📖 Resources

Service manuals, schematics, pinout diagrams and repair guides for retro systems.

📎 General (7) đŸ–Ĩī¸ Amiga (9) 💾 Amstrad CPC (4) 🐆 Atari Jaguar (1) 🐱 Atari Lynx (1) đŸ–ąī¸ Atari ST (3) đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 BBC Micro (3) âŒ¨ī¸ Commodore 64 (5) đŸ“ē MSX (1) đŸ•šī¸ Neo Geo (1) đŸ•šī¸ Nintendo 64 (2) 🎮 Nintendo Game Boy (2) 🎮 Nintendo NES (1) 🎲 PC Engine (1) 🎮 PlayStation (2) 🌀 Sega Dreamcast (1) đŸŽ¯ Sega Mega Drive (3) đŸĒ Sega Saturn (1) đŸ•šī¸ Super Nintendo (1) 🌈 ZX Spectrum (5)

📎 General

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Game Gear Cap Map (PDF)
Sega Game Gear

Printable capacitor location map for Game Gear VA boards.

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Game Gear Recap
Sega Game Gear

Complete capacitor list with board positions and values for VA0/VA1 Game Gear.

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iFixit — Game Gear Capacitor Replacement
Sega Game Gear

Step-by-step photo guide for Game Gear recapping with board identification.

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RetroSix — Game Gear Capacitor Replacement
Sega Game Gear

Detailed Game Gear recap guide with cap map per board revision.

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Cap Kit Installation Guide

General guide for installing capacitor kits on retro consoles and computers.

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Main Page

Console5 community tech wiki — capacitor lists for 50+ retro systems.

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ConsoleMods Wiki — Capacitor Lists

Community-maintained capacitor lists per console revision.

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đŸ–Ĩī¸ Amiga

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Amiga 500 Service Manual (Commodore, 1990)
Amiga 500

Official service manual PN-314981-04 with full schematics, hosted on Internet Archive.

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Amiga 500 Technical Manual (PDF)
Amiga 500

Commodore technical manual with board layout and schematics.

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Amiga 1200 Service Addendum (PDF)
Amiga 1200

A1200 service addendum with schematics and component locations.

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Amiga A500/A2000 Technical Reference Manual
Amiga 2000

Combined A500/A2000 technical reference on Internet Archive.

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Amiga 500+ Service Manual (PDF)
Amiga 500

A500+ service manual from GameSX archive.

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Commodore Amiga Manuals Collection

Complete collection of Amiga manuals on Internet Archive.

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Amiga 1200 Schematics (Commodore, 1992)
Amiga 1200

Official A1200 system schematics service addendum from Internet Archive.

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Amiga CD32 Schematics (AmigaWiki)
Amiga CD32

Rev.3 CD32 vector schematics by the AmigaWiki community.

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AmigaWiki — Schematics collection

Community-maintained vector schematics for all Amiga models.

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💾 Amstrad CPC

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Amstrad CPC6128 Service Manual (1985)
Amstrad CPC 6128

Official Amstrad service manual with circuit diagrams and parts list — Internet Archive.

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CPC Wiki — Service Manuals
Amstrad CPC 6128

CPC464, CPC6128 and monitor service manuals with schematics.

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Amstrad CPC Manuals on Internet Archive
Amstrad CPC 6128

Full Amstrad CPC manual collection.

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CPC Wiki — CPC 6128 Hardware
Amstrad CPC 6128

Detailed CPC 6128 hardware reference with board revisions.

🔧 Repair Guide 🔗 View source

🐆 Atari Jaguar

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Atari Jaguar
Atari Jaguar

Jaguar capacitor reference for K-series boards.

🔧 Repair Guide 🔗 View source

🐱 Atari Lynx

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Atari Lynx
Atari Lynx

Lynx I and II capacitor values and positions.

🔧 Repair Guide 🔗 View source

đŸ–ąī¸ Atari ST

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Atari 520ST/1040ST Service Manual
Atari ST 1040STF

Official Atari service manual on Internet Archive — full schematics and board layout.

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Atari ST Manuals Collection
Atari ST 1040STF

Complete Atari ST manual collection on Internet Archive.

