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New pin: Lethal Weapon 3 (Update: FIXED)
shardian:
Meh, I think I'll just go the pbj route and browbeat/lowball folks on rgp and offer them $20 shipped for minty nice boards...
Feel free to stop reading if you aren't interested and all you have to add is smart ass comments.
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--- Quote from: shardian on December 31, 2009, 10:36:02 pm ---I'm tired of working on it.
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And we're tried of reading this thread, dude.
Now, I'm not Uncle Pennybags but isn't the solution to your problem just to belly up and plunk down $200 and get another board?
The reason you can't find any decent DE repair threads is because you can still get the boards from Stern. :P
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tattoo kid:
From reading this thread, it seems to me, that you are your own worst enemy.
--- Quote from: shardian on September 06, 2009, 08:55:06 pm ---
Last thing. I was getting frustrated, and decided to reseat the game EPROM again, Started to pull it out, then one side gave alot quicker than the other...I broke a mother effing leg off!!!!!
I HATE this crap!!!
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--- Quote from: shardian on December 31, 2009, 10:36:02 pm ---
Man, with glorious advice like this I'll have this thing working in no time. ::)
I'm pissed off right now, because I just did some butchering repair work. There is a 74xxx chip in the chain of chips that is the only thing left in the coil circuit that hasn't been replaced (and is probably toast). I pulled the same chip from my rev 2 board to put in the rev3 board. I also tried to save the same chip on the rev. 3 board as I pulled it out. BIG mistake. I pulled out a solder thru hole, and broke the chip in half. I then had to use SIP strips and had to run a jumper on the missing plated thru hole.
I put in the chip from the rev 2 board, but who knows if it survived the transplant. Anyways, I checked all socket pin continuity, plugged in the chip, and powered the board. It now has no life - as it freezes on the first PIA flash. Dammit!!!!!!!!
I seriously HATE working on this board now. It is a real piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
I've wasted so damn much time and parts money trying to solve this...I give up.
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shardian:
--- Quote from: tattoo kid on January 01, 2010, 10:35:19 am ---From reading this thread, it seems to me, that you are your own worst enemy.
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As Forrest Gump says, 'it' happens.
ChadTower:
At this point I would write this board off, at least for the present, and get a working one. It's not worth all of this frustration. If you want later on you can go back to this board and continue working on it but at this point it sounds like the board is just not worth the effort anymore.
Good try, man, but shoot this dog and get another.
shardian:
FYI, just broke down and paid for a working 100% board. That is a painful experience for a cheap person...
Probably gonna sell my 2 leftover boards soon.
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