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<td colspan="2" class="" style="text-align:center;">[[Image:marquee_wardner.jpg|200px]]</td>
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<td class="" style="">[[PCB_Pinouts_Jamma|Jamma]]</td>
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'''Forum Thread:''' [http://www.aussiearcade.com.au/showthread.php/31937-Taito-Wardner-Repairlog Wardner PCB Repair]<br>
'''Forum Thread:''' [http://www.aussiearcade.com.au/showthread.php/31937-Taito-Wardner-Repairlog Wardner PCB Repair]<br>
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Got a pile of boards from Left_jump_left_1P's, three of which were original Taito Wardner boards...
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[[File:Pcb_wardner.jpg]]
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...the first one I fired up did nothing, just a blank screen. Turns out it was a very quick fix, one of the custom chips at E5 (labelled WTC02) was socketed and a slight shadow on one pin mad it look like it was bent under, so I took it off to check, all the pins were fine but I found this...
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[[File:Pcb repair wardner 2 1.jpg]]
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... someone had slipped when levering the chip out and had not only smashed the socket but ploughed a lump out of the board, which had clearly broken a track to a pin from the via. I could beep through from the torn end of the track to the nearest pin, I could probably have guessed it was that pin but this way I was sure and didn't have to take the socket off.


So a 1cm length of hookup wire soldered in place bridged the gap...
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[[File:Pcb repair wardner 2 2.jpg]]
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... and the board booted up and ran.
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[[File:Pcb repair wardner 2 3.jpg]]
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[[File:Pcb repair wardner 2 4.jpg]]
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The colours were not right, the blue channel was missing from the RGB out. I could see the colour signals leaving the JAMMA connector on the red, green and sync lines but the blue line was silent.
When the board was powered down I could trace the blue track back to a block of resistors which were fed by a couple of 74ls273, all of which looked fine on the scope. Heading back along the blue track towards the JAMMA connector there was a via which was a handy point to probe, it too looked fine. There was a healthy looking track between the via and the edge connector and when I pressed the probe hard into the blue pad I got a signal, turns out the fault was just a pretty oxidised JAMMA connector, a quick going over with metal polish and the blue signal reappeared.
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[[File:Pcb repair wardner 2 5.jpg]]
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[[File:Pcb repair wardner 2 6.jpg]]
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Board fixed!
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Latest revision as of 10:29, 7 February 2013

Wardner

Wardner
Marquee wardner.jpg
Manufacturer Taito
Year 1987
PCB Image Wardner PCB
Pin Out Jamma

Repairer: Womble
Forum Thread: Wardner PCB Repair

Got a pile of boards from Left_jump_left_1P's, three of which were original Taito Wardner boards...

Pcb wardner.jpg

...the first one I fired up did nothing, just a blank screen. Turns out it was a very quick fix, one of the custom chips at E5 (labelled WTC02) was socketed and a slight shadow on one pin mad it look like it was bent under, so I took it off to check, all the pins were fine but I found this...

Pcb repair wardner 2 1.jpg

... someone had slipped when levering the chip out and had not only smashed the socket but ploughed a lump out of the board, which had clearly broken a track to a pin from the via. I could beep through from the torn end of the track to the nearest pin, I could probably have guessed it was that pin but this way I was sure and didn't have to take the socket off.

So a 1cm length of hookup wire soldered in place bridged the gap...

Pcb repair wardner 2 2.jpg

... and the board booted up and ran.

Pcb repair wardner 2 3.jpg

Pcb repair wardner 2 4.jpg

The colours were not right, the blue channel was missing from the RGB out. I could see the colour signals leaving the JAMMA connector on the red, green and sync lines but the blue line was silent.

When the board was powered down I could trace the blue track back to a block of resistors which were fed by a couple of 74ls273, all of which looked fine on the scope. Heading back along the blue track towards the JAMMA connector there was a via which was a handy point to probe, it too looked fine. There was a healthy looking track between the via and the edge connector and when I pressed the probe hard into the blue pad I got a signal, turns out the fault was just a pretty oxidised JAMMA connector, a quick going over with metal polish and the blue signal reappeared.

Pcb repair wardner 2 5.jpg

Pcb repair wardner 2 6.jpg

Board fixed!


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