I paid £8 for this PAC MAN thing | Can I FIX It?

[@SimonHollandfilms]

you are an inspiration...i bought a Lidl soldering iron and a blue silicon mat... tried melting plastic but the lidl soldering iron broke....but you saved me £800 on a new washing machine....did i fix the circuit board? no....i just turned it off...and turned it on....job done. inspired.

[@Stephg128]

I never thought watching a gentleman with some sweet rap rhymes , fixing electrical items would be my most favourite thing on KZbin. All the best from Scotland.

[@richardcahill3406]

Anyone else shouting ‘J3Y’, ‘J3Y’!!!!!! And ‘YESSSS!’ when Steve asked, ‘do I have any one those?’ I’ve watched sooooo many of these it’s like the different components have become minor characters! 😂

[@timehunter9467]

Yeah, I said J3Y too, seems to be a very common component to fail.

[@dennisagten172]

Hell yeah I was thinking j3y Steve you have plenty of them 😅

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I was 91% sure it said "Jelly" actually. It was really demoralizing to find out I was wrong, and I'm going to quit my position as a high power stock exchange analyst, because I've lost my mojo, or my juju or my jelly babies, or something. Has anyone seen a bag of jelly babies on the NYSE floor? I Sharpied my name on the bag: Ralph I'm hungry.

[@danp101]

Yeap. Also mumbling Y1, S8050, 2N5551, just put a 1 amp npn transistor there, you had this before! 😂

[@petemc4190]

started screaming YOU HAVE LOADS OF THOSE!!! a fan base that knows the spare part stock is something Steve could only dream of

[@ShouldHaveBeen]

Yessss. "Ghost Town" The Specials

[@dccelly1615]

Hell, yes

[@natsterjam]

Gotta love the SKA editions! Oh wait, they're all good but when ever there is SKA it's Yessss! ❤

[@andymouse]

You sure that wasn't a cover band ? didn't sound right to me

[@tjolsonmcse]

@@dccelly1615Too much fighting on the dance floor.

[@paulsengupta971]

@@andymouse It was Steve.

[@wanjockey]

It's nice to have a easily visible confirmation of the fault. Thanks for sharing.

[@Jinx8015]

thx for the video steve i changed succesfully my switch pro sticks today took me 3 hours but it was so gratefull when i saw it working

[@zKaltern]

Well you Munched your way through that fix. It was so quick we can all Pac up and go home. Quite a-Maze-ing how simple the fix was in the end. Pill-ar of the repair community right here. Just Ghosting your way through that fix (ok, I'm done now.)

[@StezStixFix]

😂 and I thought my jokes were bad 😅

[@leefreeman-roach3526]

@@StezStixFixyou may have just lost that title 🤣

[@plan7a]

Pizza cake...? (Because of Pac-Man's origins and shape, etc?). Don't 'Blinky' or you might miss it...? LOL. Just a few more for you...?

[@turtuhl]

That little thing had a pretty nice screen actually. Nice fix!

[@plan7a]

Perhaps these J3Y & Y1's should be the first things to look for - other than the screen not being connected, that is? As it (the J3Y/Y1) seems to be a common thing that fails?

[@ronsonwagner9401]

Those two 512 (5.1k ohm) resistors @4:48 are on CC1 and CC2 pins on the USB Type-C connection, a quick and dirty way to pull 5V at up to 3A from a charger.

[@3rr0rX]

Watching your channel amongst others such as tronixfix, has inspired me to give it a go myself. So far fixed a DSi, soldered an HDMI on a PS3, repaired a power supply and a couple of Sony 4K TV's. Thank you for everything you do. Love your stuff.

[@whollymindless]

It's so funny when Steve plays into his own lore and expresses surprise when testing before putting everything back together.

[@iaincowell9747]

Because you never know that that is the only fault. Just because you fix one thing there might be other things wrong that stop it from working as well

[@JonnyFix]

Well done! Can be handy to look around the board and see if they used the same part twice, to get the rest of the marking.

[@stevenmarkbullock8002]

Love your channel. I have a cool old Vectrex system from my childhood bought in 1980. Was working fine when it went into the attic...now all those years later no sign of life. I'd love it back working and I'm sure it would get you some good viewing figures if you fancied a cracked at it.

[@dodgydruid]

Aw ended on just about the best 2 tone song ever... they actually shot the video in my neck of south London and I can annoy people by pointing out various streets etc AND actor Gary Oldman's Deptford road where he grew up...

[@mrkthmn]

You always say, "It can't be as easy as that! Surely!" right after finishing a bunch of proffesional level detective work and fix-em-up. I'm always thinking in response, "I'd never be able to figure that out!" Haha!

[@klorslug]

Lovin The Specials Ghost Town, first song to pop into my head when I heard“stupid ghosts” Great fix!

[@greenaum]

Great! Now all you have to do is solder a couple more buttons on, and put an actually good game on! Fab! You might get Street Fighter 2 if you turn the screen around.

