Zaxour opens pre-orders for LaserActive USB-PD power supply replacement
Zaxour opened pre-orders for a USB-PD power swap that could keep a rare LaserActive from becoming shelf art, with deliveries expected in early summer 2026.
A working LaserActive is already a fragile win; a dead original power supply can turn that win into a permanent display piece. Zaxour’s new CLD PD replacement gives Pioneer’s CLD-A100 a modern 100W USB-PD power path, a no-cutmod solution aimed at owners who need a practical way to keep the machine alive.
The pre-order round opened April 24, 2026 at $165 plus shipping, with customer deliveries expected in early summer 2026. The replacement takes 20V at 5A, so a USB-PD source capable of 100W or better is required before the unit will even power on. Zaxour’s listing says the design was tested for almost a year across two continents, and each unit still needs one to two weeks for assembly. It is pitched for users in non-100/120V regions or for anyone whose original supply is beyond repair.
That matters because the LaserActive is not a common console that can shrug off a bad part. It launched in Japan on August 20, 1993 and in North America on September 13, 1993, with original launch pricing of ¥89,800 in Japan and US$970 in the United States. Reference material commonly says the system was discontinued in 1996 after selling about 10,000 units, which is exactly the kind of scarcity that makes repair-friendly hardware more like preservation gear than a convenience accessory.
The timing also makes sense for anyone already inside a LaserActive shell. Bob noted that the factory ribbon cables can be brittle and may crack or fail when moved, so a PSU swap can be best handled alongside other service work instead of as a separate tear-down later. That warning fits the broader reality of the platform: the LaserActive was a modular Pioneer and NEC hybrid that relied on optional PAC modules for Sega and NEC game compatibility, so every surviving unit is a small stack of aging parts that has to keep cooperating.
Zaxour’s public hardware work already extends beyond CLD PD, including CLD_RGB_SV for RGB and S-video output modification, and that helps explain the appeal here. The retro hardware scene lives on clean, reversible engineering, not cut-and-splice improvisation. For LaserActive owners, a modern USB-PD power solution is not just a nice upgrade. It is the difference between keeping a legendary machine in rotation and watching it settle into retirement.
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