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Gamers have found a novel way to build their own custom Steam Machines: Repurposed crypto-mining hardware based on the PS5 APU. The BC-250 board includes everything you need to get a gaming system up and running, and with SteamOS and a few tweaks, you can get Steam-Machine-like performance for a lot less, as Tom’s Hardware…

Thanks to things like spilled drinks, leaky batteries, and the general ravages of time, older consoles can be tough to keep going. In particular, excessive damage to a motherboard can make repair difficult or near-impossible to execute even if the rest of the console is in otherwise passable condition. Now, there may be greater hope…