General info sources for PCB repair and troubleshooting?

Can anyone provide me with some pages / pics / videos that break down troubleshooting faulty PCB's with digital multimeters (continuity), like traces, etc, and any other valid sources of information that one who is a pretty much a complete n00b in these matters would find useful? I have a few PCB's that I'd like to test including a PCE GT that has had the CC800 cap leak on the controller board and the button "1" does not work.

Also, what do I use to neutralise cap leakage? I know there is vinegar and baking powder but one is specific from the other.

I'd like to get my hands dirty with soldering and troubleshooting these things but I've never picked up a soldering iron and am a beginner with a multimeter. We've got to start somewhere, I guess.

ditto (I have a naomi2 that has no juice).

I would say to check out channelmaniac's repair logs on newlifegames.

http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?board=19.0

I would check out OneCircuit (Adam) out he has a few video showing how arcade pcb work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l039y8dX5A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omq42Rh4rBQ

Download "The Book" by Atari. It's a great place to start.

I believe Aussiearcade has a nice repair log section as well.

Probably easier to post about your specific problem at the start. Different eras of boards will require different skills and troubleshooting strategies.

Xian Xi said:

I would say to check out channelmaniac's repair logs on newlifegames.

http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?board=19.0

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They moved!

http://newlifegames.com/nlg/index.php?board=25.0

Thanks for the replies fellas, those links look like they're full of great information.