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Console Repair

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So after the volume was fixed I discovered the board . Turns out there were multiple issues. First the charge led was dead (tested with multimeter in diode mode) so that is swapped out with a blue one. Then EM8 needed a reflow to get a good connection across. The final issue was a bad trace under the cartridge slot from F2 to D1. For that I added the bodge wire seen in the photo.

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