Recent content by tendril

Thanks so much for that source dump Neku! Definitely going to compile this up with some tweaks to try and debug my 'resets halfway through drawing the logo' board. If it's not too rude to use this thread for another help request... my other board gives everything green when using the test...

Yep, several passes of flux and reflow, clean off flux and check every pin with a microscope and craft knife. At least I'm now confident the CPU is not dead. If any repair guys want to buy them as is PM me, otherwise I'll stick them back in a box until I get time to hook up a logic analyzer.

Yep, link above. I didn't make any progress on my board, quite frustrating. I also don't remember enough about mips even after looking at the ROM in the MAME debugger :P Still think it's hitting an exception or interrupt and restarting, but no idea why it's at that part of the boot sequence...

Hello, I only recently found out about this project - great work! I have two boards I'm trying to repair. When I try the Neku test ROM, it constantly resets after drawing the 'KI' and seemingly starting to draw the text. I know the answer might be bad RAM, or bad CPU pins but I wonder if...

It's maybe time I jumped on this multi-bandwagon... I've got a Superior Soldiers that could use this.

Hello, someone sent me an email saying I should join this forum. Turns out I actually registered in 2016 then forgot about it.. Sorry! Recently I've been doing a lot of board repairs, in the past MAME stuff, free play ROMs. Up next is a security chip bypass on Arkanoid Revenge of Doh (mainly...