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New pin: Lethal Weapon 3 (Update: FIXED)
shardian:
I sent the board off for proper repair. I'll report back in a week or so. I insured it for the replacement cost of a rottendog new CPU, so fingers crossed USPS busts it all to hell! ;D
shardian:
This pin has been in decommission for a while now. The 'repair' I sent off for ended up being a disaster. The dude all the sudden had to travel all over the globe for work, and went 'off the grid' for over a month. I finally sent a 'not pleasant' email, and got my board sent back. From emails he sent before going dark, the board was supposed to be booting just fine, and he was just needing to fix the coil issue. Needless to say, I got it back in worse condition than it was sent off in. No, it does not work. The machine does go absolutely ape ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- when I turn it on though. Lesson kiddies: If someone tells you they have worked professionally in board work, don't just take their word for it. There is professional looking rework on that board, but it was done by my hands.
Needless to say, I put in an order at GPE for all the parts I need + extras to get the board working again. Hopefully replacing the 5D RAM and socket will get it back to booting. I'm going to replace the crappy socket repair the guy did on the 5C game ROM, because the machine pin socket strips he used SUCK. It took me 20 minutes to massage a game rom into the socket - and that is after I tried unsucessfully to install 2 other game roms that didn't have all perfectly straight legs. Unfortunately, it looks like some solder pads took some damage during that repair. I might just have to leave it alone. I will still have to deal with the coil that is firing too weak. The main TIP102, the pre-driver, AND the 7408 chip for that coil appear to have ALL of the solder pads blown off. I've convinced myself that the fact the coil meekly attempts to fire means that the drivers and 7408 work, but that I need to rework all of the jumper repairs. I ordered enough parts to replace everything in the chain if need be. This is going to be interesting!
shardian:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on November 04, 2009, 09:49:09 am ---What was the tech's name?
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Doesn't really matter. He's a KLOV member, and was looking to expand into other manufacturers. Not one of the well known repair techs if that is what I led you to believe. I was actually in talks with Chris Munson, but went with this other guy because he seemed like a likable fellow, and I had done some business with him already. Figured I'd help him develop a name for himself in the board repair biz.
ChadTower:
Do the single strip sockets really suck or are you just having trouble getting chips in and out? I use single strips and it is much harder to remove/insert chips than the standard sockets. They supposedly have a far lower failure rate, though.
I have had very few successes getting boards sent out for repair too. It sucks.
shardian:
I need to take a pic of them. I've used machine pin socket strips, and have had excellent results. The strips he used though...they aren't the same. The ones I use have a kind of 'cup' shape at the top that guides the pins into the holes. The ones he used have like an inverted cup that keeps the pin AWAY from the super tiny hole. I've never seen sockets like these, and I have to assume for good reason.
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