Lenovo ThinkPad R50e

Not sure what to tell, I noticed a pristine R50e and decided to get it, just because I needed a DVD writer, yes a DVD writer in the year 2023, once a year or less. Overall, there is not much to expect from such an old device, CMOS battery dead, and the original battery dead.Could…

KT-R1 – First Batch Gifts

The device which I pre-ordered 6 months ago arrived, after multiple delays, and multiple issues in development and production, it is finally here. And sadly I did not even bother to finish setting it up. At night light bleeds through a yellow shell so bad that it looks like a cheap toy, but that is…

GPD Win 2 – New Battery

My old GPD Win 2 started shutting down around 50% battery, seems like half of the cells in the battery died, no surprise I guess due to its age. Luckily AliExpress is still full of batteries for it. Replacement is easy, just take the screws out from the bottom, unclip the clips via guitar pick…

Anbernic RG505 – PSX Buttons and Frame

As the title of the post indicates, bought the device and buttons from SakuraRetroModding.The device spec-wise is the same as Retroid Pocket 3+ or Retroid Pocket Flip or Anbernic RG405M. Each has their own preferences:- Had Flip for a week, before I sold it, too cramped for big hands and those photos of cracked hinges…

Retroid Pocket Flip

That one device I hoped, was expected to be great. We had GPD XD and XD Plus, which for the time were great. We then received Powkiddy X18s which had great chip and terrible build quality. This clamshell device coming from Retroid hyped so many people. Yet after people started receiving their units, there were…