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thesteve

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Re: Dead pc engine duo
« Reply #30 on: November 20, 2014, 04:59:13 PM »
same chip on both
missing caps are expected (often replaced by chip caps under board)

thesteve

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Re: Dead pc engine duo
« Reply #31 on: November 20, 2014, 05:00:15 PM »
if the chip is good yes a pin lift, but when its bad it wont help

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Re: Dead pc engine duo
« Reply #32 on: November 21, 2014, 12:28:59 AM »
Noted. Thanks.

The damage to the main ICs seems like a plausible location for a problem. HuC6280's pin 16's trace to ground is damaged for example. All the silicon makes it rather difficult to get a good look at whats going on with the pins. However, without knowing when it stopped working it's difficult to know where to start.

I've already invested more time into this than it's probably worth. May end up being a parts board.