[Coco] [Color Computer] Video garbage on CoCo

[Bob Devries]

Be careful when buying a PLCC puller, that it matches the size of the GIME 
chip. There are several different sizes of PLCC.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Video garbage on CoCo


> On Wednesday 02 November 2005 13:25, brunkfordbraun wrote:
>>My CoCo is outputting random video junk, does not respond to
>>keypresses, and does not go to the command prompt. There are many
>>different things the video has done, but here are two samples:
>>
>>http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/4391/junk17wt.jpg
>>http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3977/junk29os.jpg
>>
>>Is this a common problem? Is this something I could fix with my own
>>soldering skills, is there someone out there who still fixes these
>>things, or am I just better off tossing it?
>>
> I would start by re-seating the gime chip in its socket.. But to get it
> out in the first place will take a puller that we could get from the
> shack, called a PLCC puller.  It was about a tenner the last time I
> bought one.  Note when re-installing the chip that it has one key
> corner, and that this corner must match the same corner of the socket.
>
> It looks as if someone had taken a file and filed away a small amount
> of the corner.  And of course be sure and use the usual handling
> precautions vis-a-vis static electricity.  Lay one hand on the modulator
> box and keep it there while handling the chip and puller.
>
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