Help with Pilotwings PCB, please!

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  1. chosenone

    chosenone Newly Registered

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    Hey guys! I accidentally broke 2 componentes in the PCB of Pilotwings of Snes. I dont know much about eletronics, but I think it's 2 resistors. Anyway, it's the two components right next to Dsp1 chip, represented as c3 and c5 at the PCB. The game is working fine without those two components, but I'm afraid it gets damged or something after some time, so I'd like to know if its really necessary to replace those components ans its specification, ok? Thanks.

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    rso Gone. See y'all elsewhere, maybe.

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    Those appear to be 1Ω resistors. Just replace them be done with it.
     
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    Bad_Ad84 The Tick

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    Anything labeled as C* on a board is generally a capacitor. Also, it looks like those are connected between power planes (VCC and ground) - as shown by pin 14 (VCC) of the 74HCU04 and the maskrom (GND).

    I wouldnt suggest putting a resistor there if thats the case.

    Should just be caps for decoupling
     
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    Yeah I was wondering about the C labels too, but... capacitors with colored-ring codes? Wasn't aware that those are a thing.
     
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    chosenone Newly Registered

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    Yeah, I'm confused about the C* on the PCB too. I checked other Snes cartridges that I have and their PCBs also have C's all over the board and no R's, so I dont know if it uses C to represent resistors or it doesnt uses resistors at all, only capacitors. The fact is the game is working without those 2 components, so I think I'm not gonna put a component there till I'm pretty surr what kind it is.

    Thanks guys!



    Edit: yeah, I confirmed that these are capacitors, not resistors. The problem is I dont know the specs of these capacitors since I'm colorblind and it's represented in colors. If anyone could help, I'd appreciate.
     
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    These confuse a lot of people. But they ARE capacitors. Just check their connection with a multi meter and you'll find them connected to Vcc and GND. Wouldn't be a good idea to put a 1Ohm resistor in there ;p
     
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