Legend of the Douche: Episode 1 - PC Engine modwork fail

[@zoiks6631]

As the owner of this monstrosity, as I watched this video I first felt excited. Then I laughed, cringed, laughed again, felt shame over having paid the doucher, came to the realization that my PC Engine Duo-R is now more famous than me, ate a delicious Twix (fun size, let's not go too crazy), and then joyously watched our lord and console savior turn this black duck into a swan. Kudos to you sir, and kudos again.

[@64fanatic]

Good to see a Duo get saved. Enjoy that beast.

[@ocha-time]

Inquiring minds gotta know. Was this a Doujindance unit? I'm watching right now so if it's mentioned here and I haven't gotten to it yet, disregard. It pains me to see PC Engines in distress. :-( edit: lol, "Doucheindance Special", called it. Sorry bro. But they're nice and clean! On the outside. Usually.

[@arthurcollector4002]

hey man, i can put some black tape on your pc engine for 400 dollars are you interested

[@kduhtdkzrt]

The five stages of grief.

[@Dev-tw1og]

@Zoiks 66 Maybe he was Douche was afraid the bad solider was gonna desentagrate.

[@carlwade76]

A throwaway sponge (cut up a big sponge from the dollar store) will remove large amounts of softened epoxy quickly and cheaply. Use a pinching action. You'll still need to scrape to remove the details but the larger masses will come off and stick to the cooler porous surface rather than the hot silicon board and pins. Love your vids Voultar!

[@audiohacked]

I laughed so hard when you said pin 30 of the CPU was a ground pin. Douche used a wire for pin 29 to a ground plane. Holy shit!

[@KyoshoLP]

Great video, dude. I'd like to make a request, which may be a huge pain in the ass and very costly, but I'll suggest it anyway. The reason these modders all attribute to using the epoxy or hot glue is to keep things intact when shipping overseas. Especially shipping overseas *cheaply*. No matter what's said to them, they think it's necessary. I'd love to see you do a video (or series) of modding a console cleanly and then shipping it to, say, China, and having it shipped back to you. All with the cheapest shipping methods available (but of course, well-packaged by you). If it came back fully functional, I think it'd go a long way to getting these guys to realize it's the quality of their work and not terrible handling during shipment that's the problem. We've all had many items straight from the factory that we've opened up that had a wire or two soldered where they had an oversight during manufacturing. So we know stuff is not just going to fall apart if done well. But getting it through these guys' heads that a modder can do the same seems impossible.

[@wildstray92]

I really appreciate you telling us what temperatures you work with. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge, please continue to show us more!

[@shoobopper]

@ 16:03 The modwork was so bad that even the two-part epoxy spelled out "NO!"

[@HypherNet]

It's just hot glue. Black hot glue, annoying, but really not that crazy bad, it seems to me. As noted below, epoxy wouldn't melt like that.

[@Voultar]

@@HypherNet sure it would, and it can.

[@draconic5129]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that

[@RanaRandom]

Now I can't unsee it. :D

[@RomanticBastard]

@@Voultar hey man, I dig these types of videos and glad you're back! Quick question, when you mount your chips like the RGB above, what do you recommend for covering the back of the chip? Kapton, electrical, insulated foam tape?

[@WarriorZ676]

I wanna get into soldering, so this is such a nice and calming way to like, see someone who knows their stuff do work. Thank you for the video ♥

[@DigBipper188]

The mod work on this PCEngine was so shoddily carried out even the fly on your desk at 7:56 didn't want to look at it.

[@EfstathiosOuranitsas]

its not epoxy or any other two parts glue! its hot glue (you also where able to melt it back, epoxy doesn't melt its chemically bonded)you can buy the normal one and the black one also there is hot glue with gliter in various colors for kids stuf.

[@Ni5ei]

Correct! I use black hot glue myself all the time. It's the high temperature version that's pretty hard when cooled. 2-part epoxy doesn't melt at all when heated.

