Alltek Vs. Working Original MPU

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I have a baby pac with a totally shot MPU. I was thinking about picking up the alltek board mainly because of the warranty and the fact that its new, but the price is pretty high for me. Taking in consideration the price difference, what would be your choice between the alltek or getting an original working mpu?

This is a game I dont plan on getting rid of anytime soon, so I wont mind putting money into it, I just dont want to buy an alltek if it really isnt worth the price difference. Thanks!
 
It's really hard to answer your question without some information on how bad your current MPU is messed up.

Perhaps you could post a picture and a description on what is wrong with your original MPU.

I have reworked several pins with the Alltek MPUs - they are worth the money.
 
Out of all the photos of MPU acid damage, this one has some of the worst. Components are disintegrated, and someone tried to desolder one of the sockets and a ton of traces are pulled up. If I tried to repair one, I would buy a different nonworking board.
 
Yeah, I would probably mess up and board I come in contact with haha. I just started learning soldering/desoldering a few months ago, so Im not exactly good at it.
 
Yeah, I would probably mess up and board I come in contact with haha. I just started learning soldering/desoldering a few months ago, so Im not exactly good at it.

Maybe do both then. Get the Alltek to drop in and play the game, but also get one to fix so you can learn as you go and still have a working game. Bally MPUs are cheap to learn on and relatively straight forward to repair. They're also extremely well documented online so a good choice for someone starting out with pinball repair.
 
Maybe do both then. Get the Alltek to drop in and play the game, but also get one to fix so you can learn as you go and still have a working game. Bally MPUs are cheap to learn on and relatively straight forward to repair. They're also extremely well documented online so a good choice for someone starting out with pinball repair.

I think Ill do that. Im 23 so I have a few years to learn all this stuff :) I already bought a corrosion repair kit and remote battery holder, so I guess I might as well use it. Im pretty confident I could do most of it, but those socket pins look really tricky to desolder.
 
I think Ill do that. Im 23 so I have a few years to learn all this stuff :) I already bought a corrosion repair kit and remote battery holder, so I guess I might as well use it. Im pretty confident I could do most of it, but those socket pins look really tricky to desolder.

Post some pictures and we can give you some advice on the repairs.
 
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