Can Anyone Help Me Fix My ESPrade PCB ?

[Trevor spencer]

Powered this up this morning to find this nasty mess of glitches , not impressed

Game plays fine its just the colour mash , so is it poss to get it repaired ?




Not sure it these caps could be causing it , there quite squished



Please Help , I like this game


Thanks

[mastercello]

Dont think the problem are the capacitors...as they are for sound.

I guess you have a problem with one of the larger SMD chips, loose solder points on the legs.
You could try pressing them softly down and see if it affects the problem

[Trevor spencer]

Dont think the problem are the capacitors...as they are for sound.

I guess you have a problem with one of the larger SMD chips, loose solder points on the legs.
You could try pressing them softly down and see if it affects the problem

Hmmm ok ill give that a try , thanks

[Trevor spencer]

just tried lifting off all the detachable chips and gave them a good clean , its still the same

[mastercello]

Dont lift them...try to gentle press them down while the game is running.
So you can see wich chip you might have to reflow.

The big SMD chips...not the EPROMS

[charlie chong]

nah i doubt it's the eproms.. look for big surface mounted chips on the board and press down on them to see if it fixes the problem.
this has happened to quite a few guwanges before due to the boards bending slightly and a leg or 2 becomes detached off a chip.

[Trevor spencer]

Ive tried pressing down on every big chip , dosnt do anything different also all the solder points under the board look fine

[Trevor spencer]

Ive just tried adjusting voltage on the off chance , no luck

If no one can repair this i might ebay it as faulty , damn shame really

[charlie chong]

speak to member r-typer off this board.. he might be able to fix it for you

[Trevor spencer]

speak to member r-typer off this board.. he might be able to fix it for you

Ok cheers

[IronGiant]

PM received and replied to - thanks for the recommendation charlie chong.