The hardest (yet most satisfying) C64 repair I've ever done

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C64 NORAMCHECK diagnostic: https://rasterirq.com/2022/04/c64-dia...
Kinzi Dead Test and Check64: https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thre...
C64 Keyboard test: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=98411
SID test: https://hackjunk.com/2017/11/07/commo...
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0:00 Intro
1:07 On the inside
5:10 First power on
6:35 Finding faults without removing anything
12:53 Checking socketed chips
15:20 Isolating suspect chips
24:01 Back to one flash?
26:29 How to chase your tail
30:23 Color RAM bad?
32:49 Not color RAM?
36:13 Not done yet
41:01 Port and keyboard tests
42:55 SID full test
45:21 SID results
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