I got a couple of Chequered Flag PCBs for a repair.Here’s the first:
The MASK ROM test reported an error on a character ROM at a certain location:
which caused some garbage on screen:
Launching MAME I could figure out the ROM reported as bad was the one @N16:
Device itself was a non 32 pin non-JEDEC 27C1000 mounted on a custom socket in place of the classic 1Mbit 28 pin MASK ROM.So I read it and it matched the one on MAME sets.Probing it I found that its pin 28 (A13) was silent,I traced it back to the a near custom marked ‘051316’ that addresses the entire character ROM :
A dead address line means that the IC has an internal fault so my only option was to replace it and this is what I did taking it from another dead board:
With a good custom the MASK ROMs test successfully passed and all GFX issues vanished:
The second PCB :
had slight sprites issue.Here’s a comparison with a MAME snapshot (on the left):
A visual inspection of the board revealed some lifted pins of the two ASICs sprites generators:
A reflow was enough to restore correct sprites:
End of (double) job.
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