 to fix unless claimed under warranty. Don’t ram games in to lessen the risk.
Memory expansion pack failures are rare but cheaper to buy new or 2nd hand N64 than to get broken one fixed.
GameBoy all kinds
Loading failure is normally caused by dirty cartridge port. This costs around £20 to be sorted.
The other common problem is cracked screens usually caused by the gb being dropped. Pocket and original screens cost around £20 to be replaced but color and gba screens cost about £35.
Old GameBoys sometimes need button contacts replace because of wear over the years. Costs about £10 to recoat or replace these.
Anyway on with the guide:
This guide is to let you know what you should do in the event of your video gaming pride and joy breaking down.
Yesterday consoles
These are machines like the snes, mega drive and master system.
For all of these consoles try your 2nd hand shop cos its cheaper to by a 2nd hand snes for £10 than get your old one repaired. The main reason for this is parts are scarce so repair shops charge ridiculous prices.
Old consoles
Were talking ZX Spectrum and the likes here.
Get somebody who knows what there’re doing to look at it. Parts aren’t cheap but you can’t usually buy these 2nd hand.
Consoles >1995
For example PSX, N64 and Dreamcast.
PS2 Import
Blown Up PS2s cost between £45 and £65 in most repair shops to be sorted out. This usually involves opening the PS2 and replacing lots of fuses. Using the right step down usually saves this from happening.
PS2 UK model
Blown up? Early UK models are more likely to suffer this. If your PS2 is less than a year old claim on your Sony warranty unless you were stupid enough to get your PS2 chipped. If you can’t claim most repair shops charge about £50 to fix your PS2.
PS original style and new PSone
Drive related problems can be claimed under your one year warranty. Costs about £35 to be fixed.
Dreamcast Import
Blown up, as with PS2, imported DCs aren’t muppet proof. Cost around £35.
Dreamcast UK model
Drive related problems like on the PSX/PSone claim under warranty if possible otherwise about £30.
Overheating is the other main DC problem usually results in DC resetting in the middle of playing games. Costs anything from £5 to £40 to be fixed. Claim under warranty where possible to avoid costs also give your DC space so as to lessen risk of overheating.
Oh and joyport failure costs about £30ish to fix unless claimed under warranty.
GameCube
Hasn’t been out long so best to take it back to the shop you got it from to get a replacement. Nintendo make good quality products so it’s unlikely you’ll have problems with your gc.
X-box
Like the GC the x-box hasn’t been out in the uk for very long. Since it’s 14th March launch the most common problem has been scratching discs, hopefully not too bad but if it makes the discs unplayable then I suggest getting in touch with one of Bill Gates helpline people.
N64
Cartridge port failures cost around £30 to fix unless claimed under warranty. Don’t ram games in to lessen the risk.
Memory expansion pack failures are rare but cheaper to buy new or 2nd hand N64 than to get broken one fixed.
GameBoy all kinds
Loading failure is normally caused by dirty cartridge port. This costs around £20 to be sorted.
The other common problem is cracked screens usually caused by the gb being dropped. Pocket and original screens cost around £20 to be replaced but color and gba screens cost about £35.
Old GameBoys sometimes need button contacts replace because of wear over the years. Costs about £10 to recoat or replace these.
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I updated my wee breakdown guide today in the light of the recent GC and X-box launchs. Hope it comes in useful for all your PS2 and other console problems, oh an please post any suggestions as there's always need for improvment:)
Anyway on with the guide:
This guide is to let you know what you should do in the event of your video gaming pride and joy breaking down.
Yesterday consoles
These are machines like the snes, mega drive and master system.
For all of these consoles try your 2nd hand shop cos its cheaper to by a 2nd hand snes for £10 than get your old one repaired. The main reason for this is parts are scarce so repair shops charge ridiculous prices.
Old consoles
Were talking ZX Spectrum and the likes here.
Get somebody who knows what there’re doing to look at it. Parts aren’t cheap but you can’t usually buy these 2nd hand.
Consoles >1995
For example PSX, N64 and Dreamcast.
PS2 Import
Blown Up PS2s cost between £45 and £65 in most repair shops to be sorted out. This usually involves opening the PS2 and replacing lots of fuses. Using the right step down usually saves this from happening.
PS2 UK model
Blown up? Early UK models are more likely to suffer this. If your PS2 is less than a year old claim on your Sony warranty unless you were stupid enough to get your PS2 chipped. If you can’t claim most repair shops charge about £50 to fix your PS2.
