ShootTheCore
Legendary
I added passive heatsinks to all my CPS1 CPA-A-01 customs for just that reason. Haven't had one fail yet - fingers crossed.
CPS-A-01 Custom
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duffcon
Professional
@GoldenGlover - Thanks for the link. In my opinion, it can't possibly hurt to add cooling. For the $1 per heatsync, it's cheap insurance.
I don't know, I've bought many CPS2 A boards with seized fans. I have no doubt in my mind that atleast some of them had been running like that for ages. Hell, I ran one for a full year myself because I forgot to plug in the connector for the fan :s I bet those boards on average run hotter than CPS1 since they're enclosed.
Also, I'm highly skeptical of how much the fan installed on QSound cases cools the boards down.
I'm leaning towards the later customs just being better manufactured.
Also, I'm highly skeptical of how much the fan installed on QSound cases cools the boards down.
I'm leaning towards the later customs just being better manufactured.
Megalocade
Student
I'm always worried about cps1 and if it fails I have 3 I bought many years ago all street fighters, I have heat sincs on all the customs including one on the c board my champion edition sits in my cab with 2 80mm high air flow fans behind it blowing cool air through all 3 layers it doesn't even get remotely warm, I wonder the reason there is a low failure rate in the cps2 is because they are air cooled it has a high air flow fan in it, the original fans kept it really cool that's why I don't swap out the fans on a boards, it's in a cab so can't hear it so not worried about the noise.
mecha
Student
had a Magic Sword at work doing this cascading effect that was in the A board. the bars in the rom test show where it repeats. is this a failure symptom of CPS-A-01?
I have another A board from Final Fight years ago where it just went to a black screen. ;/ I've read it could be bad rams but I don't know the process for testing them. thank you
I have another A board from Final Fight years ago where it just went to a black screen. ;/ I've read it could be bad rams but I don't know the process for testing them. thank you
ShootTheCore
Legendary
There is a Diagnostic program you can write to some EPROMs that will test the RAM. Give it a try if you have an EPROM programmer.
https://jammarcade.net/cps1-diagnostics-rom/
Otherwise, I recommend picking up a logic probe or oscilloscope and probing around the video RAM for strange signals.
https://pcbjunkie.net/index.php/guides/capcom-cps-cps-1-repair-guide/
https://jammarcade.net/cps1-diagnostics-rom/
Otherwise, I recommend picking up a logic probe or oscilloscope and probing around the video RAM for strange signals.
https://pcbjunkie.net/index.php/guides/capcom-cps-cps-1-repair-guide/
xodaraP
Legendary
Given that the CPS2 A board has both the CPS-A-01 and CPS-B-21 on it, and both of these chips have a reasonable failure rate on CPS1 I don’t think it’s as simple as a cooling issue - CPS1.5 and CPS2 are enclosed so they’re going to get hotter as a result and needed active cooling
I think it’s a fairly safe assumption that they either improved the manufacturing process or re-engineered the design of the board/circuit for CPS1.5 and CPS2 if it was a voltage/power issue
CPS1 would have cost Capcom a lot in RMA and operators a lot of lost revenue in downtime with bad customs. I imagine it would have been something they would have been very aware of when releasing the new platform
I think it’s a fairly safe assumption that they either improved the manufacturing process or re-engineered the design of the board/circuit for CPS1.5 and CPS2 if it was a voltage/power issue
CPS1 would have cost Capcom a lot in RMA and operators a lot of lost revenue in downtime with bad customs. I imagine it would have been something they would have been very aware of when releasing the new platform
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