[Techtoolslist] WANTED : in-circuit IC tester

[Jose Luiz Martins]

I agree 100% with Mike. I use mine in the same way, and when no
schematics are available.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mike Coates <mike at the-coates.com> wrote:

> I have an ABI 4000, and find that if it tells you an IC is good, then it is,

> if it tells you it's bad, then double check it, because it's wrong 60% of

> the time!

>

> however, for repairing things for which schematics are not available, or it

> has a hidden PCB (where there's 2 or 3 pcb's for instance, that plug into

> each other) it still proves useful.

>

> Once I have set it up, I tend to check everything in the area of concern,

> and put white stickers on anything dodgy - then use the fluke and the probe

> to decide if they really have failed!

>

>

> On 30/07/2013 17:54, Matthew Rossiter wrote:

>>

>> Has anyone here ever used the ICT-101 with much success?   I had one for

>> a while and the results were so sketchy that I eventually sold it back

>> on ebay.  I saw a lot of good IC's come up as FAIL.  Once you lose a

>> certain amount of trust with a tester, it's really not much use.

>

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