Author Topic: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log  (Read 4461 times)

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Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
« 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:



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



Let's see what that asterisk means:



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



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



Back from the dead!


« Last Edit: April 15, 2013, 01:41:52 AM by ataritoobin »

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Re: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2013, 07:28:00 AM »
Great!! That looked easy!! :spaceace:

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Re: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2013, 07:33:45 AM »
Very nice !

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Re: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2013, 07:45:05 AM »
Galaga 88 is a such great game! It had to be repaired!  :) Well done  :)
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Re: Namco Galaga '88 PCB Repair Log
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2013, 12:05:30 AM »
Fantastic log...very comprehensive. Thnx for sharing and thnx for the kind words too *blush* };-P