I'll have to take a look at the caps, but I still need to clean up the rest of the solder from the 2610 chip I removed (and am waiting for a new one in the mail).
I'll check out the wire, but I honestly think I wont be able to fix it at this point. I need quite a bit more practice.
Oh yeah, I'm aware but I would probably do more damage than good at that point. Its much too small for me to do it properly. I might have a friend try and fix it for me, but my skill is nowhere near the level needed to do a trace repair, especially when next to 2 or 3 other traces.
So I blew up this board. :(
After some research it looks like the YM2610 sound chip is a common point of failure. So I ordered a new one for $9 to install it. I'm not a solderer, I wouldn't even consider myself an amateur solderer.
I was able to remove the chip using a hot air station and it...
Guys.. guys. You all need to remember, sure he said he paid $6k for it but thats Canadian.
So it was probably purchased for like $900 real dollars. :kekekeke:
Im not on one side or the other, (Im just happy to have a rad device in my cab) but Im wondering what kind of nuances etc that yall are referring to?
I mean, I have seen the reset player assignment thing, but that's a simple start+down, reset player assignments and you're good to go so it's...
That is above my paygrade, unfortunately. Im not sure if a logic probe would help, and even then - I dont know what you would need to check.
One thing I tried (that cemented that mine wasn't working) was I built a JAMMA connector based on this message I got from Nerdtendo:
That would be the...
1 of 3 things is happenin'
1. You need to coin up. The controls wont do squat until it actually has a coin up.
2. You may need a CHAMMA adapter. The MGCD board runs a CHAMMA pinout, and can prevent controls from working.
3. Its borked. - my first MGCD did this. I sent it to JNX and he...
YIkes thats nuts - but understandable. That is GREAT spiritual successor to Strider. Love playing that, unfortunately Ive only ever played it on MAME. Amazing game, never saw one in real life.
Good luck w the sale man!
Purchased a 2 slot NeoGeo MVS board from him and this thing is clean. Working 100% as described! Packed super great as well, sent UPS :)
Many thanks @tonyt76
Small update again. I was using this image to figure out what pins are what on the Z80:
https://wiki.neogeodev.org/index.php?title=File:Z80_pinout.png
So pin 27 goes to the M1. That side of the chip looked a little dirty so I cleaned it up, and ran my soldering iron across the legs to do a...