Restoring Sega dreamcast controller for my restored Dreamcast - Retro Console Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Restoration of badly a yellowed Sega dreamcast controller and VMU for the extremely yellowed Dreamcast console I restored earlier. Like the console this unit also has only cosmetic defects. There are some glue reside from stickers and the yellowing is pretty bad.
Unlike many other consoles, the Dreamcast plugs memorycards to the controller. They have many other uses also. These same ports can also be used to attach a rumble pack and probably some other accessories as well.
I took the controller and VMU (memory card) apart and there was some dust etc. inside but otherwise it looked fine. However I had an issue of some of the yellowed parts containing metal pieces that would be ruined if I sunk them in hydrogen peroxide. I found that the de-yellowing process also works in only sunlight, but it is painfully slow. In addition I don't have many hours of sun outside in december. So I decided to try my UV-light system only on the parts. Why I didn't put all the parts in. Even though the parts are white the reflect a lot less UV-light than the foil around the box. if these other parts absorb the light the amount of UV-absorbed by the parts with metal pieces per hours decreases and it would take me longer to do this. And even now it took me almost a week.
The parts that could be sunken in hydrogen peroxide were sunken an it took me a day to get rid of the yellowing, which was worst on these parts. Who know how long it would have taken me if I did it without hydrogen peroxide. Before de-yellowing I washed the parts in soapy water and cleaned the glue residues with lighter fluid as many comments have suggested.
All the electronic components were cleaned with isopropyl alcohol. Mine is over 99%. It has almost no waster so it wont corrode the boards. Alcohols are also good at dissolving both water and oil soluble substances. After everything was nice and looking new I let it dry (after washing the h202 off) and put it back together.
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Hey that's a pretty neato color, never seen em like that before-
"It's supposed to be white"
Oh god oh no
AceTheDragon3 I thought the exact same thing
My pee was that color once
My thoughts exactly haha
Bustin big nuts on the controller
@@marjaeharris8061 I suppose it those nuts are being busted out your asshole
Having owned a Dreamcast back in the day, I can say that you cleaned it up so well it looks brand new out of the box. Good job!
Quickly. Stop that asmr channel that's been stealing your videos
Linkachu Gamin what asmr channel?
Best Relaxing ASMR
They take full videos from Odd Tinkerings completely unedited.
They do have the original videos in the description, but I don't believe they've had any permission to upload them
@@ChirpyCrisp Ok then. What's your counter argument.
I kinda wish the VMU board was like super messed up and you could make “Restoring a VMU for my restored controller for my restored Dreamcast” and go three layers deep
Inception. Now that would be a winner!
@Patrick&Erick Patrick&Erick okay
The dream cast was so underrated
Glad to see the Dreamcast receiving some love. A legendary masterpiece.
Why did we sell our Dreamcast?!?! It's such a beautiful console, the simple design, great Controller. I hope SEGA returns some day to making consoles and blows away the Competition including Nintendo.
Maybe it's mentioned later in the comments, but you should probably check out cream peroxide developer, used in hairdressing. It's a peroxide cream/gel that will stay where you put it, so you could paint it on the plastic parts, keep it off the metal, and still use UV to accelerate whitening. 50V = 25% peroxide; 40V = 20% peroxide; etc.
Its nice seeing that not all dreamcasts are white and minty. It shows that they did revieve some love after all
IMO the Dreamcast was one of the most innovative consoles for their time, and I also feel that has been the only one, even on our current date and age that got right the idea of keeping players engaged by using the VMU system, not even nowadays with all the connectivity and hardware we have companies haven't try to achieve something similar, and is quite sad
PD: does this video confirm the restaurator is actually and anime girl? (Just kidding hahahaha)
The VMUs were so cool!
That concept could've really gone somewhere if they hadn't killed the console.
I always forget how huge the dreamcast controller was.
Ngl, that controller looks pretty nice being yellowed like that, i looks almost gold and that's a rare colour to get
It looks disgusting
@@mottoloveurlala it can look different to anyone, but i think you look deaf to opinions
@@eclinvo4910 Yes you are different and special, that's why a mini bus had to pick you up from school
Sintetic confirms that you are a child lmao.
@@judexavier1929 shut up testicle juice
This came out even better than the Dreamcast itself!
Love your work buddy! Hope we get to see a ps3 console restoration at some time in the future
Mark Nicholl i’d love that!
But what type Normal, Slim or Super Slim i think thats all the versions sorry if its wron
This is so ASMR, hearing "clicks" and soft sounds it relaxes me so much!! And the combination with restoring something so quietly it's perfect!!!
