Ghosts ‘n Goblins (bootleg) repair log

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Apr 042016
 

Got this bootleg board for a repair.

The game could be played with music and sound but had a problem on the text layer:

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I started probing around until by shorting carefully  pins of some TTLs I found the circuit of the text layer on the upper board.

A 74LS86@5J had all its output in the grey area (2.2V):

 

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Changing it with a new one solved completely the issue:

 

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