AES 3-6 Horizontal Glitches

io.

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Hi,

I'm trying to find out what's going wrong with this AES 3-6.
I have some horizontal clones/ghosts sprites as seen on the picture below.


When I switch on the console, there is some garbage on the screen, then comes the Neo Geo logo with the same glitch as above.
Without any cartridge, the boot ends with a blue screen which should mean that everything is OK (except for the Z80 which is not tested).
The slot pins are clean, the sound is clear, games play fine and I have remelted solders of nearly all IC whose pins go through the PCB.

I'm thinking about a video RAM addressing problem because of the partial duplicated sprites.

If you have any idea or if you know which chip is involved in video RAM addressing, I'm all ears :)

Thanks.
 

Xian Xi

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Without a cart installed power on the system and let us know what color the screen is.
 

HeavyMachineGoob

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He already said it boots to a blue screen without a cartridge.

Could be an inadequate power supply.
 

io.

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It's a MegaDrive power supply which works fine with my other AES 3-6. But I will test with something else.
 

Xian Xi

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The LSPC2 controls the addressing. Check for maybe a solder blob connection two pins together.
 

io.

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Yes, good call. Even if I did a good checking on everything, I missed a detail. As you can see some pins as been pushed back on the LSPC2, I'm gonna check the continuity and repair that.
AES_3-6_LSPC2.jpg


I'll let you know.

Thank you.
 
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