Saturday, 28 June 2025

Mystic Warriors repair log

Got a mint Mystic Warriors PCB for repair (an action game released by KONAMI in 1993) :

On power up the POST reported many bad devices :

 

In the details the devices @5F-3F-5D-7D-6B represented almost the whole sound system :

  • 5F = first '054539' PCM 8 Channel custom chip
  • 3F = 32K x 8-bit SRAM
  • 5D = second '054539' PCM 8 Channel custom chip
  • 7D = 8K x 8-bit SRAM
  • 6B = Z80 ROM (27C010)

  The sound system is ruled by a Z80 CPU (Z80E in this case)

When I went to probe it I found all the outputs (address and system control lines) were silent, this could be a sign the CPU is internally faulty hence I desoldered it :

I tested the CPU on another board and I had confirm it was really fauty so I replaced it :

 


With a good CPU the board passed the initial test but the screen was yellow tinted :

A yellowish screen means the blue color is missing.The signal is generated by one of the three '054573' custom SIL (one for each RGB color), the one @U50 :

Tested the output with a logic probe revealed a stuck signal :

 I removed and replaced the component with a reproduction of mine :


This fixed the lack of blue color and board completely.Another repair accomplished.


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