itsovertoosoon
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I bought an initial d v3 twin cab and thought I'd document my progress for anyone who this might help. This forum has been so nice, thought I'd contribute too.
Upon trying to use my twin cab, I got no video/audio on both sides.
Upon reading the forum, I checked the C29 capacitor on my Naomi 2 boards and indeed they leaked.
I ended up bringing my boards and GD-Rom drives to Ken at irepairsega.com today.
This was his process for inspecting my parts:
Board 1: checked my fans and noticed one seized. He refurbished the fan by replacing a bearing
On the Net-dimm, he replaced a harness
GD rom 1: everything looked ok
Board 2: everything checked out
GD rom 2: he immediately attempted to sniff the drive. Suspected an issue and indeed saw a shorted out section that ended up frying the board at the chip starting with BA59. The solder ended up turning to cement and he wasn't able to repair that part. He ended up rebuilding my drive using parts from a donor board

He was extremely friendly and I was shocked at how fast and precise he was with maneuvering around checking things and replacing parts. As a complete noob, I was shocked.
He gave some tips on the upcoming challenge of getting my card readers up and running.
I went home and reinstalled one of the Naomi's and gd rom drives, the game booted!
Unfortunately, it ate my card and jammed with a r/w error.
As of today, I'm super happy my game is booting and am looking forward to getting the card readers working and then fixing the alignment on my steering wheel.
Upon trying to use my twin cab, I got no video/audio on both sides.
Upon reading the forum, I checked the C29 capacitor on my Naomi 2 boards and indeed they leaked.
I ended up bringing my boards and GD-Rom drives to Ken at irepairsega.com today.
This was his process for inspecting my parts:
Board 1: checked my fans and noticed one seized. He refurbished the fan by replacing a bearing
On the Net-dimm, he replaced a harness
GD rom 1: everything looked ok
Board 2: everything checked out
GD rom 2: he immediately attempted to sniff the drive. Suspected an issue and indeed saw a shorted out section that ended up frying the board at the chip starting with BA59. The solder ended up turning to cement and he wasn't able to repair that part. He ended up rebuilding my drive using parts from a donor board

He was extremely friendly and I was shocked at how fast and precise he was with maneuvering around checking things and replacing parts. As a complete noob, I was shocked.
He gave some tips on the upcoming challenge of getting my card readers up and running.
I went home and reinstalled one of the Naomi's and gd rom drives, the game booted!
Unfortunately, it ate my card and jammed with a r/w error.
As of today, I'm super happy my game is booting and am looking forward to getting the card readers working and then fixing the alignment on my steering wheel.

