Macross_VF1 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Just got an Atari Lynx I in the mail today. And while it does power on and I get to the title screen, I can't get to the actual game. Now I only have one game, Roadblasters, but that's not the problem as it works flawlessly on my Lynx II. So what basically happens is that I power on, I wait a second or two, get the boot/title screen but when the music is supposed to start or when I press an action button, I either get a black screen or the screen just freezes and nothing happens. In both cases I also get a constant screeching noises from the speaker and the only way to stop this is to shut off the unit. Things important to know: One capacitor, C36 has already been replaced as it was visibly leaking. I haven't done anything to the other caps. It's a rev 2 board. While the console was powered on, I put my finger on the RAM chips to feel if they got hot but they are nice and cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Could be bad RAM maybe, or a fault somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 My guess is "time for re-capping" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macross_VF1 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 I managed to find this thread and the problems described seem very similar to what I'm experiencing. I suppose I can try a recap and switch the ram chips with some fresh ones, it's easy and fairly cheap. If it's Suzy however, I'm pretty SOL, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macross_VF1 Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 When I looked at the RAM chips I realized they are the same as found in some other consoles, particularly the same as in my XEGS. Almost every chip is socketed in it so all I needed to do was desolder the chips in the Lynx and do a swap. The RAM worked flawlessly in the XEGS so that's apparently not the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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