Fixing Another Nintendo M82 Store Demo Unit

Another Nintendo M82 console was sent to me for repair, this one being a lot trickier than the last to fix. So settle in for lots of boring datasheets, probe beeping and oscilloscope analysis!

[Trygon]

It's so rare to find someone who can simply explain their incredibly complex work in a way that, while I don't understand everything, I understand more after listening.

[sherekhangamedev]

Seeing him work and his knowledge is like seeing a master artisan, but more fun. The legend is real.

[treedeblue]

I hope these high end collectors are paying Ben handsomely for his ER work!

[Codeaholic]

I appreciated the thorough walkthrough of your debugging process. As an amateur in to electronics I found it easy to follow without being dumbed down or skipping major steps.

[Controllerhead]

A good cart to test mirroring is Metroid, it switches every room.

[mikefr]

Time Lord soundtrack was written by David Wise. That's why its awesome! lol. Wish I had your electronics knowledge. Its truly amazing to watch you work on something.

[neuro_davinci]

I told my wife about your Butter Bass reference, and she laughed because we call it Daniel Fish for absolutely no reason. Seems giving irritating enemies random names so you can reference them is universal!

[MousePounder]

Hey! Guys! I think this Ben guy might know a thing or two about video game consoles.

[Davidevgen]

I'm the one who sent this m82 in. the issue still persisted that i was having after the unit came back to me. all the graphical issue in this video was not related to the issue i was having in this video. so after the disappointment of the issue i was having still persisting i bought another m82 (pal b unit) from Germany. and converted it over to NTSC however i noticed one difference that my m82 didnt have and that was four 103 ceramic capacitors that were directly connected to 4 buffer chips in the front center of the board. (a hot fix by nintendo on later models)

so i ordered those same caps and attached them to my old m82 motherboard buffer chips and that fixed the graphical issues. 4 years 2 others working on the unit and 1000 dollars later i finally fix it. i wish i had known that was all it took to fix it in the first place. Anyways thanks for trying Ben heck.

[johnvictor]

Talk about perfect timing. I just finished getting caught up earlier today, ending with Ben saying he's got another M82 to fix!

[CRG]

Fantastic work and very enjoyable video.

I think what I enjoy most about your videos is the way you always have that relaxed attitude and humour in your approach. The subscribe song was excellent.

[iFish]

These videos are super relaxing. They smack an ASMR itch. Except those loud beeps hurt my ears but they’re still kind of music to my ears

[butwait]

That adventures of Bayou Billy part cracked me up. That was accurate XD

[sirflimflam]

Damn man, you went so many levels deeper than I ever could on that retro hardware debugging, and I thought I had a knack for it.

[megan_alnico]

So Ben, have you worked on enough of these to build your own yet? Looks like you were having fuuuun. I bet you could come up with a more modern and efficient way to switch carts. I mean how awesome would it be to just have a wall with all the cards displayed, and still be able to play them. I bet people might even, pay, for something like that..

[Pancreaticdefect]

It's almost like the company didnt expect these things to be anything but e-waste a few years after they were built.

[Breakbeats.]

Your businesses card should read: Ben Heck : Console Whisperer.

[endlesswanderer]

I gotta say, man, that Memory parody at the end was masterful. You ever do your own rifftrax? I'm a sort of fairweather fan (been in and out since the Nintendo PlayStation prototype stuff) and have no idea, but your jokes have real MST3K energy.

[garageworker]

Omg, I’m so behind the times. What happened to the Ben Heck show? New channel? I’m got so many videos to watch now. 😃

[anterometso]

Ben Heck is a genius, no doubt about it. The demo units are working now, all right. Still, my crystal ball predicts somewhat sparky future for these devices. An uninsulated metal heat sink fastened by a bag closing tie, the long uninsulated resistor legs almost touching the pins of the module connectors, as well as dremeling a screw head to metal dust over the unprotected circuit board in the another M82 video made the temperature of the room sank at least by 10 degrees. The dark side of the Force must be running strong in this channel.