[@iRepairElectronics]

do you by chance know a good way to dissolve actual epoxy on a pcb? i am working on one and i need to see the components underneath it.

[@Sirus20x6]

@@iRepairElectronics the only thing that I know that actually takes care of the kind of epoxy used on pcbs is fuming nitric acid, and it's pretty dangerous if you're not careful

[@tomkennaugh]

soak epoxy in acetone (for days not hours). you can get better chemical de-potting compounds that work faster but its a nasty business! Acetone would have taken the black hot glue in this video off in seconds too, though not sure what the guys problem with it was really. if I was sending this stuff through to post you need some strain relief on the wires when soldering direct to boards. Silastic would be better but high temp hot glue was used for this all the time, particularly in cheap 90-00s consumer electronics.

[@Sarge92]

@@tomkennaugh true but a better method would be to stabalize the wires themselves not burry the connections a little dollop on the pcb then pushing the wires into them to alchor them would stabilize the soilder joints from moving too much and make future repairs easy as youd have full access to the solder to redo it and the hotglue on the wires would come up easily this was done pureley for a bodge fix his soldering is obviously not upto par so he relies on over gluing the solder connections as insurance for his piss poor soldering

[@davidlescarbeau521]

Your videos are amazing. This one was a roller coaster of feelings. I actually got anxiety flushes when the epoxy around the hu card got in a semi liquid state. I was like… man he’s smearing it everywhere!! But in the end it was wonderful. Thanks for all the knowledge sharing man, appreciate!!

[@15DjjC13]

That doesn't look like epoxy. That looks like high temp black hot glue.

[@bryanedds8922]

I think that's the shit that killed Tasha Yar.

[@floriankleinert6538]

I think so too. I`ve worked with a lot of different Epoxies an non of them had such a low melting point . Even when it is hot enough it is not liquid like here in the video , instead it will crumble.

[@reptilez13]

@@floriankleinert6538 at first I thought it was JB Weld for sure, but yeah 110C to go plastic like that seems low. But idk I've never had to melt it off a PCB before lol. Or even considered putting it on one

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

Yeah the shininess is a tell tale sign

[@RobertSzasz]

@@user-yk1cw8im4h and the strings/hairs Unless you mess with epoxy right as it sets up, it can't form the same sort of strings cooling, extruded, hot melt does.

[@Edman_79]

Second Voultar video I watched (first one was that hot glue disaster). It it somewhere between magic and sci-fi for me since I have no background in this - whatever it actually is you are doing here (including that one voice medieval choir you were performing) :D It's always very nice to watch people who know what to do and understand what they're talking about. I strongly doubt that your skills and knowledge will be to at least some use to me in the future, but no matter what - thank you :D

[@ArcadeJason]

we watched the video all the way through so thumbs up . that being said me and my friends watching have over 130 years combined pcb repair experience and we just laughed at how you tried to make it seem worse than it was.

[@Voultar]

Oh really? Well, that's 130 years of excellence! I saw your KZbin channel, you fellas might want to consider accumulating at least 30 years of combined experience in how to make video content that's actually decent. So, thumbs up for that.

[@Voultar]

Totally joking by the way (sorta). You keep up the good work over there!

[@Mikeywil0003]

I love these modwork fail videos. Expose all of the hack modders out there.

[@deekay619]

The black goo was hot glue. Hit it with freezer spray, alcohol or anything very cold, it will pop right off cleanly, no residue at all.

[@djmips]

true but be careful or you will take an embedded pin with it.

[@amoore2600]

Voultar, you conduct your mod work like a well orchestrated Symphony.

[@mnkydeth8189]

Nice work Voultar. I have also fixed many doujindance systems myself. Usually the RGB mod was failing and making everything yellow. Or the region mod would not work with the everdrives properly. In the end, the first system I did I removed the entire hucard slot and slapped one in from a system with dead HuC chips in it. I then in my free time clean up the pins from the hucard slot until another system comes in that was modded by that same person and then I just swap it out again. So I reuse the ports just on the next system. Imo, it saves a bit of time and cleanup can be done later.

