IGT 044 board from the worst ebay seller

[kosmo]

Purchased this with the understanding that there were 2 boards  "a pair (2)"  but they only sent one board.
Missing the CPU which I was aware of.
After receiving (two week later) this thing was very dirty and sandy. I cleaned the heck out of it.
Looks like it  has a vita battery once and they tried to use a cr2032 battery (was dead) and holder all bent up.
L5 was broken/missing . "This is the 5V dc-dc output"  10uh 3.5A.  I ordered a replacement and installed it on board.
Did a quick test to see if both the 3.3v and 5V dc-dc converters would work before installed any game board.
Both  checked good.
Removed U24 so I would not get the low battery message.
Installed the correct cr2354 battery, took a I960 off one of my other boards to see it if this board would come to life.
Was presently surprised when the attendant screen came on,  I put in the Key28 chip,  cleared everything and setup the board.
The machine was  on for 3 straight days with no issues, so even though it is a dirty looking board, it works.
Setup to play Money Storm.

Although it would have been a great deal if I had received both boards as advertised. Getting this working was a good deal.

[shortrackskater]

Why didn't you contact the seller about this? If they didn't sell as advertised, you would have had every right to have eBay intervene to either get your money back or get what you actually ordered.