Williams WPC Driver / power supply board repair

[Homepin]

Looks OK so far.....

[Caveoftreasures]

It will tested and re-installed over the weekend.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon will come back to life once more 

[beaky]

I have fitted the new 5 volt reg and I have +4.97 volts with no load and 4.95 with a load.
I added all the jumpers for the Caps & Bridges
I did a bench test on the G.I. board and it works perfectly.
I have added plenty of solder on all the tracks ( on the G.I. board) . Only 1 or 2 tracks needed the thick solder but I thought I would make them all the same.
After cleaning all the clear paint and flux off the driver pcb (instead of using proper pcb clear lacquer on the board some one used normal acrylic clear so when i cleaned it off it took the green off with it) I added a new coat of clear.
All that is left to do is fit the G.I. pcb to the main pcb and fit it to Leon's machine,

[beaky]

And the finished product. (before & after). It's finally done 

[Homepin]

Nice - well done! Maybe glue a paper strip under the fuses to identify them??

[Strangeways]

That board was destined for the crap heap. Well done Andrew and Mike 

[beaky]

Nice - well done! Maybe glue a paper strip under the fuses to identify them??

good idea. i just printed it on some self adhesive paper.

[Homepin]

any pics of it working in a machine yet?? You know the deal - pics or it didn't happen 

[Caveoftreasures]

yeh, get over here Andy and plug it in.   Pick whatever machine you want to test it in.

I will stand back with the fire extinguisher.lol      

[ktm450]

Nice work 

[beaky]

any pics of it working in a machine yet?? You know the deal - pics or it didn't happen 

I am just waiting for Leon to get in contact with me so i can arrange a time to install it.

[beaky]

yeh, get over here Andy and plug it in.   Pick whatever machine you want to test it in.

I will stand back with the fire extinguisher.lol    

one day you will not be asleep when i call and you will return my calls.  

Nice work 

thanks for the kind words

[Caveoftreasures]

Too much staying up til 3am watching Star Trek.  Us old blokes need a arvo nap from time to time.

The board for Leon looks good. 

[beaky]

I fitted the board to one of cavemans sttng and it worked perfectly.
the correct G.I strings where being switched on and off, also the correct strings where being dimmed.
Also the pin did not reboot during play or in attract mode at any time.
Thanks again to mike from home pin for etching the PCB for me.

[Caveoftreasures]

Well done Mike and Andy.

Alot of effort went into bringing this board back to life. It easily could have been written off because as Nino said, it could have easily ended up in the tip, the hacks were very very bad.

She works like new now, and it is definately a unique board now that Beaky and Homepin have weaved their magic.

WELL DONE GUYS. Excellent work, excellent planning and design here all round.