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As stated, big bear and i have been trying to figure out what has gone wrong with my AES, as it now refuses to read my copy of SVC chaos.
Things that have been done:
-Tested all of my other lower meg games, they all work.
-Sent SVC chaos to big bear to test, game works just fine in his consoles.
-Installed stock US bios- after splash screen ends, system just sits with a blank black screen. No color code, no watch dog clicks.
- resoldered every single through hole component solder point on the board, as bad solder joints have caused this console to watch dog on 2 previous occasions in the past year.
- powered system on repeatedly with the top shell removed applying pressures to all the different chips to see if that would ever allow the game to boot.
Things i have not done:
-Reflowed the solder on the 4 surface mount IC chips (have inspected them up close and the solder points all still look solid)
- purchased and learned to use a logic probe?
If anyone has any idea why the system would work with all games that do not use a prg board, why the system isnt showing an error color or watchdog, or anything else i need to try, please reach out to me. Im rather stumped.
Big bear thinks it could be the work ram, but is still thrown by the fact it doesnt show an error color after the splash screen.
Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
Things that have been done:
-Tested all of my other lower meg games, they all work.
-Sent SVC chaos to big bear to test, game works just fine in his consoles.
-Installed stock US bios- after splash screen ends, system just sits with a blank black screen. No color code, no watch dog clicks.
- resoldered every single through hole component solder point on the board, as bad solder joints have caused this console to watch dog on 2 previous occasions in the past year.
- powered system on repeatedly with the top shell removed applying pressures to all the different chips to see if that would ever allow the game to boot.
Things i have not done:
-Reflowed the solder on the 4 surface mount IC chips (have inspected them up close and the solder points all still look solid)
- purchased and learned to use a logic probe?
If anyone has any idea why the system would work with all games that do not use a prg board, why the system isnt showing an error color or watchdog, or anything else i need to try, please reach out to me. Im rather stumped.
Big bear thinks it could be the work ram, but is still thrown by the fact it doesnt show an error color after the splash screen.
Thanks, and sorry for the long post.