Amin Girasol<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mondo8Bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mondo8Bit</span></a> doesn't trust MT4264-15 memory chips, and that's exactly what I've got in this <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari130XE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari130XE</span></a>.</p><p>I'm in here to fix the jammed power switch, which <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mondo8Bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mondo8Bit</span></a> zips through in this video (the audio levels are all over the shop - have your finger on the volume control): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLC7QLT_LU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fXLC7QLT_L</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p>The board looks very clean otherwise, to my very untrained eye. No bulging caps, no broken solder joints. Does anyone know what problem those bodge wires are intended to solve?</p><p>I'll do the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FlashJazzCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashJazzCat</span></a> technique of spraying the chips with 99% alcohol when the machine's powered up, to see which chips are running hot: </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv251DnCNnc&t=26" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zv251DnCNn</span><span class="invisible">c&t=26</span></a></p>