[@dj5626]

I've been going through all your videos again, one enjoyable marathon, especially with the lyrical masterpieces

[@imaginitivity7853]

Watching these vids must be teaching me something. I saw that hole in the J3 transistor straight away.

[@mainecoonman]

First step should always be a visual inspection of the board. I saw the hole in that transistor as soon as the picture of the board was visible. However good to see you tracing the voltage path and finding it anyway. Nice simple fix.😀

[@watchingdanny]

There must be tons of e-waste created because of faulty Y1's. Great video as always. Always fun to watch.

[@KabutoTX]

5:10 Oh! There! There! Look there! Finallllyyyyy.

[@pelculator]

So glad it worked after assembly first try! You did not have to reopen it this time. Those Y1/J3Y thingies seem to fail quite often, or are they designed to be the point of failure to protect the rest of the devices…

[@StilgarAstartes]

Hello, old friend Y1! After so many failed transistors, I vote for namig those pieces the "Y-tho?" because they seem to fail almost randomly. Nice Fix, Sir!

[@roneckler9937]

I just repaired the same game except mine had a broken tactile switch for the volume. Nice repair.

[@knightnevermore]

nice fix and great to see that it works right on the first reasembly without any prior testing. This fix shows how much knowledge you built up over time. Quickly identified the problem, knew the components, a fast replacement and voila, put life back into a device. Your videos give me so much confidence in trying to fix stuff myself! Thank you Steve!

[@EgoChip]

This is a far cry from the Grandstand Pac-Man game I had when I was little. It's amazing how much technology has advanced and how cheap it is now.

[@ScottMadeAThing]

WELCOME BACK! Hope you had an awesome time! Love the song at the end, as soon as you said '... ghost' I thought 'ohh I wonder if he's going to...' then the song came in right on cue :)

[@StezStixFix]

😂 I'm far too predictable these days 😅

[@plan7a]

@@StezStixFix I just knew you was going to say that! (LOL).

[@highroyds]

haahha nice vid m8... 3:30 when you clip on the bench leads sounds like the noise from the Wii & WiiU lol

[@janskeet1382]

That was a lot of fun. Well done. 💕

[@gcrosheffielduk]

Great video. Excellent cover of Ghost Town too! 👍👍👍

[@mjmr914]

Excellent rendition of ghost town I live there

[@jimgallaher458]

How sad am I ? Sitting with a beer getting excited as Steve saves the day once again 🤣🤣🤣

[@groxle]

Fascinating! Could you please include the function of the failed component to help me understand electronics betterer. Many thanks to you.

[@Inugamiz]

I can see Steve ordering more Y1s in a near future.

[@theantithesis1]

Why?

[@plan7a]

@@theantithesis1 One.

[@jackal242]

You are my favorite youtuber. Hands down favorite. Just needed to say that.

[@Triforce1985]

I love how excited you get when things work out

[@Triforce1985]

Also that screen is gorgeous for a hand held packman game

[@wesleybilly8097]

Good video. The atari is great from my arcade and i think you would love it. you can add games to it. either way good video. I appreciate you

[@MikeB_UK]

Love your vids. You must put a lot of time and effort into the rap stuff. When watching it always ,make me wonder is Badgersquash a drink or an unfortunate accident :) Keep up the great work.

[@Abauto84]

the way you say continuity always makes me chuckle 😅

[@summerlaverdure]

That was a great fix, thank you for making this video

[@chrisj2848]

Beauty! Another "Y1" bites the dust! 😅

[@StezStixFix]

😂

[@jonahweinshenker]

Nice to see an easy fix once in a while. Well done, sir!

[@justin81981]

The end song was very similar to Fun Boy Three-the lunatics have taken over the asylum, lol. Great video as always!

[@paulsengupta971]

The Specials - Ghost Town. I have that record from back in the day.

[@maicod]

Enjoyed the fix and the Special(s) Ghost Town

[@freddiemaller]

I really like your choise of batteries

[@cliveparkes4052]

Really annoying thing with SMD is j3 might be a transistor with one manufacturer but a zener with another manufacturer and try finding out the manufacturer is nearly impossible

[@DeathInTheSnow]

Is there a market for tool repairs at all? I'd like to see how they get repaired by comparison :)

[@gamemaster2022]

Awesome job like always! Love the faces you make :DD

[@wisher21uk]

Well done Steve I was saying J3Y lol nice fix looks a good cheap game 😊

[@jean-philippegrenier120]

love this channel

[@timbrown9535]

Brilliant. I do love your content. And I too have a love/hate relationship with the stupid ghosts lol.

[@LeeBall]

You're a funny guy Steve, never change :D

[@tr0jantv628]

Started watching your videos last week, hooked, What flux do you use?

[@daviddawkins]

"seamless"..."pretend you didn't see that"... :-D Do more of this please

[@mcolom]

I'm wondering what could have caused that transistor to have such a hole. It doesn't seem to come from the inside, so perahps it was damaged right after the machine was assembled? Great videos Steve, by the way!

[@MarcelVerheijden]

Scrambles to search for "The Specials - Ghost Town" sings along like a crazy mf on Sunday morning...oh man, thank you so much for the walk down memory lane...

