Gah...to restore a broken PCB by replacing it with MAME or not.

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Gah...to restore a broken PCB by replacing it with MAME or not.

I have a beautiful 4 player X-Men thats working 99%. Only issue is the sound chips are destroyed and from what I've read you can't fix these boards.

Do I now put in a cheap PC and run a dedicated 4 player X-Men MAME system on it?

Wait for a 100% board to become available only to have the sound go out again?

Gah, this sucks. Any thoughts?
 
Do I now put in a cheap PC and run a dedicated 4 player X-Men MAME system on it?

Wait for a 100% board to become available only to have the sound go out again?

Connect those two sentences with the words "while I", and I would say yes. There is no need to make any permanent changes when using MAME in the cabinet, so you can take it out when you find a good replacement board.
 
I have a beautiful 4 player X-Men thats working 99%. Only issue is the sound chips are destroyed and from what I've read you can't fix these boards.

Do I now put in a cheap PC and run a dedicated 4 player X-Men MAME system on it?

Wait for a 100% board to become available only to have the sound go out again?

Gah, this sucks. Any thoughts?

Why are the boards supposedly unfixable? Is it parts (i.e. custom ICs) or is just that they are hard to work on (fine pitch SMT)? I'm just curious...
 
Why are the boards supposedly unfixable? Is it parts (i.e. custom ICs) or is just that they are hard to work on (fine pitch SMT)? I'm just curious...

From what I was reading they were custom sound ICs. Last I heard the only way to fix them was to remove them from board, which isn't a viable solution.

@Luckyman: All the X-Men boards I see on ebay are either the 6 player version, or the CPS2 based X-Men fighting game. I would love to find a working ~$50 X-Men board :)
 
go ahead, mame it. no fear. dont do anything you cant change back if you want to.
 
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