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Atari ST on ManualsLib
Atari ST 1040STF

Online viewable Atari ST owner and technical manuals.

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đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 BBC Micro

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BBC Micro Service Manual (Internet Archive)
BBC Micro

Official Acorn BBC Micro service manual.

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BBC Micro Service Manual Section 1 (PDF)
BBC Micro

Detailed circuit descriptions and troubleshooting procedures.

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BBC Micro Service Manual Section 2 (PDF)
BBC Micro

Schematics, board layout and component lists for Model B+.

âŒ¨ī¸ Commodore 64

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C64/C64C Service Manual (Commodore, 1992)
Commodore 64

Official combined C64 and C64C service manual on Internet Archive.

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C64 Service Manual (PDF)
Commodore 64

Commodore 64 service manual PN-314001-02 (September 1985).

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C64C Service Manual (PDF)
Commodore 64C

Service manual for the cost-reduced C64C short board.

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C64 Service Manual on ManualsLib
Commodore 64

Online viewable C64 service manual with all pages.

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Commodore C64 Manuals Collection

All C64 related manuals on Internet Archive.

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đŸ“ē MSX

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MSX Resource Center
MSX2

Active MSX community with hardware documentation and schematics.

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đŸ•šī¸ Neo Geo

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Neo Geo MVS
Neo Geo AES

Neo Geo MVS/AES capacitor reference and board info.

🔧 Repair Guide 🔗 View source

đŸ•šī¸ Nintendo 64

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Console5 Tech Wiki — N64
Nintendo 64

N64 cap list with known leaker positions for NUS-CPU boards.

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N64Brew Dev Wiki
Nintendo 64

Community hardware documentation and development resources for the N64.

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🎮 Nintendo Game Boy

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Game Boy DMG-01
Game Boy

Original Game Boy capacitor list and LCD board cap locations.

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GBDev.io — Game Boy Hardware
Game Boy

Game Boy hardware documentation and Pan Docs reference.

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🎮 Nintendo NES

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Console5 Tech Wiki — NES
Nintendo NES

NES front-loader capacitor values and positions.

🔧 Repair Guide 🔗 View source

🎲 PC Engine

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Console5 Tech Wiki — TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
PC Engine

Capacitor reference for PC Engine and CoreGrafx boards.

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🎮 PlayStation

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Console5 Tech Wiki — PlayStation
PlayStation 1

PS1 capacitor lists for PU-7 through PU-23 board revisions.

🔧 Repair Guide 🔗 View source
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PSX-Place — PlayStation Community
PlayStation 1

Active PlayStation community with hardware mods and repair guides.

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🌀 Sega Dreamcast

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Dreamcast
Sega Dreamcast

Dreamcast capacitor reference for VA0, VA1 and VA2 boards.

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đŸŽ¯ Sega Mega Drive

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GameSX — Console Schematics Archive

Schematics collection for Sega, Nintendo and other consoles.

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
Sega Mega Drive

Capacitor values and positions for all Mega Drive revisions.

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Sega Retro — Mega Drive Technical Specs
Sega Mega Drive

Hardware specifications, board revisions and technical details.

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đŸĒ Sega Saturn

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Console5 Tech Wiki — Saturn
Sega Saturn

Saturn capacitor list and board info for VA0 and later revisions.

🔧 Repair Guide 🔗 View source

đŸ•šī¸ Super Nintendo

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Console5 Tech Wiki — SNES
Super Nintendo

Super Nintendo capacitor list for SHVC and SNS board revisions.

🔧 Repair Guide 🔗 View source

🌈 ZX Spectrum

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ZX Spectrum Service Manual (PDF)
ZX Spectrum +2A

Edited by Brendan Alford — covers all Spectrum/Spectrum+ builds.

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ZX Spectrum 128 Service Manual (PDF)
ZX Spectrum +2A

Service manual for the 128K Spectrum models.

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ZX Spectrum +2 Manual (PDF)
ZX Spectrum +2A

Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 manual on Internet Archive.

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ZX Spectrum on ManualsLib
ZX Spectrum +2A

Online viewable ZX Spectrum service manual.

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World of Spectrum — Documentation
ZX Spectrum +2A

Hardware documentation, schematics and board layout references.

📐 Schematic 🔗 View source

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