[@Voultar]

Thanks! In the video, I first show you the "goopy" way of removal which can sink an extra 15 minutes in the whole process. If you noticed the CPU epoxy removal, it was a much cleaner extraction. I did this to illustrate that despite the horrible mess that you may or may not make, the entire job shouldn't take you more than 10 or 15 minutes of work. Lifting the hu-card connector isn't a bad idea. But out of the 35+ Doujin-Dance systems I've repaired, the 2-part epoxy is typically married to both the mainboard and the hu-card pins. If you don't do any kind of removal, you run the risk of hosing the solder resist on the top layer of the board while extracting that bastard.

[@AshtonSnapp]

“Including your ex-wife” Bold of you to assume I’ve been married before. Or at all.

[@draconic5129]

That's voltar's provocative sense of humor for you

[@davebrooks993]

Great stuff! Doesn’t matter how old the video is. Timeless.

[@CarcinogenSDA]

is there no way to get that epoxy off any cleaner? just sucks that it's so globby and a ton of residue is left over. worse on the cpu. looks like the guy only really focused on securing the rgb circuit and hot glued everything else so he could get it on ebay quicker. that's fucked.

[@Voultar]

As I said in the video after cleaning the CPU. I purposely made the epoxy over the hu-card pins goopy to show "the harder way in life". After removing the epoxy over the CPU package I discuss heat control so that, much like the CPU, you can (for the most part) extract everything in one piece.

[@CarcinogenSDA]

Voultar yeah, i fast-forwarded a little through that part. should've known better. neat. i was wondering why you didn't just take off the hu card slot, heat it up, and wipe it down but i guess it's not that simple. i also missed what you used when cleaning off the residual gunk with a toothbrush. alcohol? very neat and informative videos, looking forward to seeing more!

[@disturbed11111111]

GameTechUS used WD40 and it made the epoxy less sticky to the board

[@yoruhana190]

Is it even epoxy? Wonderful that you showed us a way how not remove it. Seriously lost life time.

[@memadmax69]

Use fingernail polish remover... ... it destroys epoxy.

[@destructoblog]

...What am I strapping on? I find this a bit fascinating though. One guy's thing is modding all these game systems, and Voultar's thing is finding that guy's work and undoing it.

[@unlovableshinshin]

I’ve never touched a soldering iron before and I’m willing to be I could do a better job than that

[@blaudrachen]

Cold solder joints will be a thing for you starting out but otherwise yes you are correct. A drunk squirrel could do better than this trash.

[@scanlinejunkie]

I bought a duo R from doujindance about 7 or 8 years ago. When I received it, the CD drive did not work, even though he advertised "new lens!" I had to send it to a modder I found on the pc engine fx forum to repair it. He ended up having to replace the cd-rom drive motor and a few other parts. Does doujindance even test his shit??

[@Voultar]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

hope you learned the lesson of not buying OVERSEAS from UNKNOWN sellers lol

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

That’s actually pretty neat mod job, the wires are organised and solder joints are pretty well done. Just what you’d expect from japan.

[@BAGINAZARD]

33:57 Anyone else questioning from this point how many times he will bend that capacitor up and down, before it snaps off the board?

[@MHawkeye]

already fatigued the legs, new feature he added. its now a fuse LUL

[@solarstrike33]

Man, I'm getting a lot of electrical engineering experience just from this video.

[@randomuser2461]

Then you probably need to actually go learn something and gain real experience.

[@shoobopper]

I've been hyped since the teaser!

[@CanadianFuzzy]

So have I. Glad it's finally here.

[@nichtdu23]

4:13 >lifts the board by the cap Whyyyy

[@rarrawer]

This is strangely calming.

[@frednobel303]

LOL! Just realized that I have something here from this modder... I'll have to open it up and see how things are.

[@zoiks6631]

Oh the feeling in my cockles as this long awaited video begins with a shot of my very own douchey dancing Duo.

