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It's always fun to unscrew what someone else did when trying to fix a board. 😳

Neo Geo with a Backup RAM error came in. Disassembled it, repaired it, and when putting it back together, it shut down the power supply.

Notice anything wrong with the riser board? The metal support was installed upside down and was shorting all the connector pins!

It's always a pleasure to receive pictures from customers of their running games after repairs are done by us!

Corrosion under chips is always fun, especially when the trace meets the pad. This was causing the game board to not recognize any cartridges.

A quick pinch with some duck billed pliers flattened out a small bit of 30ga wire to slip down the thru hole in the PCB and it was soldered into place to patch the break.

The result? Success! A Neo Geo 4-slot was returned to service.

Although, I think I need to clean my bench monitor... :)

Did the unthinkable and found a stash of NOS Neo-Geo custom ICs.

They are up on my web site at: https://www.arcadecomponents.com/neo-geo.html

Hope these help you keep your systems alive and well!

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How do you view schematics in your shop?

On my two main benches I put 42" 4K HDTVs on the back of them and use a simple computer to access the files over the wireless network.

I find it makes them easier to see and follow.

Second video on the SOL-20 restoration is up!

https://youtu.be/N-nXwxGKRIM

In this one I clean then check the tantalums on the 4 S-100 expansion cards then rebuild the Keytronic foam and foil keyboard.

SOL 20 Part 2 Join me as I work to restore a pair of SOL-20 computer to working condition. These two were rescued from a shed and entrusted to me with the expectation that...