Taito Asteroids Short and Solder

Gang,

Started to work on my Taito Asteroids board last night.

Plugged it in and it blew a fuse!

Looked around the board which was clean, no noticable shorts, cleaned bits
and pieces, cleaned edge connector. Replaced the fuse, plugged it in and
this time it blew a tant cap near the 2114 rams. Pop!!!!!

So clearly there is a short - what is the best way to find it? Could it have
been the cap or was the cap just the weakest point.

Without further advice I wasn't going to do anything else, I thought I would
socket the rams anyway.

I can't budge the solder. It won't melt except a bit. I tried flowing new
solder to it, but it kind of just sat on top. Anything I should be doing for
old solder?

As always - thanks.

Paul

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Received on Thu Nov 9 16:51:07 2000