[@Daniel-it1dp]

So, did Doujindance reform himself because current listings show more respectable mod-work that actually looks proper with pictures and he specifically states no bubble wrap, hot glue, or epoxy. First time I hear/see this and was just about to buy a console he modded off eBay but now I'm concerned.

[@that1crzywhtguy]

Dude! First off, great work--very nice work. That moment that that whole glob came off the cpu at once, was like a fat pimple popping. So satisfying. :)

[@alynicholls3230]

thats not epoxy!, the way that came off with heat like that it is black high melting point hot glue, gametechus loosened it with wd40, guess what else loosens high melt glue apart from heat?, thats right wd40, ac90 and most penetrator oils.

[@Voultar]

Sure it is. How do you think we remove glob-tops that use an epoxy composite from boards?

[@sketch2620]

It's neither epoxy or hot glue. That's liquid electrical tape.

[@TheGamerWithMore]

It's probably Flex Tape Liquid. :/

[@mrburns366]

it being hot glue would explain why it didn't stick to the shield. The shield dissipated the heat so it never bonded.

[@dokols]

@TheGamerWithMore That's what my boat is made of. And also, I was expecting half the board with traces and pins to follow along when removing a two part epoxy.

[@doubleHLabs]

I'm going to love this video series

[@SteveMan75]

ehm, guys, this is clearly NO EPOXY! epoxy is a duroplast, a thermosetting polymer also called a thermosetting plastic or thermosetting resin.it is a polymer which becomes irreversibly hardened upon being cured!! so, this is clearly a thermoplast, if you can melt it with heat. but great work you did, saving the board from it messy state... :)

[@elitedata]

i have an effective method to remove epoxy, you freeze it, it be becomes brittle and simply cracks and breaks into pieces with little force applied

[@jp3354]

A simple this isn't epoxy because it melts would have worked.

[@Jsmtjso]

@@jp3354 Sure, but now people know more about the differences thanks to the explanation. I appreciate it

[@Outofthedust]

That's exactly right. this looks more like a black "hot glue" than any epoxy I know of.

[@Outofthedust]

I bet he could have removed this with some Iso. Alcohol

[@luxbuster2087]

It seems the seller has improved their modding methods judging by their pictures, and I can respect taking feedback and changing it. Regardless, you saved this thing. Nice job!

[@artbyrobot1]

nothing about the original mod was flawed in any way and none of it needed "saving". It was robust, mechanically secure, and flawless.

[@mydude3254]

Love watching hackwork being un hacked, good work man

[@jh2392]

Not boring at all, loving every second mate... I love the methodology.. Keep the vids coming, and the sped up drill sounded like a duck btw.

[@turbogear7776]

Wow in my experience I had never received that type of work from Doujin but it obviously seems like his expectation for more listings took a toll on his worksmanship....I'm speechless, I'm sure he's most likely made adjustments hopefully. Thanks for the great vid.

[@leonkiriliuk]

Thanks for sharing. It might be helpful to also let people know that the mod here is not complete. The region mod still requires the switch and the analog/digital lines into the 6260 each need an SMD cap replacement to eliminate the RGB jail bars. You need to post more videos! Your work is awesome!

[@gamerbrosmaximuz7125]

To put the argument to rest, Thats not Two part epoxy nor hot glue... Thats that sticky black ball stuff used to stop Mr Incredible

[@Pops180]

I don’t think they sell solder flux where he lives

[@plaidigloo]

This man would make an excellent teacher. Your channel is my new hobby 😁

[@owomushi_vr]

I love using this epoxy it is amazing stuff . Thank you for showing off my mod work

[@RandomInsano2]

They call him Voultar the butcher (I enjoy the content for the most part). To be more constructive with the criticism, I cringed at the plastic breaking @40:35 on the DIN socket. I don't have a better plan here but that and the unsecured RGB PCB don't sit well with me. I'm not sure about the Hucard slot but I would rather see a solution with castellated edges like what you'd see on an Alladin XT and other original XBOX mod chips: The PCB there is cut away exposing the solder pads. That design would be faster to install or remove, not be floating off in the air, and would have left the Hucard slot completely intact.