[@hirightnow]

Fully expected you to re-assemble it before testing after connecting the screen... :P

[@mrgodBG]

I actually enjoyed Ghost town from StezMadness 👌

[@natsterjam]

Stez Specials! Madness is not quite right my friend 👊

[@fuzzix]

"I'm sure I've had a similar problem to this before" Me binge watching dozens of episodes a day: "Yeah man, it was just earlier today!"

[@rwilcox_71]

Eezy Peezy Lemon Squeezy! Nicely Done!

[@LOrealHardly]

7:00 You did something else not so long ago, that was a J3Y, I'm sure, Stevie Boy..?

[@simonolphin]

I thought I was going to have to live without a stezstix weekly fix from now on. Glad you're back Steve! Don't leave us hanging again. 😭

[@obsidianpanther]

You have definitely, definitely had to replace those J3Ys before. And more than once lol. Seems like a very common faulty part.

[@PeteArmstrong]

Welcome back

[@alfafan164]

Hi Steve love your videos ....can i pick your brains please ...i bought a Roberts MP-23 cd/mp3/usb/card/ dab radio unit off the car boot...cd works fine lovely tone ,came with remote ...but remote only works cd /equaliser and volume ...it wont switch the unit off or let me access any of the other functions 😔 so i went on ebay and bought a replacement remote ...same problem so my question is ....how can an IR receiver be selective tried the remote pointing at my phone camera thats flashing ok on all buttons ... Im sad as i was really hoping the replacement would do the trick 😕😕can you point me in the right direction please 🙂

[@Johadart]

Wow oh wow, 97 days since any plastic has been melted, can you make it to 100? Good job 🤙🏼🇦🇺 Joe from Australia 🤙🏼🇦🇺

[@diablos250]

the shoutout music kinda reminds me of sonic adventure 2 with knuckles levels.

[@stevenwheat3621]

I'd sure like to see this gents collection of games..

[@sk4lman]

Nice tan! 😊

[@adiposerex5150]

Good job.

[@ndo166]

At what temperature do you blow the air to solder directly ?

[@rosebery101]

Might be worth getting some of those J3Y’s… looks like they go pop a lot

[@BAMF0383]

Really enjoy watching your fails and success, but the rap,music for patrons are a nightmare. Appreciate the skip message though 😅. Keep up the great work 👍

[@lordsoth6846]

well done ol’ chap!! 🍻

[@kiphakes]

WHOOP WHOOP! Welcome back!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Kip!

[@lkswift]

❤ the outtro!

[@NexisTube]

steve i chuffing love you! you never not make me laugh!

[@timnixon2889]

The hole in the xistor was where the "magic smoke" escaped.. which is why it didn't work and needed to be replaced

[@mattsephton]

This is arcade Pac-Man with the vertical screen. They also do a version with NES Pac-Man and a horizontal screen and A/B buttons.

[@JamesUK-je4ew]

Thanks for posting that; I noticed myself the boot looked like the original arcade board test sequence and wondered if it was indeed an emulated version using the original ROMs. I’ll have to see what other games My Arcade do too. Regards

[@colinboreland7033]

The Specials....gettin!!!!

[@Foxx_69]

Nice catch!

[@paulrb894]

Good video, I got your email and many thanks for replying. And for repairing my item if it's not a pain to do. Cheers

[@pedromimoso8804]

Nice one Steve! 👍👍👍

[@FixitAde]

Cracking fix Steve 👍

[@SolderBrothers]

Never a doubt.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

The Pac is Back, baby.

[@dmuig6193]

How did the transistor get a hole in it?

[@chanyphilly8266]

Another billiant vid ❤

[@zenmaster24]

even without the screen connected, surely it would still turn on?

[@apollolux]

I couldn't see clearly from the far shots in the video, but is this one of those MyArcade games that have the jumpers that let you switch between five different games? Pac-Man is one of the five, but because it has no action buttons one would have to mod the case and add new ones. Also, missed opportunity to use "Pac-Man Fever" as the end card music.

[@Bergi2000]

❤ nice & easy 👍🙏

[@Tim_3100]

Great job!

[@WillEclipse]

Apologies if answered before but what’s your background? And do you sell the items you fix or keep them?

[@jeffdewe]

Funny thing is that I have 40yr old electronic games like this that aren't broken, But modern day stuff, give it a couple of years, Same with consoles, I still have a commodore 64 that has never been recapped but try that with modern stuff 40yrs down the road, not a chance, China Vs Japan I guess. When it comes to quality.

[@jylam_]

I come for the rap music, but sometimes there's even some electronic stuff. That's culture for you guys.

[@rhinox3474]

Billy Mitchell would be jealous of that score lol

[@devnull73]

Does "complementary" mean "a direct replacement for"??? Looks like it actually emulates and uses the arcade ROMs. Cool.

[@athomegrampy709]

Wow I bought one of those brand new from Walmart for $5 :) It's a gimmicky thing... As soon as I saw that thumbnail, I had to investigate.