channelmanic on galaga boards

One more thing, after I remove sockets I check each trace from the socket for continuity. I did find RM 16 resistor network has 2 dead resistors.
 
It's a labor of love. ;)

Hey when you desolder the sockets be SURE there are no solder bridges between the top side solder pads and the traces that go between them BEFORE you put the sockets in!!!!

When you solder the sockets in you MUST check for bridges between the bottom side solder pads and the traces that go next to them.

Silly manufacturer didn't mask off the traces so the boardset is VERY prone to solder bridges.
 
Tell me about it!

I have to go see our local KLOV member who is an eye doc as it's getting time for bifocals. :(
 
I find everything I am working on lately getting smaller and smaller....what's up with that?!?

(yeah, I feel my eyesight going south but won't admit to it) :(
 
Hats off to Channelmanic. I couldnt do a once over on a galaga for that price. Its very labor intensive but unfortunatly its needed if you want a stable galaga board.
 
Also I use Channelmanic for all my board repairs,He provides a great service to the arcade community.Thank you
 
Thanks guys,

I try to do my best. Sometimes I fall behind on things.

Last week was $183 in shipping, this week $93. I've shipped out a shitload of parts orders, boards I've sold, and boards I've repaired.

WHEW!
 
Welp, here are my intentions with my board sets. I'll do all the sockets, chip leg repairs, resistor pak replacements and a general once over on the board myself just because it is to me like fishing for some guys. I do have good soldering skills and the proper equipment to do it, good Pace equipment and such. If after that it still has issues, I'll send it to Channelmanic to look at as I do not have any specialized test equipment that I might need. ROM burners, logic analyzers, and such.....

That is if he will take it after my soldering hack job..lol
 
I dont think people realise how much more painful it is to fix a board that someone has been mucking around with. Usually the original fault is still there but is buried beneath a load of other issues, bad soldering, track damage, zapped chips and burnt flux. Give me an untouched board any day of the week.

Just this morning I got a PM from a guy who, in his own words, has "ripped out the chips that I found were faulty" in one of my repair logs, and he wanted to send it to me to fix it properly. Am not interested in even looking at it as a result, he probably does mean ripped too.

Thats the down side of putting up repair logs I guess, people assume that their fault is the same as the fault on the repairlog board and are inclined to have a go when they really should leave well alone.
 
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