SilverspoonGaming | 332 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 When it came in today, I questioned it because of how white the board is between the contact pins, so I just took it apart and have been looking thru different region releases on Bootgod, but the chip that is circled doesnt appear on any of their examples, so I need the pros to give their opinions please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,105 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 I dunno looks fine to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNESNESCUBE64 | 541 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) Not fake. That is battery backed (I think) RAM chip, not ROM. The base part number even matches what is on bootgod. LH5160 is an 8k x 8 SRAM (6264 pinout equivalent) made by Sharp and discontinued many moons ago. Exact markings are gonna vary a little depending on when it was made and which factory made it, but it is definitely not new. Furthermore I see no signs of modification on the board itself. Edited November 17, 2023 by SNESNESCUBE64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 332 Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 Thats great news! Thanks folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count | 528 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 We out here faking Maniac Mansion now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNESNESCUBE64 | 541 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 25 minutes ago, The Count said: We out here faking Maniac Mansion now? I was wondering that too. Like who wants to fake this crap game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,046 Social Team · Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 9/12/2023 at 9:51 PM, SilverspoonGaming said: Thats great news! Thanks folks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 521 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 It would be interesting to know if you can microwave the hamster or not in this version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 10/19/2023 at 2:58 PM, CMR said: It would be interesting to know if you can microwave the hamster or not in this version. IIRC they all did. If it had to be resubmitted, there would be a PRG revision. Folks, also remember bootgod isn't the be all end all. What makes games fake are EPROMs on legit NES 72 pin PCBs. The only legit EPROM stuff is on prototypes and sometimes the name on the PC will have EPROM on in (IE SKEPROM) http://kevtris.org/mappers/mmc1/NES_SKEPROM.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,325 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 It's consistent with what should be there based on Bootgod's database. Both the CHR-RAM and SRAM slots can have anywhere from 100ns to 150ns RAM chips, this one is 100ns. I was worried about the RAM type itself, as the NES typically uses 6264 chips, not 5160 chips, but some digging pulled up an Ultima: Quest of the Avatar cart with the exact same chip in the CHR slot. The only thing that would make me think it would be anything but legit would be if there was any indication of hand soldering on the back side, but that is highly unlikely. One bit of advice - don't use the cart DB as a be-all-and-end-all guide to legitimacy. Sure, there's lots of scans there, but given how many chip sources there were at the time, there would likely be more potential combinations of chips than actual scans in the database. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNESNESCUBE64 | 541 Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 13 hours ago, the_wizard_666 said: as the NES typically uses 6264 chips, not 5160 chips. Sharp had their own part number system to begin with. Standard 6264 SRAM for Sharp is LH5160. LH5160 is a 6264 pin and function compatible. Another example of this is Toshiba TC5565 and Sharp LH5168. Same deal except these two are low power equivalents. Ultimately it doesn't matter which SRAM chip it is. Even if it doesn't match. Hell, even if it was replaced it doesn't change anything because 6264 RAMs are higher failure rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,325 Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 8 hours ago, SNESNESCUBE64 said: Sharp had their own part number system to begin with. Standard 6264 SRAM for Sharp is LH5160. LH5160 is a 6264 pin and function compatible. Another example of this is Toshiba TC5565 and Sharp LH5168. Same deal except these two are low power equivalents. Ultimately it doesn't matter which SRAM chip it is. Even if it doesn't match. Hell, even if it was replaced it doesn't change anything because 6264 RAMs are higher failure rate. Yeah, I couldn't find much on Google, but figured the chip was a functional equivalent based on what I did find. There's tons of equivalent chips, I just haven't seen too many in NES carts. This is the first I've ever seen nor heard of the RAM outright failing though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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