All music, sound effects and speech were missing on a replacement CPU board, while the rest of the game worked.
No music, effects or speech: failed 6821 PIA for sound on the CPU board
Cause: The 6821 PIA that passes sound commands from the CPU to the sound board had failed.
Checks
- If the PIAs are socketed, swap the sound PIA with another 6821 on the board (for example the display one) as a test.
- If sound comes back and the other function now misbehaves (here the displays went garbled), the moved chip is bad.
Fix
- Replace the bad 6821 with a new one and put the original chips back in their own sockets.
Systems
Games
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Source: Pinball Repair help group!! (Facebook group)