[@Laffen47]

I'm gonna sub, your stuff makes me laugh. I don't mean to enjoy your suffering, but the mind boggles at the choices of these "e-bay modders"

[@PunkNDisorderlyGamer]

I agree you can’t charge for shit work and argue lack of experience. What if I was contracted to shingle your roof and I do a shit job, I cant argue inexperience because I’m charging for the work.

[@Voultar]

Dasrite.

[@elitedata]

there are differences here - you cant compare roof work with PCB/IC modifications and additions to an existing PCB - it would be better compared to an IT company installing the hardware and the cables in a lazy, poorly and sloppy manner for a server/router/switch rack system - it works but its disorganized, sloppy and messy - weve all see this before

[@notmuch_23]

Voultar, you strike me as a cross between Louis Rossman and David Murray (8-bit guy).

[@ConfusionDistortion]

Years ago, 2015 or so, one of my friends sent me one of his Duo-R systems that was failing. It was because of the region mod pcb he was making going bad. I ended up just carefully cutting away the epoxy with snips and a exacto knife. It was fairly tedious work but I was able to get the majority of the epoxy out of there and rejoin the pins to the pcb. Also removed the RGB mod and replaced it with s-video.

[@retroshmuper5493]

I really wish I had seen this video last month!!! Great work I've subbed.

[@bborkzilla]

Back in the 1980's scanner manufacturers used to put blobs of epoxy on top of the programming diodes used to lock out the old analog cellular frequencies. It was a simple thing to heat the blob with hot air then pull it off with plastic tools so the diodes could be cut.

[@Chalky.]

That looks more like liquid electrical tape because epoxy wouldn't melt that easily.

[@Kabodanki]

Epoxy start to melt at about 170°C.

[@Chalky.]

@@Kabodanki Yeah but epoxy comes off in chunks when you apply heat.

[@FolixOrision]

I learned that two part can actually be removed based on this video. Interesting video to see what is out there.

[@tookitogo]

FolixOrision It’s not epoxy. 2-part epoxy is thermoset (irreversibly hardens with heat). This is black hot melt.

[@FolixOrision]

Antonio, Thank you for that clarification. You potentially saved me some from some big future issues.

[@x15silvia15x]

Nice man! you should do Side-By-Side before and after photos. That looks so much cleaner than before.

[@merlingt1]

Great video! Big fan of your work!

[@jonathanwaltersmediacenter1916]

OMFG That really is a crime to use that epoxy.that was hard to watch, poor guy. Awesome vid btw , thanks for the tips :)

[@SmokeMonster]

Doujindance mods are pathetic and extremely problematic from a conservation stand-point. Glad to see you taking them on before any more are lost on his chopping block. Looking forward to more Legend of the Douche series :D

[@unknown_Noname451]

I just saw the Doujindance channel. omg, people actually think he's doing a good job....

[@jpb7875]

7:56 drain fly. Hope you got those too. Great video from back then and great video now. I've got a duo douchen dance too. Seriously. Maybe one day you can show me why it sucks because it's noisy and awful and I hate it.

[@Kippykip]

22:00 What tool are you using to do that? That would be a life saver for me

[@JEROENHAHAHA]

Isn't that just black hot glue? I've used that before. I could be mistaken.

[@tookitogo]

JEROENHAHAHA You’re not mistaken.

[@Psychlist1972]

35:54 are those tantalum capacitors? Tants always run into long-term problems with synthesizers. I would assume similar long-term problems here. Good electrolytics, if they fit the circuit requirements, would be better for long-term reliability.

[@Brumock]

Having pride in your work, is the best trait anyone could have.

[@CedricsSpecialLP]

7:56 that fly on the left is like ”oh shit, it’s a Doucheandance mod. I gotta get out of here.”

[@BritishAdam]

What's the name of the device used at @22:00? Damn, I need one of those useful tools!

