TMNT repair log...

ifkz

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PROBLEM: Extremely loud in my bartop at the lowest pot level.

SOLUTION: This is the second 'fully working' PCB I recently bought from members here only to find out issues after it arrived. The tally ended up being one yanked 1000uf16v cap and the replacement volume pot used was 16K instead of the 5K the board wants. I luckily found a 4K that I had to modify to get to fit the tiny through holes on the board. I also cleaned up the flux the other tech that worked on this left on the board.

I always suggest that the sellers throw a few bucks back for my troubles, but so far the returned cash has been $0.00. Sigh... At least I own them and have been enjoying the games.
 
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Your troubles what troubles, u make it seem like i sold you a broken board. The sound wasnt that high in the first place, and plus with all the low balling u were doing i shouldnt have made the deal with you. So stop acting like u did something noble but at the same time asking me to pay u for your troubles.

BS

If you werent happy with the board when you received it you should haved pmed me and asked for a refund, i would have gladly given you one. Not fix it and then ask me for money.
 
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Not singling you out; seach for "repair log" and you should run into my name a lot.

I'll admit I drove a hard bargain considering this has an old set of hacked 'Teenage Mutant Hero' EPROMS (for two player cabs) I figured it was worth less than one that was untouched.

I also figure that a seller would appreciate me fixing the problem and not charging them for return shipping in addition to a refunded purchase price. But, yes time for me to revisit how I'm handling boards that are advertised as working and show up with undisclosed work, incorrect replacement components, and obvious damaged components. This has happened on several occasions. Boards show up without standoffs for two layer sets, a burned up resistor, boards that play fine for two minutes and lock up. I appreciate sellers that simply do full disclosure so I know what I'm getting into. Good with the bad.

Time for me to enjoy this beat-em up and work out some stress.
 
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You can't really ask the sellers for money for doing that kind of repair. it's almost like cleaning the pcb when it arrives and then sending the seller a bill for cleaning.

from the sounds of it the pcb was working, but yes in all honesty not 100% if the volume could not be lowered enough. fixing the volume pot to make it perfect I'd say that's your business and nothing to do with the seller.

sounds like you got the pcb for cheap too. In the end it's a good game and you have it working perfect now.
 
Even I don't always say "this board has been repaired/refurbished"...

I just say it's tested, working.

But, I agree... boards missing components and having obvious issues suck when the seller states that it's working properly.

RJ
 
Let's consider too that if the board was a bootleg type, for all intents I expect the sound to be a little off in those, and probably wouldn't have suspected anything wrong with the pcb myself.
 
Even I don't always say "this board has been repaired/refurbished"...

I just say it's tested, working.

But, I agree... boards missing components and having obvious issues suck when the seller states that it's working properly.

RJ

Should I tell a prospective buyer that I have repaired the board and soldered new legs to some of the custom chips? Should I just sell it as a working board and leave it at that?

**kb0jjn turns down sound pot on his Galaga games**
 
I would, especially on a Galaga board.

Knowing that the sockets have been replaced and that it has good resistor packs on it takes away 2 common problems with that boardset.
 
Also true of Konami's X-Men game, if someone has gone through the custom audio board and replaced the caps, that is a big plus to a potential buyer. Glad I had the parts on hand to fix this board, my parts Zero Team was a good donor.

The initial post was also a sorta sanity check for me from the community; you know...was I right or wrong? What do other buyers do once they find these hacks? What do board sellers think? I'm enjoying reading the responses so far.
 
What do other buyers do once they find these hacks? What do board sellers think? I'm enjoying reading the responses so far.

I regard finding hacks as being "par for the course", finding boards in mint original condition seems to be fairly uncommon, so I don't really mind, I only mind if it takes a lot of time to put right, or if I overspent on what I thought was a good board only to find it a scruffy mess - I long for the day that camera phones take decent photos as covering this up with blury photos will no longer be common.

Am also fairly convinced that most sellers wouldnt recognise a hacked repair it if lept off the board and smacked them in the face, so their failure to state it in the auction is unsurprising, if the board puts gfx on the screen and noise out the speaker they regard it as 100% working.

As for my listings I choose "refurbished" in the condition options, even if that means it was just cleaned up and had its contacts polished.
 
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