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General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: ataritoobin on April 14, 2013, 07:22:44 AM

Title: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
Post by: ataritoobin on April 14, 2013, 07:22:44 AM

Elgen's fantastic repair logs have inspired me to start going through my stack of PCBs in need of repair.  :D

Apologies for the crap cell phone pics.  Luckily this one is pretty straight forward.

Upon boot with Test Mode enabled, a RAM6 ERROR was displayed:

(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaga88/Galaga881.jpg)

Let's take a look at the Atari version of the manual:

(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaga88/Galaga882.jpg)

Let's see what that asterisk means:

(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaga88/Galaga882B.jpg)

Sounds straight forward enough!  Here's the culprit a 5165 RAM at B2:

(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaga88/Galaga883.jpg)

Removed socket, added a socket, and repaired a bad trace, replaced the 5165 with a 6264:

(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaga88/Galaga884.jpg)

Back from the dead!

(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaga88/Galaga885.jpg)

Title: Re: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
Post by: Muerto on April 14, 2013, 07:28:00 AM

Great!! That looked easy!! :spaceace:

Title: Re: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on April 14, 2013, 07:33:45 AM

Very nice !

Title: Re: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
Post by: DarthNuno on April 14, 2013, 07:45:05 AM

Galaga 88 is a such great game! It had to be repaired!  :) Well done  :)
 :spaceace:

Title: Re: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
Post by: Elgen on April 15, 2013, 12:05:30 AM

Fantastic log...very comprehensive. Thnx for sharing and thnx for the kind words too *blush* };-P