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Bench 01 · Bench 02 · Pad bay · Camden lockup

The workshop — bring your own system in.

We don't only refurb our own intake. If you've got a Saturn that's stopped saving, a PSone whose laser drifts, an Xbox 360 with a fan that sounds like a hairdryer — book a bench slot. Diagnosis is free, the quote is fixed, and the rig leaves with paperwork.

Diagnosis £0 Average turnaround 5 working days Post-in or walk-in both fine Six-month warranty on every fix

Workshop tariff · published, never bargained

What the bench charges, by hardware.

Every figure is the all-in fix price (parts + labour + bench-time + burn-in). The quote we email after diagnosis matches this list — never bumped on the day.

PSU recap · any 8–16-bit console

Mega Drive · Master System · SNES · PC Engine · Saturn · PSone

£45

PSU recap · any 32/64-bit console

N64 · GameCube · Dreamcast · PS2 · Original Xbox

£55

Laser drive replacement & calibration

PSone · PS2 · Dreamcast · Saturn · Xbox 360 (model-dependent)

£60–£85

Battery socket repair & fresh CR-2032

Cartridge save-batteries · Saturn internal battery

£18

Full re-paste + heat-sink clean (Xbox 360, PS3, PS4)

Arctic MX-6 paste · thermal pad re-fit · fan curve re-tested

£40

Stick-drift fix · any modern pad

DualShock 4 · DualSense · Xbox One/S/X · Switch Joy-Con

£28

RGB mod · most 8/16-bit consoles

N64 · NES · SNES (1-chip / RGB amp) · Mega Drive (CXA1145)

£75–£120

Region-free flash mod

Saturn (Action Replay socket) · PSone (modchip) · Dreamcast (BIOS swap)

£65

Diagnosis & written report (no fix performed)

If you'd rather take the report elsewhere — fair enough, no charge for the assessment

£0

What the bench guarantees.

Six-month warranty on every repair. If the exact same fault recurs inside six months of pickup, we either re-fix on the bench at no charge or refund the original repair price. Different fault on the same console — quoted separately, of course.

Bench-time is logged. You'll get a one-page repair report with the date, the technician's initials, the parts swapped (with the original parts in a small bag), the burn-in length, and the test cart used. We keep a copy in the lockup's repair log against your serial number.

Nothing is rebuilt without consent. If during fault diagnosis we find a second issue, the bench stops, emails you, and waits. We don't ever “upsell while it's open” — that's a hardware-store trick we won't run.

Booking a bench slot.

Email [email protected] with the hardware, the fault and a couple of photos. We come back inside the day with a slot proposal — usually 3–5 working days out. For post-in jobs, we'll send a pre-paid Royal Mail label; for walk-ins, just turn up Tue–Sat with the rig.

Pickup happens once the report email lands. Lockup, post return, or M25-area drop-off if a system's heavy — your call.

Workshop · at a glance

Benches
3 (Bench 01 · 02 · pad bay)
Open
Tue–Sat 11–19, Sun 12–17
Average turnaround
5 working days
Diagnosis fee
£0
Warranty
6 months
Solder station
Hakko FX-888D · Quick 861DW
Paste
Arctic MX-6
Capacitor stock
Panasonic FR series
Bench rig
Sony Trinitron Wega · LG OLED 4K
Repair log
Internal Discord + paper
Walk-in welcome · Camden lockup

Bring the rig in, watch us open it.

If you're nearby — pop in. We'll open the system on the photo bench, run a quick fault map, and quote you while the kettle boils. There's a stool against bench 01 if you want to stick around for the work.