Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Centipede Mini Restoration
ChadTower:
I usually order from Mouser too. Monitor cap kits don't get you game board replacement caps.
SirPeale:
I completely recapped the Centipede board. Mostly a bunch of 1uf @ 50V caps (very cheap).
SirPeale:
I got a Centipede JAMMA adapter off eBay. Since the cab is out back, it really helped to be able to try things out and be able to test in the house instead of having to trudge out back and haul the kids out with me every time I wanted to test. Plus, it cost me next to nothing.
I found one cap I neglected to replace the first time around. Replaced that.
Next, touched up the solder on the RAM I replaced. No change.
Then I went to town with the solder, touching up every solder joint that even remotely looked bad. And now I have the game back with no glitches.
I'm still getting a 4 FF error. I replaced the 555 since I had it in hand and the iron was already hot. Rules that out. Of course, the EAROM itself may be bad. Since the game itself works without it, I'm not so concerned. It just won't save high scores.
Now I have to finish up the darn coin door.
ChadTower:
It's amazing how many times we go to town troubleshooting when a good thorough reflow job would have fixed most of the problems. Been there.
I've tried the adapter method twice. Both times the adapter was troublesome and just added variables. :-\
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: Level42 on October 11, 2008, 04:12:25 pm ---I don't see the sense of replacing one old-bad-cheap socket for another ?
--- End quote ---
Another note on this: the 2101 RAM on Centipede boards aren't socketed. So since I didn't want to wait, I scavenged.
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