Ali Ismaili

Make games great again!

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

(3/3) To wrap things up I gave the console a nice deep clean including the power supply, applied new thermal paste on the motherboard, applied new grease on the disc drive rails and replaced the console fan with a brand new unit. And that’s that folks! ✌🏻

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

Working on a Xbox One Elite bundle that I bought for $80 in which the unit was presumed to be dead, but in pristine condition. Furthermore, this bad boy was easily brought back to life, and I’ll explain why:

🧵 (1/3)

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

(2/3) after further investigation, the culprit was the power supply. It had a blown capacitor in which I swapped them all out for new capacitors. Also, restored the LED indicator for when the power supply is either on or on standby in which I originally saw no white light at all.

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

@PeacefulOutcome Facts, WD-40 is the most best and easiest in terms of removing that old paste, but ensure that it is thoroughly cleaned afterwards with IPA before applying the new thermal paste.

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

@PeacefulOutcome Same, always a habit of replacing thermal pads when I’m working on an N64.

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

@PeacefulOutcome Thanks man was a cool and fun project.

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

The Pokémon Ruby pcb swap all worked out perfectly! Until next time✌🏻 #gba

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

@PCBWayOfficial Awesome quality work! 🙏🏻

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

First time doing a Pokemon Ruby pcb swap! Bought a new pcb from @PCBWayOfficial in the center as you can see compared to the original board on top is nearly identical. The pcb on the bottom from RetroSix is not accurate and far from a 1:1 copy. Happy to see PCBWay came in clutch!

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

@CentroLeaks Even Pokken Tournament was a better game than this!

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

Looks great and works even better! The ETH2SP1 Ethernet Adapter for Swiss @collingall

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

(3/3)

😎🤘🏻

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

This N64 joins the crew with the full works done. It’s a real work of art!

Full console and controller cleaning, recap both mb + ps including a new voltage regulator, new thermal pads, new mb LED, new controller conductive pads and controller joystick @8BitDo

(1/3) 🧵

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

(2/3)

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

@pocketoripa Pocket Oripa

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

Contacts are silver plated, bottom of the PCB is very rigid and not smooth as well as the lettering is not the same size. It is not the same at all as what is shown in there YouTube video or website. This definitely needs better QC especially when claiming they are 1:1 copy!

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

Wanted to have a batch of these gba replacement pcbs for customers in need of repairs for gba Pokemon carts. Was excited to have these on hand being a 1:1 copy of the original. But #retrosix totally failed on this how can you claim selling a 1:1 copy when it isn’t true!? 😡

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

The battery had cold joints, removed it to apply fresh solder but changed the weak battery as it was outputting 2.7v. Removed all the oxidation from the cartridge pins and applied Deoxit to protect the gold pins. This was a simple fix, but let someone do it the right way!

(2/2)

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

Sometimes simple problems aren’t always simple tasks. This Pokémon Gold version that was sent to me wouldn’t save as the battery was dry even though it was previously replaced. The cartridge also wouldn’t easily be read when inserted due to some reason. So let’s fix that!

(1/2)

[Ali Ismaili @pocketmodz]

@TakiUdon_ Hey buddy any update on the screens for the Nintendo DS??