Ok, went to fire it up today to get pics. guess what it changed behaivor.
now comes up with what would look like garbage on the screen then switches to black.
though ok interesting, I have seen this happen with slots when data in the system is in need of a severe reset. (bally machine early video poker)..
upon frusteration and deciding ok interesting change, i went end to end of the board. and guess what noticed a few surface traces showing green fuzz.. looks like the battery leaked very slowly or slightly over time and ate some of the traces..
Does look like these are easily jumped as you can see where they went to solder points at termination, and very clear runs to the surface mount chip..
Soo ill attach a couple pics. I just am out of practice to feel comfortable trace jumping its been 5 or so years..
Any suggestions? any members who do repairs able to ball park a quote?
Cant afford right now, but dosen't hurt to gather the info