[@bulletpointmediadotnet]

I understand some people do sub-part soldering work, but I feel like you would complain about any mod you didn't perform yourself. Epoxy? Too hard. Hot glue, too soft. I'm all for doing proper work, but the soldering on this one wasn't that terrible, and not everyone does enough volume work to need to have PCBs etched. Also I'm almost positive when you removed the epoxy from the Hue card slot you ripped a couple of the traces up.

[@Voultar]

Sean Langley ripped traces up? Where did you see this, exactly? Or is that just something silly you made up, for whatever reason? The fact that you even entertain the idea of epoxy being a suitable substance for something like this is indicative that you haven't the faintest idea of what you're talking about, as you clearly aren't *all for doing proper work.* Having said that, responding to this comment is a complete waste of my time as is you watching my video's, clearly. Nice armchair engineering, tho!

[@bulletpointmediadotnet]

I never said epoxy was suitable, at least not in this case. What I said was you complained about someone using hot glue in another mod video, now you don't like epoxy. There's only so many materials that exist for sticking things down, and while you don't need huge globs of the stuff, there's nothing wrong with some adhesive here and there. Sorry about the trace thing, I had to zoom in a bit further, they're not the ends of traces, just the ends of wires sticking up, that's my mistake.

[@diablojd52]

I was thinking the same thing. I mean in the end of the day this was a hack. Yea there are better ways but The Modder that did this performed a task in the best way they knew how with their experience to get a desired result. It might not have been the best but I detest the level of elitism that oozes from this video as Voultar was dissing every single aspect of this guys work as if he took a steaming dump on the pcb.

[@diablojd52]

nfugitt89 fair enough point bud.

[@dokols]

I subscribed when I saw the content matter. Unsubbed when I noticed the conduct.

[@moshiez]

I know nothing of modding and wiring but this is interesting to watch!

[@insomnimatics]

I may sound like an idiot in this comment but might as well ask. I just want to start off by saying I haven't modified a board in my life nor have I ever used a soldering iron, heat gun, ect... but I've always been interested in this sort of thing. I do create things on breadboards and my Arduino board. I love the Arduino boards since I can code for it. I am more of a software guy (Python, C++, Java, Arduino IDE, and various smaller languages such as Action Script for Macromedia/Adobe Flash, Game Maker 6, 7 and 8 (GML), ect..). That out of the way, I do have a question about the process of removing the epoxy from the first component. This may have been asked in the comments already but I didn't see it: Would it have been possible to heat the epoxy to the point where it's not in a "liquidy" state but it lifts from the board in one piece? Sort of how you were able to remove hot glue with the IPA (from your "SNES Mini RGB" video) but obviously not as gracefully since the epoxy is caked into the board, between the pins and under the component and would damage either the board or component if you were to try to remove all of the epoxy in one piece. If so, I think a small portion of the epoxy could be lifted from the main board, something placed underneath that section that would prevent it from sticking to the surface again (some sort of liquid or a piece of material such as wax paper) and the component could be unsoldered from the main board. From there, the epoxy that is still anchoring the component from the board could be heated to that "liquidy" state and the component could be lifted out making the rest of the cleanup easier, in my opinion. This may also help prevent the pins from breaking since you would have easier access in between each pin and wouldn't have to bend the pins much while attacking the epoxy from a better angle. That process may be more complicated in action vs. written down or just not practical but it's just an idea from observing videos like this over the years.

[@CowboyBGM]

You're like Bob Ross with a pcb, "just getting it out of there, that's all were doing here just getting it out of there." **Tiny tweezer strokes**

[@marcobruno7030]

These are fantastic for all of your Chonging needs.

[@Talkurt]

Have you ever tried heating the board from the backside for the epoxy? So you don't get the entire mass of the epoxy plastic. Something like a preheating station to really control the temp. I've never done any work taking off epoxy, just thinking outloud.

