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saleem:
thought i would give you update.

whats happened.ok,i found reset prob at the psu,it was far too high,ordered a cap kit for it and should help recify it (hopefully)

cosmetics,i have been sorting the bottom legs/edges as they were broken or none existant,so i had to fill and build with p38 car body filler and sand this is where i got:


all the bottom is now ready for black satin paint,same gos for the corners and the top lid:



after all the black parts are painted it just needs a good clean of the laminate.i am keeping the original control panels,rather than fit repro cpo i will hang tight till better cp's are available (original) that way i aint blowing money.i bought a pair of nos flipper control sticks for each side (from usa,waiting for delivery) so they should look good and make the cp look better than is now,should help the game play better once i get round to sorting roms out and checking the ram chips,replacing bad rams if i find any.

all the metal part are off at the powder coater,will hopefully have them on friday,then will refit them.

i got the coin door shot blast and am currently spraying it satin black (well i was until i ran out of spray paint)

just thought i would update with where i am now rather than not take pics and lose the moment forever.
:)

saleem:
i have painted the corners,the top and i have had the metal parts shot blasted and powder coated.i have applied tmolding to 3 of the control panel edges as i ran out so i could not finish the last one:



i only had the coin door and frame shotblasted,i primed and sprayed it satin black.i had some of the coin entry parts powder coated silver (as i had 5 of them) so the door has a nice shiny coin entry also.


left to do now is,1 cp side needs tmolding,the lid needs 1" tmolding round it also,its on order.i have 2 nos paddle controls on their way,just waiting for them,so i can replace the old and refit the control panels.

i have to cap the ps board to sort the reset line power problem,i have to get 4 leg levellers and i have the boards to sort out,i am sorting out a test rom and a single rom for the single rom mod,if there are any bad rams when i test them i will have to replace them.

then all that is left is the top glass.
:)

saleem:
just a small update for you.

well i got a capkit from bobroberts for the power supply and it did not correct the high reset voltage,i replaced the -5v regulator and the same,the reset voltage floats around 2.5v.

i bought a used deluxe motherboard from usa,was told it was not working,from the pic in the auction it had the cpu missing,was unsure what else.anyways,gets it today and i fit the old cpu from the other boardset i already had,it was missing the crystal so i removed that off the old one and put it on the one i got from usa and it fires up but,i get the attract screen its just it runs mighty fast and the bases at the bottom seem to be a bit broken up but,dont know if that due to the speed of the attract screen and the bases being blown up by the invaders.

i am currently gnd'g the reset line which i aint 100% happy with.

heres a pic:


probably bad ram!
:)

saleem:
a very tidgey update for you all.

sorry its been a while with this one,you know how it is,1 cab comes along then before you know it you got 3  :lol

anyways,the boards i sent to repair,they been gone a couple of weeks and the guy who is fixing them conatacted me and they are done,just got to pay for them and wait till they get to me.then i will install the boards,see what happens and update the thread and post a pic or 2,seeing as we all like to look at the pics.
:)

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