Recent content by NickH93

So, as an update, in case this helps: I probed the data lines of the RAM with my oscilloscope. It only goes up to 2mhz, though, so the idea was just to use it as some sort of logic probe.  That being said, the left 4 RAM chips had a noticeable pulse on the data lines, (though the frequency...

@just.in.time That's kind of what I was worried about, but figured. I found some good RAM ICs on eBay that would work. I have had success with piggybacking RAM chips on other restorations I've done (for testing purposes), but then again, these are TSOP chips... At any rate, I suppose I'll...

Thanks for the reply. I have the board stripped of everything non-essential with no change. It just has the ROM, VRAM stick, no additional RAM, no FD or HD. Adding or removing the VRAM makes no difference in behavior, either. 

I should clarify, and for some reason I cannot edit the post, but the cap assortment was a no-name assortment from China. Probably a big no-no, but I'm not sure if the caps are the issue if it is booting to a death chime. 

Hey all,  I recently took a gamble on an as-is LCII, which has the death chimes immediately upon booting, and a blank white screen. Here's all I've done Seeing leaky capacitors, I washed and recapped the board, checked it, at this point, about 20 times for broken traces, and they're all good...