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Title: Any guides to PCB repair?
Post by: Apollo on October 22, 2004, 06:31:53 pm

I know there are a few BYOAC'ers that repair game boards ( or at least attempt to repair them ). I would like to try my hand at this as non-working game boards are a lot cheaper to invest in than fully working boards.
Are there any guides to PCB repair on line or good sites that you use for help?
Cheers

Title: Re:Any guides to PCB repair?
Post by: Ken Layton on October 22, 2004, 06:43:05 pm

Try the repair guides at www.marvin3m.com

Title: Re:Any guides to PCB repair?
Post by: D_Zoot on October 22, 2004, 07:24:04 pm

Unfortunatly, there's no universal guide or flowcharts to troubleshooting game boards that I am aware of.

How familiar are you with electronics already ??   If you aren't already into electronics, I'd start by hitting your local bookstore or amazon and find some books on basic electronics.  Then to more in depth subjects such as how logic works, cpu's function, bussing and addressing systems operate and so forth.   You'll need to have a grasp on logic probes or better yet, an o-scope.

There's many repair logs and guides available on the net for specific games and problems associated with them, those are often very helpfull and you will learn alot.

Have fun!
D

Title: Re:Any guides to PCB repair?
Post by: brained on October 22, 2004, 09:47:37 pm

Check out Randy Fromms technical Department. He's got a lot of info.

www.randyfromm.com (http://www.randyfromm.com)

Title: Re:Any guides to PCB repair?
Post by: danny_galaga on October 23, 2004, 10:16:09 am

this guy has a great one for galaga pcbs:

http://www.arcadeshop.com/galaga/galaga.htm

which also has a tip or two that would apply to any board