Excellent, excellent stuff. It's one thing (and I do love it) restoring old antiques or rusty tools from the 1920s, but I love this kind of thing. Fixing up culture's ephemera and "trash" to work and look as new. Marvellous stuff. Thank you.
Odd Tinkering and My Mechanics are my two favorite restoration channels on TH-cam and my favorite car detailing channels are M.A.D Detailing and The Detail Geek.
Seeing this brings back memories when I first bought my Sega Dreamcast new I feel so old and that wasn't the console I grew up on I got an Atari and then the Nintendo, most of the time they got yellow from smokers.
hate to say this twice in a row but the yellow/golden look was pretty god looking, at least on this dream-cast and controller combo
Nice restoration. Poor Sega was never given another chance.😔
Everyone: o look that he restored consoles pretty good
Me: we’re is the ducktor :c
Your skills improved so much in the last 4 years! Also, this video is missing Ducktor. 😊
Dreamcast, long gone but never forgotten
Nice! FYI, never plug in a controller while the DC console is turned on. That has been said to be the reason why controller ports go out on these consoles, a resistor ends up failing and needs replacement.
@@MiguelAviles175 The connector and controller and console electronics in the Dreamcast are carefully designed for hotplug, so in general, plugging the controller into the Dreamcast is quite safe and i don't see a design fault there at all.
Also the failing component is not a resistor, but a resistor-fuse. By failing it protects the console from further damage. It's an easy repair job too. Now if they were a little bit friendlier they could have perhaps used a polyfuse instead, like what you find on PC protecting the USB ports (if you're lucky - often missing), but that has potential issues too like it might not react quickly enough or might allow repeat damage to the console if you connect junk peripherals, so it's not like the design is not justifiable at all.
The reason it will blow (by design) is if the power and ground wires are shorted together due to controller, cable, or plug damage. Chances are, people plugged a wonky controller or extension cable into the running console and conflated the act of failure with the cause of failure. As you say, hotplugging the controller is something people do all the time. It's possible that someone's connector or wire is only somewhat bad and fails in particular when it's moved, and that happens the most when you plug it in, but like just look after your stuff properly and don't plug filthy shit into the Dreamcast.
Also fuses are thermal devices, they are basically just like a miniature incandescent lightbulb just without any light being let out, and just like one, they will burn out eventually for no fault at all. That's just how it is. 20 years have passed since the system came out, you expect occasional maintenance to be necessary by now. Let's say the fuse is critically weakened by long use and ready to fail any moment, then it's more likely to fail when you hotplug the controller than when console is turned on because the power supply takes like 50ms to ramp up to full output voltage, limiting the turn-on current burst through the fuse, while the controller can consume an arbitrary turn-on burst immediately upon being plugged in.
Similar to Dreamcast, there is a controller fuse that tends to fail in Playstation 2 too, but those aren't so obvious nor so easy to replace. Not sure about other systems, but... polyfuses cost actual money and a console is only supposed to last like 5 years, and manufacturers have incentive to punish the use of wonky third party peripherals anyway, it's not like USB where you're expected to just plug all manner of junk in there.
On the topic of badly designed fuses: if you have an Xbox 360 controller receiver for PC, an original one by Microsoft, it has a fuse that will fail for certain because of a very unfortunate heatsinking of the whole assembly, not because of an overcurrent condition. Don't be tempted to throw the receiver away and buy a $10 copy from China because those are just a lot of trouble. It's worth repairing. It's a 500mA fast fuse, but i say, while usually bridging out a fuse and replacing it with a wire link is a horrible idea, in the Xbox360 receiver for Windows, you can just do that, it seems to have been put in with no purpose, as the wire or the connector is more likely to short out than its little processor, the only component behind the fuse... and i mean your PC mouse has no fuse at all, and unprotected shorts in the plugs of USB flash drives after being carried around are quite common! So a short across the processor of the Xbox360 wireless receiver is kind of the least important thing to worry about.
I miss the Dreamcast and Saturn days so much.
I knew this was coming.
Was disappointed when you didn't clean it along with the console but then I remembered: good things come to those that wait 😁
And they're better in small doses 😀
Stay blessed dude 🙏
I still have a VMU in its original packaging, and for those who dont know what a VMU is, it stands for Visual Memory Unit (or system, depends on location) and is basically another smaller system while also being a memory unit, it can manage files, play multiplayer games using a connector, real time clock, play sound, and act as a second screen
Just amazing, I love the way you get the colour back to original on the plastics.
