On Sun, 9 May 2010 08:22:14 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

It turned out to be a 40-pin proprietary chip that decided to fail.
I found this out by warming up the whole board with hot air until
vertical sync stabilized. Selective application of cold spray
pinpointed the chip.

"Heh, heh, heh", he muttered smugly.

Out of curiosity, what exactly was the chip's function or funtions?


Right now it is a thermometer;

--
Boris