Yes - RAM IC in 'C' position was bad!
After I replaced it, I ran Test ROM fine. Invader fleet sounds and UFO_home did not play, but other than that it was a success!!!
After this I tried booting with freshly burned eeprom’s (same type I used for test rom). First few seconds screen was blank...
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I have Midway SID L shape board set I got from eBay and I trying to bring it back to life. I am at the point where with test ROM I get vertical lines and ‘C’ in the middle.
I found board was repaired in the past and there was a solder bridge between AD7 and +12V by one of the RAM IC’s...
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I recently purchased non-working SID set (2 boards) and I am trying to fix it. So far I got it up and running, and made it to the point where I burned TEST ROM and is failing RAM test. i HAVE 5 ram ICs and when I lay IC on top of the reportedly bad IC...