Re: WANTED : in-circuit IC tester

Yes, ABI Boardmaster 4000 in another tool on my list but nowadays it's
pretty rare and still quite expensive.Besides it seems it's quite fragile in
some parts.Anyway it's a great piece of equipment but , like other
in-circuit tester, has its pro and con.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Coates" <mike@the-coates.com>
To: "Technical Tools Mail List" <techtoolslist@flippers.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] WANTED : in-circuit IC tester

>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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