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When I connected UE8 pin13 to the neighboring pins 12 or 14, the screen lit up, but it was a mess...I could roughly make out what would be a flashing disk icon and cursor though..and I could move the cursor. I'll upload a picture when I get home.
Finally got a logic board connector extension, so I was able to play around with UE8 live... upon testing some of the voltages with a multimeter, the video came to life when I accidentally touched pin 13 to 12 (or14)..... although it was garbled, I could make out the flashing disk icon...and the...
I found something suspicious in my ROM socket (see photo). the board chimes and boots fine but I get no video at all - total blackout. I've been going through potential issues in the video circuit. Is it possible that this is the cause?
Thanks!
I've cleaned all the black and green I can find on the board.
Check continuity on all vias near all the U*8 chips and that's fine.
I realize there are still traces I need to check but my big question is:
Is there anything on the logic board that would cause a chiming/booting board to...
What am I looking for on Mouser for UD8, UE8, UF8 replacement chips?
Can I also buy replacement PAL chips on Mouser? These do not need to be programmed?
And a chip to program as a Video ROM replacement?
I'm sure I won't need all of that but since chips aren't that expensive I might as well...
I cleaned and restored the floppy drive also.
I put a disk in it that I knew did not have a system and it ejected it as it should.
Then I tried a system disk and it seemeed to boot, although of course I can't see the screen.
reset button works also.
That may be my next step. It pains/scares me to pull the chips out of a perfect board.
How hard is it to find Video ROM and or PAL chips? If they are tough to replace I may just replace UD8, UE8 and UF8 and see where I'm at.
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