Naomi 2 - Motherboard repair?

[daveheats]

Just a quick one to see if anyone in the UK works on these? I've got a Naomi 2 that has spinning fans and illuminated LEDs but absolutely no audio or video whatsoever.
I'm rubbish at surface mount repair, so curious if anyone knows of somewhere I can send this off to in the UK or Europe?

Thanks

 

[Itsmecurrie]

+1

I have this exact same issue with Naomi 1 & 2 mobo.

 

[yoganuggy]

Usually bad ram.

For naomi 2, put in a naomi 1 game cart and turn it on. If it boots then the issue is with the extra ram used by naomi 2 games.

 

[Itsmecurrie]

Don't mean to hijack, but I've tried running a Naomi 1 game, and same result unfortunately

 

[Retroman839]

Ace
Repaired mine 👍
Did a brilliant job

 

[daveheats]

Ace
Repaired mine 👍
Did a brilliant job

Sorry if it's a stupid question, but who is Ace mate?
I tried using my NetDimm with the Naomi 2 and it was as dead as a dodo unfortunately.

 

[Bods]

Sorry if it's a stupid question, but who is Ace mate?
I tried using my NetDimm with the Naomi 2 and it was as dead as a dodo unfortunately.

If you type @ and then ace it will bring up names @Ace`

 

[Ace`]

I repair Naomi 1s but haven't ventured into Naomi 2 much yet outside of some ram fixes. Like said already it's usually bad ram, when it comes to Naomi 1 anyway, Naomi 2 seems to be more of a mix of ram and BGA issues.

I plan to make a bracket so I can do Naomi 2 BGA rework in the future but I don't know when exactly. I've had some luck with Naomi 1 BGA rework though.