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Need help on an auction purchase!
« on: October 23, 2020, 01:46:12 pm »
I recently purchased this arcade system at an estate auction.  It work (turns on, boots up), but the joystick controls do not work.  I opened the controls up and I noticed that one of the wires is burned, coming off the computer (Blue Elf 2008 v 1.0) to the controls.

Should I replace the Blue Elf unit with a more up-to-date system or just replace the wire harness?  What is the best solution?

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Re: Need help on an auction purchase!
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2020, 12:08:14 am »
I am not familiar with a Blue Elf, But a burned wire is obviously a bad thing, I would seriously  map out those controls just to be sure they are correct, but thinking you got a amperage problem, and personally would replace that with a switcher.