PS original style and new PSone
Drive related problems can be claimed under your one year warranty. Costs about £35 to be fixed.
Dreamcast Import
Blown up, as with PS2, imported DCs aren’t muppet proof. Cost around £35.
Dreamcast UK model
Drive related problems like on the PSX/PSone claim under warranty if possible otherwise about £30.
Overheating is the other main DC problem usually results in DC resetting in the middle of playing games. Costs anything from £5 to £40 to be fixed. Claim under warranty where possible to avoid costs also give your DC space so as to lessen risk of overheating.
Oh and joyport failure costs about £30ish to fix unless claimed under warranty.
GameCube
Hasn’t been out long so best to take it back to the shop you got it from to get a replacement. Nintendo make good quality products so it’s unlikely you’ll have problems with your gc.
X-box
Like the GC the x-box hasn’t been out in the uk for very long. Since it’s 14th March launch the most common problem has been scratching discs, hopefully not too bad but if it makes the discs unplayable then I suggest getting in touch with one of Bill Gates helpline people.
N64
Cartridge port failures cost around £30 to fix unless claimed under warranty. Don’t ram games in to lessen the risk.
Memory expansion pack failures are rare but cheaper to buy new or 2nd hand N64 than to get broken one fixed.
GameBoy all kinds
Loading failure is normally caused by dirty cartridge port. This costs around £20 to be sorted.
The other common problem is cracked screens usually caused by the gb being dropped. Pocket and original screens cost around £20 to be replaced but color and gba screens cost about £35.
Old GameBoys sometimes need button contacts replace because of wear over the years. Costs about £10 to recoat or replace these.
Anyway on with the guide:
This guide is to let you know what you should do in the event of your video gaming pride and joy breaking down.
Yesterday consoles
These are machines like the snes, mega drive and master system.
For all of these consoles try your 2nd hand shop cos its cheaper to by a 2nd hand snes for £10 than get your old one repaired. The main reason for this is parts are scarce so repair shops charge ridiculous prices.
Old consoles
Were talking ZX Spectrum and the likes here.
Get somebody who knows what there’re doing to look at it. Parts aren’t cheap but you can’t usually buy these 2nd hand.
Consoles >1995
For example PSX, N64 and Dreamcast.
PS2 Import
Blown Up PS2s cost between £45 and £65 in most repair shops to be sorted out. This usually involves opening the PS2 and replacing lots of fuses. Using the right step down usually saves this from happening.
PS2 UK model
Blown up? Early UK models are more likely to suffer this. If your PS2 is less than a year old claim on your Sony warranty unless you were stupid enough to get your PS2 chipped. If you can’t claim most repair shops charge about £50 to fix your PS2.
PS original style and new PSone
Drive related problems can be claimed under your one year warranty. Costs about £35 to be fixed.
Dreamcast Import
Blown up, as with PS2, imported DCs aren’t muppet proof. Cost around £35.
Dreamcast UK model
Drive related problems like on the PSX/PSone claim under warranty if possible otherwise about £30.
Overheating is the other main DC problem usually results in DC resetting in the middle of playing games. Costs anything from £5 to £40 to be fixed. Claim under warranty where possible to avoid costs also give your DC space so as to lessen risk of overheating.
Oh and joyport failure costs about £30ish to fix unless claimed under warranty.
GameCube
Hasn’t been out long so best to take it back to the shop you got it from to get a replacement. Nintendo make good quality products so it’s unlikely you’ll have problems with your gc.
X-box
Like the GC the x-box hasn’t been out in the uk for very long. Since it’s 14th March launch the most common problem has been scratching discs, hopefully not too bad but if it makes the discs unplayable then I suggest getting in touch with one of Bill Gates helpline people.
N64
Cartridge port failures cost around £30 to fix unless claimed under warranty. Don’t ram games in to lessen the risk.
Memory expansion pack failures are rare but cheaper to buy new or 2nd hand N64 than to get broken one fixed.
GameBoy all kinds
Loading failure is normally caused by dirty cartridge port. This costs around £20 to be sorted.
The other common problem is cracked screens usually caused by the gb being dropped. Pocket and original screens cost around £20 to be replaced but color and gba screens cost about £35.
Old GameBoys sometimes need button contacts replace because of wear over the years. Costs about £10 to recoat or replace these.