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damasco94

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Hello guys !

Thanks to Mitsu, I recently got the fantastic S16 multi but I'm now facing sprites glitches on all games as you can probably see below :

https://ibb.co/grtfPvm
https://ibb.co/b6nkF08
https://ibb.co/CH7wFfK

Not sure if it's related to an eprom or motherboard issue
I recently bought my S16 motherboard from ebay, sold as untested ... so I assumed it might be faulty.

The romboard was damaged, so I removed it and directly plugged the multi instead.
Apart from that it seemed to be in really good condition, that's why I bid ;)

Then I only put the unencrypted 68k and the s16/jamma adapter.
I bought all the burnt eproms from buyicnow website

Since I don't know this system very well, I would have liked if someone could guide me on a potential troubleshooting ...
I'm not sure where to start. Maybe reseat all the eproms first ?

Thanks for your help
 
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Ideally - what I would do is try to find a romboard that works - so I can verify that the mainboard works without issue.

Besides that - check to make sure all the eproms are properly inserted and that the multi is appropriately attached.
 
and btw - whenever I see "untested" listed for an arcade board - I just translate that to "broken". It's not hard to test an arcade board... :)
 
damasco94 said:
Apart from that she seemed to be in really good condition, that's why I bid ;)
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Hello,
from my experience this isn't a good indication when it comes to electronic hardware.
An internal fault inside a chip isn't visible outside unless it caused a short bad enough to summon the magic smoke.
A lot of my boards were really dusty when I bought them (and when I say that I'm still far from the reality, people really don't know to store PCBs properly here) but were working without any kind of issues.
 
mathewbeall said:
Ideally - what I would do is try to find a romboard that works - so I can verify that the mainboard works without issue.

Besides that - check to make sure all the eproms are properly inserted and that the multi is appropriately attached.
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Yep, will follow your advice and do that first
 
nobody said:
from my experience this isn't a good indication when it comes to electronic hardware.
An internal fault inside a chip isn't visible outside unless it caused a short bad enough to summon the magic smoke.
A lot of my boards were really dusty when I bought them (and when I say that I'm still far from the reality, people really don't know to store PCBs properly here) but were working without any kind of issues.
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Yep sure.. i know it’s not a good indication but the overall condition and price of the board suggested that it was not necessarily a too much risky bet.

anyway, i need to find a solution to fix and had no idea where to start with this system…
 
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1 year later … cause I was too busy to work on that before, I finally found and bought another mainboard (tested and working 100% with Tetris), then I put my multi on it and ….. same issue !!! :(

So I decided to verify again all the eproms with my wellon programmer and they all seem to be OK.

I suspect maybe an eprom chip is defective.
Trying to find a couple more of them now.

Of course, I can’t remember which one carry the sprites now… need to check…

Will keep you updated
 
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