[@Voultar]

That's actually a pretty good idea. The problem with putting the board on a heating bed (or heating from the bottom) is that you'd find great difficulty in not disturbing the IC's and passive components on the bottom layer.

[@Talkurt]

Kapton tape maybe for holding the little things in place? Also maybe using kapton again on the topside to keep the epoxy from spreading its mess. Btw, I have one of your rgb boards in my duo rx and it works like a champion ;)

[@Voultar]

That might do it!

[@BlockABoots]

I feel your comment about not buying pre-modded PC Engines from eBay is a bit unfair, ive sold a fair few on ebay and never had any complaints what so ever. I can provide pictures of my work if needed (in fact i think there on shmups forum)

[@Voultar]

Do you post actual pictures of the mod-work in your E-bay listing for each console you sell? That's the key difference. The majority of pre-modded PC-Engine consoles sold on E-bay are complete garbage.

[@BlockABoots]

Yeah i do, i also put my username on the picture as a watermark to stop others using it

[@Voultar]

Then I would consider you part of the 2% of good pre-modded e-bay sellers, providing that the work is good. But as a general rule, I would still steer people away from E-bay on a general basis if there's no transparency.

[@BlockABoots]

tbf i never knew there was such grim view on selling mods on eBay but then i dont pay a whole lot of attention to that side of modding. I dont do it for a living more of a hobby and earn a small bit on the side for people who aren't comfortable with doing the mods themselves, have never other a service just sell pre-modded systems here and there where i have a surplus of system's. Nice informative video never the less!!

[@DangerousPictures]

the problem is tat there are too many shitty premodded systems on ebay... a few can ruin the whole bunch

[@ccc822007]

You ever try to use a piece of fabric to adhere the black stuff to? Just thinking it may be easier to remove. that or a wire meshing.

[@j0hnny4rc4de]

If you want both RGB and CVBS, could a switch be built to go between the 2? I have a standard PCE Duo with region and it had RGB, so I removed RGB. I wanted CVBS so i could use it on a standard TV (more places I could play it). But I also have a PVM, and RGB would be a nice touch.

[@johnbeer4963]

i noticed the screw you missed :P love these videos, especially the sighs, the "oh my god"s and the "sonofabitch"s

[@MickMod]

The thing for me that is the most simple thing to fix would be to make the PCBs properly instead of using breadboards. CAD software is so easy to learn nowadays so even if you don't know anything about CAD you could still make the needed PCB for this mod within a week, probably closer to 2-3 days really.

[@artbyrobot1]

there is literally nothing wrong with using breadboards nor adapter boards. That is what they are designed for. For you to think the work is bad just because it uses these methods demonstrates you are totally ignorant about electronics. Voultar scammed you into thinking this mod was bad, preying on your ignorance, to get you to buy only Voultar mods. It was a scammy marketting ploy and ignorant fools like you buy into this.

[@TzOk]

Epoxy burns, but doesn't melt from heat. This seems to be some particularly hard hot glue. Good way of removing either hot glue or epoxy blobs is soaking them in petroleum based penetrating oil, like WD-40/CX-80.

[@keech2540]

lol was that the Halo chime there at 35:50

[@toltecnightmare]

I've never seen anyone solder with their toes. Great job!

[@stekulov3529]

Why is the console right-side up?

[@guspaz]

It's a Japanese mod, they're on the other side of the planet, so you gotta flip it around so that it's in the original orientation.

[@Fergdog]

Very entertaining. Thanks for making these videos.

[@Druid_Plow]

if i was doing this repair with skills like yours i would remove the whole cart slot to do a very thorough cleaning. but thats just me, you still did a great job fixing this disaster. all hail voultar lol

[@artbyrobot1]

nothing about the original mod was a disaster nor flawed in any way. You took Voultar's bait and just blindly agreed not to like the original work by pure ignorance. Literally nothing about the original mod was poorly executed at all.

[@Druid_Plow]

@@artbyrobot1 most of the world would call a non functioning item 'flawed'

[@artbyrobot1]

@@Druid_Plow it is not flawed in terms of technique and we don't even know what aspect of the mod "failed" if any. No failure was in any way demonstrated.

