Duo-R Audio error [Solved!]

[that1crzywhtguy]

Yeah, this whole issue is pretty dang strange. It sure would seem like it would be a lens reading issue, just strange that it's the same across different CD-Rs and that god awful fart noise, so weird! I'm gonna write Steve, will report back if we ever figure it out.

[thesteve]

Bad address on pcm ram is possible, and has been seen a few times
Test with YS3
just let it loop and watch for scrambled frames
That game has no pcm, but uses the pcm ram as a buffer for some images

[that1crzywhtguy]

Bad address on pcm ram is possible, and has been seen a few times
Test with YS3
just let it loop and watch for scrambled frames
That game has no pcm, but uses the pcm ram as a buffer for some images

Bingo. Got some hugely scrambled frames.

Is that chip something that can be replaced, or does this mean this duo is toast?

[thesteve]

Could be a bad ram chip, bad D91317GD or open Trace
In most cases it's the trace

[ChuChu Flamingo]

I like how it made the creaking noise even more grating on Rondo.

[that1crzywhtguy]

Could be a bad ram chip, bad D91317GD or open Trace
In most cases it's the trace

Well, if it's an open trace I imagine it's another cheap fix like the last duo, but if it's an IC, then it's not fixable without a donor console, yeah?

[thesteve]

Depending on which chip, I have the ram

[that1crzywhtguy]

Oh, nice. Okay, sounds like this one is heading over to you soon.

[that1crzywhtguy]

Check this out: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-QiXcgEfSdxUkdCcTRfeXdvbkk/view?usp=sharing

Any chance this has anything to do with it? Right next to the hucard slot, some cracking. My suspicion is it's unrelated and probably not doing anything, but I don't know a lot.

[thesteve]

good chance of that being the issue

[SignOfZeta]

Dang, yeah, either way that isn't good. 

[that1crzywhtguy]

Crack—mild or not—in the motherboard definitely isn't good, but wasn't sure how bad it was. It only appears right there, doesn't seem very deep, and I don't see anything on the other side... That being said, do you still think this is a good possibility to repair, or would you advise me just returning it (it was sold as "tested" and in working shape), as I'm sure I can get a full refund.

[SignOfZeta]

Personally, shipping things is more of a PITA than fixing this so I'd just keep it. If you aren't in that same situation then by all means return it. 

The way I look at old game systems is that they are guaranteed to break and as a community we are the the ones keeping all pie plates spinning. If you don't fix it the next guy will, and that's if the thing doesn't get scrapped.

[that1crzywhtguy]

If I knew how to fix it, I would!

Unfortunately, I'm pretty damn good at soldering, and know basic multimeter stuff, but that's about where my skills end. I'm not terribly concerned about the pain of shipping it back to them, but I either ship it to steve, or back to them, so either way I'm shipping it somewhere.

I did get a great deal on the console, but I bought it to region mod and sell. Where I was weighing things is trying to factor in repair costs in my profit margin. As I said, I got it for very cheap, and they did offer me a partial refund for the issue...But, now that I see a crack in the board, I'm not convinced this will be cheap to repair (I hope it still might). What I don't want, is to end up with a console that's unrepairable, and no way to get my money back.

Unless Steve thinks this is still likely to be repaired fairly inexpensively (under $65ish bucks), I'm just gonna send it back to them.

[Keith Courage]

If nothing under the board looks cracked trace wise then the upper part there would be very easy to repair. Just scrape off some of the green coating with a small flat head screw driver or sand paper, then solder bridge across the cracks. Maybe post a picture here of what it looks like on the under side of the board as well.