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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As someone with a hot air station and a bunch of electronics experience, all I see is gold.

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 25 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Gamers when they see this: 😨

People with electronics experience when they see this: 🤑

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago

With the exception of the wii u, pretty much all of my consoles were ones that I bought as "defective". Most of the time a good clean was all that was needed. Sometimes I had to replace one part or the other. The worst was a 3DS XL with a broken hinge that needed a full teardown just to remove that one plastic part.