File:Atari Falcon030 Service Guide C303062-001.pdf

Atari Corporation, Atari Falcon030 Service Guide, part number C303062-001, 1 October 1992. 168 PDF pages with a text layer (archive.org's compressed copy of the scan). Described on Atari Falcon030 Service Guide.

Contents, with the guide's own page numbers:

• Section 1, Introduction (pp. 1–5): system features; case views; power supply specification (AC input, DC output, operational characteristics: +5 V 1.5–7.0 A and +12 V 0–0.2 A, 37.4 W, +5 V set point 5.05 ± 0.1 V at 4.0 A)
• Section 2, Theory of operation (pp. 7–63): 68030, optional 68881/68882, ROM, RAM and its connectors, COMBO, DMA, real-time clock (DS1287 with integrated 3.6 V lithium battery and crystal, 50 bytes of RAM, p. 24), bus decode PALs, configuration switch, video (VIDEL, DAC, 1377 encoder), audio (PSG, DMA sound, CODEC), SCSI, floppy (AJAX), MFP, SCC, printer, keyboard, mouse and joystick, game ports, cartridge, MIDI, DSP, IDE and expansion connector pin lists; system start-up; number of bombs and their meaning (p. 62)
• Section 3, Testing (pp. 65–97): test equipment, troubleshooting a dead unit (p. 68), the Falcon030 diagnostic cartridge, power-up sequence and error messages, test menu, error codes quick reference
• Section 4, Disassembly/assembly (pp. 99–101)
• Section 5, Symptom checklist (pp. 103–105)
• Section 6, Diagnostic flowcharts (p. 107)
• Section 7, Parts list and assembly drawings (pp. 111–126): main board variants CA401332-001 to -004 (NTSC, PAL-I, PAL-B, Peritel), keyboards, power supplies C302866-001 (117 V) and C302867-001 (230 V), memory boards, TOS ROM sets, and the main board parts list with every capacitor
• Section 8, Glossary; Section 9, Schematic and PCB layout

What it does not contain: component values inside the power supply or on the memory boards, which are listed as assemblies.

Used by Atari Falcon030, Atari Falcon General Maintenance, Atari Falcon Troubleshooting Guide and Atari Falcon Capacitor Replacement Guide.

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Copyright 1992 Atari Corporation. Not freely licensed. Hosted for preservation and repair reference.