Attempting to repair a dead GIME-X.
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- In this video I attempt the repair of CoConut Bobs busted GIME-X. The GIME-X is an FPGA replacement for the GIME chip used in the Tandy Color Computer 3.
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GIME-X
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Nerves of steel!!! I'm barely able to do a 32 pin chip, and get it lined back up. What flux are you using? Another great video!
Thank you! Oh I'm sure you can do this, it just requires a little practice. The flux is MG chemicals no clean flux. Here is the amazon link.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00425FUW2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Mad skills!
Cool video, Rocky. The GIME board is holding up my Athena build. I haven't been able to locate one, and I'm still searching eBay for dead Coco3 so I can recycle the GIME chip since the board is a unicorn. If anyone knows of one available please let me know.
Thank you! Yeah , GIME chips are unubtanium but If I hear of one, I'll reach out to you.
@rockyhill3
Thank you for sharing the video
It is great you were able to replace the FPGA chip and fix the system.
Did you already have the replacement chip programmed before replacement or did you program it after replacement?
My pleasure! I actually didn't have to do any programming because the program sits in an external serial flash chip that I hoped wasn't fried.
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That is great :)
I didn't know the FPGA information was in a external Flash/EEPROM. That does make it for sure easier to fix this then. :)
@@rockyhill3 Oh there's the answer I asked above... disregard!
Were you able to determine whether or not you could reprogram it? How did you determine it's a bad "main chip"? Did you program the replacement chip? I presume so...