DC Restore/repairs/mods: journal

Ok folks. I decided to start this thread with the purpose to make it as a journal. Don't expect much from it though. It will be a work in progress, and so I will report and update any news once in a while.

-Day 1-
Today arrived in the mail, 2 broken Dreamcasts I've ordered from a portuguese online auction site for a mere 12€ including free shipping. It was bought as is condition and supposedly they turn on.
I will test them myself later and see what I can get out of them.
They're in really nasty condition, hell I never seen such badly treated consoles with my own eyes ever!:moody: So dirty and scratched that it hurts to look at.
I intend to give them live again. I have a couple ideas, but I'll talk about them in a later post.
Now I'm opening them to see how crappy they are inside Since I have no sunlight to take any good shots right now, I will upload some shots on the following days.

First impressions:
One of the dc's power's up and shows nothing on screen, while the second one has its psu busted and even with a replaced one the dc won't power up.

Fun facts:
Both are supposedly the same model dreamcasts (although they have been heavily opened and abused by previous owner, which explains the awful job done to both the gd-rom drives which are completely broken), one of these dcs has a metal fan and a different controller port board (green one). I didn't know metal fan dcs were released in Europe..

 

What's working outside the box:
-both motherboards
-1 power supply
-fans

What's not working but is easily repairable:
-both controller boards

What's completely wasted:
-both gd-rom drives
-1 power supply