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« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2013, 01:24:06 AM »
Model: Centipede
Symptom: Dead. Solid white screen.

Board was dead. Data bus line D1 was stuck low on the far side of the 74LS245 latch from the CPU. Replaced 74LS373 at J5 and would play blind but the sounds were off. Replaced bad POKEY to fix audio issues. Replaced bad 74LS289 Bipolar RAM at C8 to fix white screen issue. Board would play, but the archer would not move fully to the left and centipede would get stuck on the left 1/4 of the screen. The board would not pass self tests and would continuously beep. Used a Fluke 9010A to test the board and found RAM range 0500-05FF had a stuck bit. Replaced bad 2101 RAM at K5 and tested board.
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« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2013, 02:46:05 AM »
Model: Centipede
Symptom: Dead. Black Screen

Board would not read the RAM or ROMs with the Fluke 9010A. Found smeared solder short under ROM at J1. Fixed solder short and replaced ICs B1, C1, F2, H2, J2, J4, and P6 that were damaged by the solder short. Board was still dead, but the CPU was able to read and write to all of the RAMs and read the ROMs properly. Discovered board was missing VSYNC signal. Traced it back and discovered a 74LS163 at IC P4 instead of the proper 82S129 PROM. Programmed a replacement PROM and installed it. Tested board.
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« Reply #27 on: May 11, 2013, 07:45:13 PM »
Model: Centipede
Symptom: Would not coin up with the correct amount

Replaced bad DIP switch and tested.
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« Reply #28 on: September 06, 2013, 02:54:57 AM »
Model: Centipede
Symptom: Dead

Replaced bad ROM socket at J1. Reseated the other 3 ROMs. Tested.
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« Reply #29 on: September 06, 2013, 02:55:39 AM »
Model: Centipede
Symptom: Stuck in Reset

Board would boot to the game but constantly reset. Replaced bad RAM at H2 and tested.
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« Reply #30 on: September 06, 2013, 08:24:15 PM »
Model: Shuuz
Symptom: Excessive EEROM Retries error. Missing motion objects.

Replaced 28C16 chip. Replaced missing GAL chip at 97N with one programmed with code from the Atari GALery. Tested.
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« Reply #31 on: October 20, 2013, 10:42:45 PM »
Model: Area 51/Max Force Combo
Symptom: Will not boot.

Cleaned soda spill from board. Replaced IDE to Compact Flash Adapter. Tested.
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« Reply #32 on: December 30, 2013, 03:09:46 AM »
Model: Centipede
Symptom: Dead. No video.

Board had CPU and ROM activity but no horizontal or vertical sync or blanking signals. Replaced dead 74LS163 at N2 and tested.
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