ShootTheCore
Legendary
Still need to thoroughly test the board before shipping it back, but it seems that the culprit was two legs bent together and touching on a corner of the PPU.
Note that it’s normal for SIMM 1 & 2 to report NG when using the Darksoft BIOS and CD image. The game code is stored on those SIMMs and the code is modified to run without the factory encryption, changing the checksums that the diagnostics expect.
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Note that it’s normal for SIMM 1 & 2 to report NG when using the Darksoft BIOS and CD image. The game code is stored on those SIMMs and the code is modified to run without the factory encryption, changing the checksums that the diagnostics expect.
![IMG_9350.jpeg IMG_9350.jpeg](https://www.arcade-projects.com/data/attachments/137/137685-6bf707b8e80a813d4616fc7f454232c8.jpg)
![IMG_9347.jpeg IMG_9347.jpeg](https://www.arcade-projects.com/data/attachments/137/137686-51ad0d7d15b94b84a43975b79800e9eb.jpg)
![IMG_9356.jpeg IMG_9356.jpeg](https://www.arcade-projects.com/data/attachments/137/137687-4aff6b363d8fa9f7ce2d09f1eda91e17.jpg)
![IMG_9360.jpeg IMG_9360.jpeg](https://www.arcade-projects.com/data/attachments/137/137689-68f1c38a1a75b1cfb8068bd3fd2c4553.jpg)
![IMG_9359.jpeg IMG_9359.jpeg](https://www.arcade-projects.com/data/attachments/137/137688-4704cce880585103732626daca6aefa5.jpg)