Re: WANTED : in-circuit IC tester

I agree 100% with Mike. I use mine in the same way, and when no
schematics are available.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mike Coates <mike@the-coates.com> wrote:
> I have an ABI 4000, and find that if it tells you an IC is good, then it is,
> if it tells you it's bad, then double check it, because it's wrong 60% of
> the time!
>
> however, for repairing things for which schematics are not available, or it
> has a hidden PCB (where there's 2 or 3 pcb's for instance, that plug into
> each other) it still proves useful.
>
> Once I have set it up, I tend to check everything in the area of concern,
> and put white stickers on anything dodgy - then use the fluke and the probe
> to decide if they really have failed!
>
>
> On 30/07/2013 17:54, Matthew Rossiter wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone here ever used the ICT-101 with much success? I had one for
>> a while and the results were so sketchy that I eventually sold it back
>> on ebay. I saw a lot of good IC's come up as FAIL. Once you lose a
>> certain amount of trust with a tester, it's really not much use.
>
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