As the title states, I got my hands on a barn fresh Atari Football. I actually already have an Atari Football in my arcade and hope to use my working one as a template to fix this one. First strange thing I noticed, my working one doesn't seem to have this massive "RF shield" and RF Shield BD circuit board at all! Wonder if they just made some without it or it was removed at some time...
Anyways, this board looks toasty on one of the pins, from looking at the manual it is the +10V UNREG line. Actually melted the 44 pin connector in half! I attached the schematic so tell me if I am wrong. I will for sure be taking the power supply out, replacing the big blue, and the bridge rectifier. Since this is on the unregulated line, should I look at replacing my transformer too? I guess I should start by checking all the voltages coming out of the transformer. Just wanted to start this repair by asking the masses if this is a issue seen before, and getting tips on where to start.
I have attached all the great pictures I can to show you how toasty this got! Looks like it was patched before, and this board is FULL of jumpers.
As always, thank you all for your help.