Owner told me that he bought the board as working but then it failed after few minutes of gameplay.When I applied power to the board I could not get almost anything but a dimmed rolling picture that sometimes turned in the title screen :
All the video timing signals are generated on bottom board :
They are derived from a 12MHz crystal :
The master clock is divided and then inverted several times by a couple of 74LS04.Testing the one @12H (from Fujitsu...) with a logic comparator revealed bad outputs :
The scope confirmed the unhealthy output signals (on right on the below picture, inputs on left) :
The IC failed the out-of-circuit testing :
Replacing the IC allowed the board to boot up but there were still some loss of video:
Sometimes it showed only a fuzzy screen :
I decided to test in circuit with a logic comparator all other Fujitsu TTL.I found a bad 74LS08 @10H :
And a 74LS04 @10A with a floating output :
It obviously failed when tested out-of-circuit:
After replaced the ICs I tested again the board,it was fully working.Repair accomplished.
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