[@Druid_Plow]

@@artbyrobot1 yes it is flawed by technique. Poor soldering was shown, wires were coming off without being heated by the iron. Poor signals were made in the rgb mod, and more poor soldering. Using bubble wrap as insulation? Things that can cause static, as insulation. Poorly made boards. And no, bread boards are not for production, they are for prototyping and teaching. And last but not least, the big black elephant in the system, 2 part epoxy hiding much of the poor work done. And he doesn't show the failures in this particular video, but he does in other videos. Static on the image, uneven colors, screen tearing, and others that don't turn on, all from the same ebay scammer.

[@artbyrobot1]

@@Druid_Plow it looks like polyamide hot glue, not 2 part epoxy and that is made for circuit board mechanical connections and securing wiring down. That was the focus of the video, criticizing that which was the proper thing to use and well executed. You claims of cold joints etc are pure speculation. They look fine. Use of breadboards being only for prototyping is something you literally just made up. There is no law or rule of any kind that says this and that makes you look dumb to even say it.

[@Agamemnon2]

Looks like doujindance is still in business selling these, there's one on ebay right now. To his credit looks like he has a board photo in the listing showing no black goo or bubble wrap, so maybe he's learned?

[@michaelhoule2134]

Agamemnon2 are you the same name/guy on dakka?

[@CarlosHernandez-nf4xd]

Did I just saw a bug just pop out from the board and craw away? 7:54

[@Fattydeposit]

Awesome video

[@timhouston8007]

That desolder tool is awesome. What kind is that?

[@Voultar]

Hakko 808!

[@richfiles]

One of my greatest investments on my workbench! I love that tool!

[@chesthairascot3743]

You might want to give teflon wire a try if you're doing lots of that type of work- The insulation doesn't peel back when soldering straight to a pin/pad. The insulation is also much thinner, so it's easier to attach multiple wires to small pins. The downside is that you have to use thermal wire strippers for it.

[@foulukun]

38:45 I'm watching and have no idea which system is this.

[@Laura_M-16]

I came to see a repair. I wasn't expecting an exorcism too.

[@OperationDecoded]

At 16:07 even the epoxy spells NO. That being said: Using Epoxy displays one trait the most in my opinion: Arrogance. Are you so confident in your mod, that it's that perfect, that nobody will have to ever touch it again? Things need maintenance and can fail for any reason. That's why any modification has gotta be *reversible*.

[@lolisamurai]

looks like the seller has learned something from your videos, their latest listings have internal photos and they have custom pcb's with cleaner wiring

[@onetwo6039]

Yeah....I haven't seen this video, but I did buy one from him about 2 weeks ago. So far so good. Even via component the picture looks good.

[@rezganger]

Why do u refer to the LDS all the time? Cheers.

[@64fanatic]

Legend of the Douche. I'd say I'm looking forward to more episodes and I am..but it also fuckin' hurts to see this stuff.

[@DarkFalz719]

Oh shit it's finally here!

[@BAGINAZARD]

2 part epoxy glue acts like hot glue. I learned something new today

[@ytrewq6789]

Finally someone like me. I have been un-douching these kinds of messes for years myself, you just earned yourself another sub!... Do you answer topic related questions here?

[@keiyakins]

Jeeze and I always felt a little guilty using a bit of that double sided foam tape to hold things in place in hobby projects.

[@teh_supar_hackr]

that fixed opaxy looks a lot like those blobs that pc-b boards like to use.

[@71dembonesTV]

I really gotta get one of those desoldering guns. Perfect application for it there; removing those snipped pins

[@artbyrobot1]

you can get a spring activated solder sucker + solder iron in one for much cheaper than a actual vacuum soldering gun. the latter is only for people who use it daily otherwise not worth the price for a casual hobbyist.

[@sullah1986.]

Hi! Nice video but i would like to see how u build a mac supergun for jamma :)