3 Oct
2015
3 Oct
'15
5:41 p.m.
On Sat, 3 Oct 2015, ethan at 757.org wrote:
I might be able to get hold of the bios, but I'm
worried about the 3rd
EPROM. It sits in the middle of a bunch of Yamaha branded chips. The
BIOS chips are in the middle of a Chips & Technologies 286 chipset
group. The people I find might be able to dump the BIOS via dos program
but not that 3rd IC. But at least if I could split the one I could
compare it.
Here are mainboard pics I took when doing the cap replacement:
http://imgur.com/a/CQHcy
I might recheck that mess near C113
Did you only replace those small green Nichicon parts? If so, I would
inspect/test the others as well. My experience with these type of early
mixed SMD/through-hole boards is that some companies tried to reflow them
with the small electrolytics already in place which would damage their
seals and cause them to leak as they aged. It doesn't seem to be specific
to any particular brand/series either as I've seen Nichicon, Nippon,
Panasonic, etc all affected by this.
If a new set of BIOS EPROMs doesn't fix it, it might be time to look into
an in circuit emulator for the 80286. PODs for LCC sockets do exist,
although they might be harder to find than a POD for the PLCC or PGA
versions.