Trying to restore a Zaccaria Crazy Kong Cabinet

[solidsnake]

About the board: Carefully remove all socketed chips (one at a time), and firmly re-insert them. Then see what happens.

Tryd it but it stays the same
As far as i can see the board got a new cpu and some rams are new not al of them.
Think im gona send the shop,were i bought the pcb a e-mail maybe we can work somthing out
It wasnt a cheap board either
I got a spare board for rams but havent got a cleu how to get those rams out

[Etienne MacGyver]

normally i use this :



then i desolder the remaining legs out, and then solder this in:



after that you can put your new ram in there 

[Etienne MacGyver]

Hey Solid, here 2 boards working for € 40,-  

http://link.marktplaats.nl/482852439

I think they are from Rob...

[solidsnake]

Hey Solid, here 2 boards working for € 40,- 

I just got him on the phone
They 40euro the piece
But i can get 2 boards for 60 euro

I think they are from Rob...

He did mention this form wen i was talking to him
Seems a nice guy,i was planning to drive there but with petrol cost it get expencive again.
So he wil send them to me,and i pay 30 euro and wen i get the boards and they working 100%
i can pay the other 30 euro.
And if they arent working i can send them back,and get me money back
So that is a good deal i think.
I Just send him a mail with me adres and stuf
So its waiting again

[Etienne MacGyver]

I dont know the guy personally, what i do know is that the guy where i bought my CK, bought that CK in Lelystad, and the change that my CK is comming from rob 99,9% 

[Etienne MacGyver]

I wanted, but i don't know if ully did bring his scanner or not,

i did, but it was resting comfortably in my car

I also forgot to ask you about it in my enthausiasm from attending / crewmembering the event  
Well, maybe next time

And the next time is soon.. 

[solidsnake]

Thats great  ,hope you get better results than the paintshops around here

[solidsnake]

Thats great  ,hope you get better results than the paintshops around here

[solidsnake]

Finaly me 2 pcb's arived.
I spoke to the owner on monday he said he tested the boards and they were working.
So time to unpack and see wats in the box.
Board 1


Board 2

Hmmm in the ad it says original falcon boards
there isnt even a falcon logo on it   

And after a closer look at the boards i see a lot of ceramic capacitor broken or totaly missing

I wonder how the guy tested the boards,but i asume with that many ceramic capacitor missing
and broken that the board isnt working.
i just take the best looking board and desolder the wires from the conector,and replace some of the capacitors.
and see wat it does
but stil i dont like it that it isnt a falcon board

[level42]

Can't say I'm really surprised......

Those caps are only for filtering the +5v per section and the boards may very well run without them.
Still a good idea to replace them though.

[Etienne MacGyver]

That is the same boot board that is in my CK now..

I have two originals in repair now, perhaps one could be yours if they get fixed.... 

[solidsnake]

Those caps are only for filtering the +5v per section and the boards may very well run without them.

didnt know that thnx,so i now just gona take the wires from the board and see if they working.
Board 1 is running but with some strange colors and some letters in screen and some parts missing

Board 2 seems to run fine in atrack mode,dont got the coin door in so need to place it back again to
see how it runs then

I have two originals in repair now, perhaps one could be yours if they get fixed.... 

i also got 2 original boards here 1 board only got a ram error,i bought that board from andys arcade
but i dont got a cleu wich one it is that needs replacement.

[level42]

I still think it's f-ed up that he told you they were original Falcon boards. That really is a difference in value IMHO.

[Etienne MacGyver]

I still think it's f-ed up that he told you they were original Falcon boards. That really is a difference in value IMHO.

Yeah, thats true, but it looks the same as my board, and it does show falcon on screen

probably like you said before, the bootlegger copied the complete content of the roms..

@Solidsnake:
You can maybe try to swap the roms one by one in your original board to locate the bad one...

[solidsnake]

I still think it's f-ed up that he told you they were original Falcon boards. That really is a difference in value IMHO.

ay i agree even on the ad on marktplaats it says original falcon boards
but as etienne says it shows falcon in screen.
but no falcon logo on the board so probly a boot.
Think im gona give the guy a call later on about that the boards are not original falcon boards
and if we can do somthing about the price.
And that a lot of ceramic capacitor are broken and a lot are totaly gone.
I need to replace 50 caps on evry board,i just gona replace them all with new ones.
Also on 1 board wen desoldering the wires,the conector strips came off 4 of them

You can maybe try to swap the roms one by one in your original board to locate the bad one...

i got 2 falcon boards i already tryd to swap them but for some reason they didnt like the other board

but with the 2 boards i got now i can try to swap them in the original boards
i cant brake anything by doing that or