Wow that's a pretty good job. If I would have done this, I would loose all the pieces or have more pieces left for me to used lol. Great job
Man. When he pulled out the lighter fluid, I was like, "Is he going to set it on fire?" 😂😂😂
Good to know about the UV bath without peroxide! Great video!
Now *thats* how a Dreamcast controller is supposed to look! Nice job.
A part of me wonders if you make these items worse before fixing them cuz I can’t imagine how they get so bad...
Yellowing happens if you leave this stuff out in the sun. I have seen an NES on eBay like that.
@@ShitpostJay No doubt you're correct. I just can't imagine people treating their personal belonging so poorly that they get to this condition.
kevin3003 From what I read online, it has nothing to do with bad treatment.
“It turns out in most cases its caused by bromine, used as flame retardant in the ABS plastic. Over time it forms a stable complex with atmospheric oxygen on the surface of the plastic.
Different batches of plastic for the same device can have different bromine levels, hence the yellowing is often uneven across parts of even the same unit.
The process is accelerated by UV light or heat - hence even the non-UV-exposed inside of consoles can yellow (or even items in unopened packages).”
www.neogaf.com/threads/yellowing-old-consoles-the-solution.899984/
Mother_Serpent hmmm that’s good to know. I appreciate you replying.
Yeah im pretty sure thats what hes doing. Dabs it with a dirty sponge etc
When you have problematic parts and you can't use plain hydrogen peroxide you can use those hair creams with hydrogen peroxide in them so you could apply it precisely with a small brush.
Besides it would be handy for all the other parts too since you won't need many litres of H2O2 but just some cream to apply on the surface and a bit of clingwrap to keep it on the part
From what I heard, that method tends to leave some "marbling" on the surface.
Chaos89P AFAIK only if you use a product that’s too strong and/or if you leave it too long
This was actually Sega's last console.
Actually no. That would be the SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis Mini.
thanks captain obvious I wouldn’t that.
Who would've guessed.l
Who else never knew you could connect VMUs/memory cards before this? I went to try it right away lol
Should of had that Power Stone lol. 1 of the best games on Dreamcast. That's where the 2k series began.
That was cool to see! I didn't know you could get all the old yellowing out of old plastics like that.
the dreamcast was waaaay ahead of its time
This channel feels like ASMR
1970 Vintage Rotary Dial Telephone RESTORATION
I had a Dreamcast as a kid. I would play Sonic for hours lol. The console still works, but I gave it to my little brothers when I went to college
I didn't know anyone else remembered Pen Pen Triicelon, played that a bunch with friends way back in the day.
Woah!This Sega Controler Doesn't Look So Bad In The Inside During The Restoration
Best analog stick ever, we should have used DC's analog stick technology, and not the garbage with Drift issues that we see today
You do amazing work especially on these electronic devices. Its inspiring.
To be honest Dreamcast has the potential to be a very advanced game
I love these videos yet i always fall asleep instead.
This is indeed a good asmr for me.
You're all cleaned up now, Uzume.
I think the color is ok well done.
Keep doing what you love bro you're amazing!
Can you restore my love life? Haha, awesome work as always. Always so intrigued by whatever it is you're going to do next!
This is a great ASMR video
You should totally make a business out of this. Have people send you their yellowed consoles you clean them up for how ever much you want and send them back. You could also make videos out of them if you get any consoles you haven't cleaned up over video. Your presence on youtube would promote your business as you are well known and then the rest would be history!
Came out really nice, hi from germany 😜
Came out really nice, hi from germany 😜
I thought it was a gold controller at first ,nice job
I got a hydrogen peroxide toothpaste commercial on the part with the diluted 12% hydrogen peroxide
H E L P
Yo I thought this was a gold Dreamcast. “Oh that shit was just dirty af”
Normally, ordinary memory cards have a connector that prevents you from plugging them in a VMU.
I rented one of these before, the little game boy piece should have a cap to cover the top when not in the controller that makes it as round as the bottom end.
You should restore an old IMB keyboard or one similar. Great video!
I want to see a video where the guy from howtobasic throws an egg into whatever Odd Tinkering is doing and he chases he out of the shop with a perfectly restored gun
I really don't get why people are so grossed out by this console being the color that it is. Like, you cure it with UV treatment not scrubbing, the thing isn't your normal kind of dirty.
My kind of ASRM videos
Great vid and quick question. Can you reuse the 12% hydrogen peroxide or is it a one time use? Thanks!
