Sunrise MoonSound and GFX9000 cartridges died suddenly after a power surge

By KdL

Paragon (1450)

17-09-2020, 14:23

My SM-X has been repaired!

By lintweaker

Champion (458)

17-09-2020, 14:39

Hoorah!

By ducasp

Paladin (677)

17-09-2020, 14:47

KdL wrote:

My SM-X has been repaired!

That is really nice, were you able to get your GFX9000 back in working condition?

By KdL

Paragon (1450)

17-09-2020, 17:46

Not yet but I'm waiting for some circuits from Spain, we'll know in the coming days.

By KdL

Paragon (1450)

15-10-2020, 18:22

My GFX9000 has been repaired by changing the whole VRAM and the PEEL chip.

By Grauw

Ascended (10717)

15-10-2020, 18:48

That’s good to hear, I’m happy for you!

By Pencioner

Scribe (1548)

15-10-2020, 19:46

Great, man. Be careful next time

By Manuel

Ascended (19325)

15-10-2020, 21:45

forgive my ignorance but what's a PEEL chip?

By KdL

Paragon (1450)

16-10-2020, 00:28

Manuel wrote:

forgive my ignorance but what's a PEEL chip?

It is a small programmable circuit that responds to I / O requests. In the case of GFX9000 it acts as an interface between MSX and V9990. Here is a generic description:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_array_logic

By Manuel

Ascended (19325)

16-10-2020, 07:47

And where is it on the board?