darkcat1
Well-known member
need an expert opinion(it's the X-Men sound issue and yes I know)
I bought a slightly broken four player X-men conversion as my first machine and I'm trying to fix it to play Beat'em Ups(sorry that's what I want rather than wiring it back to gauntlet...yell at me now if you wish). My friend with a two player machine tested the board and got no sound out of it...he also couldn't get the one player working.
Upon getting around to visually inspecting the board I found some rust around the test mode switch and some corrosion(like an old battery) on one side of the sound chip. The capacitors did look good to me and I'm a PC repair guy(so I should know my way around a motherboard). They also were not bulging or leaking but the black plastic around them was flaking off like mad.(also the sound did work breifly before I bought it)
I'm thinking I'm screwed or at least this is not something a PC parts changer like me can fix so now to the questions:
1. I do think I'm out of luck but I have to ask: does this sound fixable?
2. If so who might I go to? I don't know of anyone who would attempt a repair on this board(I think I site I saw said you could try recapping them)
I bought a slightly broken four player X-men conversion as my first machine and I'm trying to fix it to play Beat'em Ups(sorry that's what I want rather than wiring it back to gauntlet...yell at me now if you wish). My friend with a two player machine tested the board and got no sound out of it...he also couldn't get the one player working.
Upon getting around to visually inspecting the board I found some rust around the test mode switch and some corrosion(like an old battery) on one side of the sound chip. The capacitors did look good to me and I'm a PC repair guy(so I should know my way around a motherboard). They also were not bulging or leaking but the black plastic around them was flaking off like mad.(also the sound did work breifly before I bought it)
I'm thinking I'm screwed or at least this is not something a PC parts changer like me can fix so now to the questions:
1. I do think I'm out of luck but I have to ask: does this sound fixable?
2. If so who might I go to? I don't know of anyone who would attempt a repair on this board(I think I site I saw said you could try recapping them)