A Nintendo Gamecube (and controller) restoration would be super cool! I mean... if you could find one
Funny how UV light takes away the Golden Tan.
Whoever owned that surely never washed his hands after bathroom visits.
that's why he wears gloves
It's painfully obvious these guys put dirt on these things before filming, just to make more of a drastic difference at the end, lol!
Sega figured out how to get rid of the drift issue before it was so widespread. Too bad no first party companies put Hall effect sensors on the board where the analog stick goes like what Sega did here.
Like new controller 👍
Be honest you added the four black dirt smudges on the controller to make it look dirtier 😉
At first I though this was a gold controller. Then I realized it was yellowed!
I never played a Dreamcast but I wish
Chris... this is the video I was talking about.
The Xbox Duke Controller is essentially a Dreamcast Controller.
I got a bit nervous and thought he was tired of this when he pulled the lighter fluid out.
I miss memory cards.
Man, this is fantastic!^^ Like and Like!
Looks like the miserable owner liked to put out cigarettes on the controller
My dad has this screwdriver set which you were using
I have 3 super nintendo's and 2 dreamcast, and nothing has ever yellowed...I know it's a certain type of plastic that does that, but I also feel like grosser people or people who smoke speed up that yellowing process.
Hi! I loved your channel, it's helping me a lot to restore my consoles here in Brazil
Can you help me with this doubt? You removed the yellowish from the vmu, placing the parts with metal in the light without the peroxide.
But the plastic does not turn yellow because it is in contact with light for a long time?
Wouldn't the effect be the opposite?
Thank you!!!
In 2019
:restoring my old Sega dreamcast
In 2025
:Restoring my odl Sony ps5
I thought the controller was some gold limited edition. Great job!
Great job!
Did your ever tried to use a tube from a tanning bed or a pond cleaner with harder UV radiation than the LED stripe?
Thx for the vid!
:-D
Honestly thought it was a faded gold controller... Come to find that controller just smokes 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
If you hadn't said it was supposed to be white, I would have sworn it was a gold version.
If only the game systems and controllers could talk!!!
Just to add more fuel to the "Dreamcast vs PS2" battle, two words:
SEGA NAOMI
The DC was a console far too ahead of its time for its own good, weighted down by SEGA's absurd policies and the PS2's role as a DVD player. Hell, Sony even tried the same stunt along with Namco (System 14x and 2xx) and guess what? The NAOMI/NAOMI 2 came out on top.
Quick question. Does the VMU lose its save data since the battery looked to reset to clock when removed? I would be devastated if I lost some of my various saves.
Hi would the hydrogen peroxide bath method also work on the super nintendo or would it have to be with the HP+Gelatine from your snes with yoghurt video?
I'm curious on why use lighter fluid to clean with? Any certain reason?
A week? Really? It need a week to revert yellowed color?
And, if you use other UV system more powerfully?
Using a glass bowl for the liquid should be fine too right? If not better?
Clearly added a few dirt spots to make it look worse lol
I'm curious about the yellowing: if UV (sunlight) is used to remove the yellowing, what causes it in the first place?
if the controller looked cleaner, I'd think it would've been a gold edition controller
Same with the console.
I was thinking the same thing, "That does not look bad in gold"
I legitimately thought it was a limited edition Gold controller. That colour scheme was quite popular in the '90s. :) :) :)
Lol same!!
That's a very gross gold
The Dreamcast was so ahead of its time. Sometimes I wish we could rewite history to a time where it didn't flop.
Well, the PS2 was a much more powerful machine that also happened to be a cheap DVD player.
If I had the option, I would do that. And also, prevent my younger self from trading in all the old games I had.
If it just came with a 2nd joystick, Sega could've probably stayed in the console wars a bit longer.
It didn't flopped, the only reason why it's not as popular as the PS2, GCN or Xbox is because it was discontinued very early into it's lifespan (1999-2001).
Ofc, the p2 was more powerful than the DC : as every newer hardware by 2 years later, it was, at least, what Sony must have done.
Never thought of using an ice cube tray to hold screws/small parts! Nice restore!
Thanks. I actually saw someone else do it first
@@OddTinkering There is a lot of screws i don't know how you remember each one of them
@@solohunter5777 well he IS filming the whole process. He could look back to see what went where. I do it to when I repair something. (not for youtube but for me.)
MisterCasket Do you have fun repairing things? Because i feel like it's so much fun!
@@solohunter5777 not really, always the anxiety that I might screw up something haha! Only do it when it's necessary.