Recent content by heiligekuh

Better newsI I checked all of the pins on the smaller PCB through to the back of the CPS B board. With that done, I grabbed another "known good" CPS A board. Everything worked! I loaded and tested 1944 and COTA, got sound and full visuals. Looking at the original A board now, there's a...

Ok, I've replaced the broken pin. It was the top corner pin on Program ROM 7. That seems to trace to the middle of the two row connector to the bridging PCB. I can trace the connection from the back of the small PCB to the connector, to the top of the bridging PCB. I know that's not the same as...

Thanks! Especially with the new design, the bridging pins seem normal. Changing an edge pin looks like a short job for an iron and flush cutters. The Pogo pins on the older boards give me the willies. :)

This comment really helped me. I was getting white screens after successful ROM/Key writing, and this pushed me back to remove all the boards and reinsert again. Found the bent pin that wasn't seated properly! Of course, I was tired and managed to break it off the program ROM daughter board in...