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The '''''Atari Falcon030 Service Guide''''' is Atari Corporation's service guide for the [[Atari Falcon030]], part number C303062-001, dated 1 October 1992. The PDF has 168 pages with a text layer.

== Contents ==
With the guide's own page numbers:
* Section 1, Introduction (pp. 1 to 5): system features, case views, power supply specification (+5 V 1.5 to 7.0 A and +12 V 0 to 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 to 63): 68030 and optional 68881/68882, ROM, RAM and its connectors, COMBO, DMA, real-time clock (DS1287 with integrated 3.6 V lithium battery, p. 24), bus decode PALs, configuration switch, video (VIDEL, DAC, 1377 encoder), audio (PSG, DMA sound, CODEC), SCSI, floppy (AJAX), MFP, SCC, ports and connector pin lists; system start-up; the number of bombs and their meaning (p. 62)
* Section 3, Testing (pp. 65 to 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 to 101)
* Section 5, Symptom checklist (pp. 103 to 105)
* Section 6, Diagnostic flowcharts (p. 107)
* Section 7, Parts list and assembly drawings (pp. 111 to 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 this document does not contain ==
No component values inside the power supply or on the memory boards, which are listed as assemblies. The separately hosted main board drawing is [[Atari Falcon030 Schematic]].

== Pages that cite this document ==
* [[Atari Falcon Capacitor Replacement Guide]]: cites Section 7, pp. 111–115, pp. 115–126
* [[Atari Falcon General Maintenance]]
* [[Atari Falcon Troubleshooting Guide]]: cites Section 1.3, pp. 4–5, Section 2.4, pp. 61–62, Section 3
* [[Atari Falcon030]]: cites p. 1, pp. 4–5, Section 2, Section 7, p. 62
* [[Battery Refurbishment]]: cites Section 2.1.7, p. 24

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