The Killer Instinct dedicated repair bench. Great sucess. pic...

[arcadecup]

The Killer Instinct dedicated repair bench. Great sucess. pic...

Here is a grainy phone picture snap shot of the first repair that went through the process.
hope to service many more to come!.

 

[cadillacman]

sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[channelmanic]

what was the fix? Buffer chips, RAM, or just cracked solder joints on those tiny pins?

 

[cadillacman]

yeah like hes gonna give away his secrets lol

 

[channelmanic]

yeah like hes gonna give away his secrets lol

I post all my repair logs. If it helps someone repair a game then that just makes it more worth it for me to post 'em.

RJ

 

[Broodwich]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

THAT'S MINE!!!!!!

CHAD I F'N LOVE YOU (NO HOMO!) lol

btw anyone wondering what my board was doing before the repair see this screen shot.


Chad, i've got a KI2 board with a burnt surface mount cap possibly some other issues, prolly send that your way next if your up for the challenge.

 

[Mitsurugi-w]

Just a guess. I see a new heat sink on the main processor so I'm guess the processor had some legs broke free when the old heat sink was remove/broke off.

 

[Broodwich]

Just a guess. I see a new heat sink on the main processor so I'm guess the processor had some legs broke free when the old heat sink was remove/broke off.

heh there's a story about that, when i got the board years ago it had no heatsink. I knew no better at the time so i just threw a 120mm pc fan in there and thought nothing of it. later on it started throwing fits every once in a while so i added a heatsink (which i learned should have been there all along at the same time). I had issues with the heatsink staying attached while mounted vertically using thermal adhesive tape. I found Arctic Silver adhesive compound (2 parts you mix together than apply and makes an unbreakable thermal bond). it worked for a lil longer that way untill my monitor flyback went about 3 years ago on the cabinet it was in. after that it would no longer boot, sometimes i would get the blue good screen, but 90% of the time i would get the picture i posted (same pic as my avitar).

what or if the flyback had anything to do with the board going out, i kinda wish i didn't put that exact heat sink on there, but at the same time it does what it is suppose to do. I also as said, I did this years ago (when i was an absolute nub in regards to arcade games and where to find info). Damn K7000 white knob flybacks, I was taught many lessons that day, and still every day i learn something new in this hobby.


Once again, I cannot thank you enough Chad! And couldn't be more pleased, I was extremely worried that the board could possibly be a complete basket case, whatever the issue was and however you fixed it I couldn't be happier! I'll be sure and post in the feedback forum as soon as it gets home

 

[Childsremix]

Nice! I have a KI board that needs repair! how much to fix it???

 

[cadillacman]

i have a car that wont start. Could be for 1000 different reasons. Without opening the hood you need to tell me up front what it will cost to repair.

 

[eyeless]

I also have a ki2 board that I'm going to be calling you on soon on. I just get a real bad scrolling picture of the game. Tried dialling the scrolling down and nothing. Its in my mk2 cab that plays perfect.

Here is a video of the scrolling issue :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRZS20LM7pw

Now I never messed with the board. On first inspection - the small square pin thing with the black strip in the middle, right below the video ground connection on the jamma edge looked as is the previous owner scratched it right off because it is missing ??? then it looked like there was solder on that jamma pin for video ground and the ground at the end. So I tried a jumper from ground to video ground and I got a better looking scrolling picture lol, but not what I want. When I take the ground jumper off the video ground the picture is real bad.

Here is a video of the black pin connector thing is located, video quality is kinda blurry but like I said it right below where the video ground on the jamma edge is :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao3Kzckm1Mc


Would love to get this game up and running.