Looking for repair on two Terminator 2 sound boards

Shavenyak

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My T2 is in storage for the time being. A few months back, I saw the thread about these 90's Midway boards needing to be recapped and the urgency to get it done. I got the cap kits, bought a Hakko 888 (my rig is in storage) and watched Zenomorp's video. Based on the consensus of most people here, I resisted the urge to use a desoldering iron for this project.

One of these boards worked when I put the game in storage, for what that's worth. The other is a spare I bought years ago.

While I'll admit it's been a while since I soldered, I have plenty of experience soldering on these games over the years. It felt like riding a bike. However....

...as people have said, these boards are really bad with the solder pads coming up, even though I was extremely careful. I flowed new solder on top of the old, then used the wick braid to remove the old (as quickly as I could). I kept my iron at 800. I used the techniques Zenomorp recommended, most of which I do anyway. But still, there are for sure some questionable solder joints on these boards. On the second board, one of the traces just came up, and it wasn't at all difficult a joint to clean up.

While I have successfully done a number of cap kits on power supplies, monitors, and boards, I have never done any jumpers. After this experience, I'm not eager to start, especially on these boards. I'm sure there are going to be some caps where this is necessary. I have written down the caps that may be suspect, which should help get started.

Since my game is in storage, I can't troubleshoot these at all. This is going to bother me until I'm able to get this game out of the unit, and it may be a while. I have to take the responsibility, but it hurts. Is there anyone who wants to get me out of this jam and help me get these boards working again?

I should note that it didn't appear that any caps were leaking on either of these boards. I guess that's good news. A number of them tested out of range, though.
 
the problem with these is there's no solder pads on the parts side of the board, the traces on the top only connect to the through hole plating. I've never ripped up traces replacing caps, but the old T2 sound board from where I work they let the caps rot and they outgassed and dissolved the traces. it required a lot of effort to wire wrap (I think is the term) all the broken traces.

it's something I'm obviously capable of doing I just don't want the added stress anymore with deadlines and dealing with mailing anything. when I work, I work. when I'm at home, I just want to be at home, not doing more work. maybe zenomorp will help?
 
Idk if @irepairsega can or maybe you could get @zenomorp too, I mean I could ive probably done 5 midway sound boards in the last 2 years and had zero problems but idk if im comfortable doing other peoples idt lol.
 
Idk if @irepairsega can or maybe you could get @zenomorp too, I mean I could ive probably done 5 midway sound boards in the last 2 years and had zero problems but idk if im comfortable doing other peoples idt lol.
this is where I'm at. otherwise I would do it. I don't even want to work on my own stuff when I'm not working. that's where I'm at. :(
 
this is where I'm at. otherwise I would do it. I don't even want to work on my own stuff when I'm not working. that's where I'm at. :(
Eh i dont mind it, I enjoy doing it and making a little money is ok but i dont wanna deal with if something goes wrong etc angry people etc lol and the next thing you know you are Patrick Scott Peterson or whatever the F his name is, and nobody wants to be a PSP 😂
 
Eh i dont mind it, I enjoy doing it and making a little money is ok but i dont wanna deal with if something goes wrong etc angry people etc lol and the next you know you are Patrick Scott Peterson or whatever the F his name is, and nobody wants to be a PSP 😂
yes, I had a pretty negative experience on the last batch of games I did where I was just like I don't need this anymore.
 
@braedel is the one to go to if he is taking outside work right now.
I know he is pretty deep into his own collection (finally) and may not be taking outside work so he can get a couple more trophies completed for his collection.
But if he is, he is where I would send them for sure.
 
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