Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Asteroids Deluxe resurrection
DarkKobold:
Yeah, I think that has been said now.... 3 times?
Second, you can really fry stuff if you don't plug everything in properly. The fact that you went from getting something to getting nothing scares me.
The light on the monitor is called the "spot killer" when it is on, that is bad news. You may or may not get a bright white dot in the center of the screen. That dot causes monitor problems if left on too long, i.e. strain on the deflection beam.
Make sure that EVERYTHING is unplugged, first.
You really need to check the voltages on the power supply, then on the AR, and finally, if that is ok, you can plug the main board in.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: DarkKobold on October 22, 2004, 02:13:00 am ---Second, you can really fry stuff if you don't plug everything in properly. The fact that you went from getting something to getting nothing scares me.
The light on the monitor is called the "spot killer" when it is on, that is bad news. You may or may not get a bright white dot in the center of the screen. That dot causes monitor problems if left on too long, i.e. strain on the deflection beam.
Make sure that EVERYTHING is unplugged, first.
You really need to check the voltages on the power supply, then on the AR, and finally, if that is ok, you can plug the main board in.
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The EPROMs are reseated properly, I'm sure of that. I was very methodical in taking them out evenly and with the least amount of force possible, and in putting them back in firmly but gently. I've done that many times on other types of equipment. None of them showed any corrosion of any kind.
Are we talking about the same light in the tube? The light I'm talking about is in the neck of the tube, like it's trying to come to life it doesn't have the juice. I don't know if that was because it was just going to take a while because of bad caps or not since I wasn't going to leave it on very long in that state.
I'm going to Radio Shack to get a multimeter today.
froggerman:
I think the "light in the tube" you are referring to is the picture tube heater filament.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: froggerman on October 22, 2004, 03:24:03 pm ---I think the "light in the tube" you are referring to is the picture tube heater filament.
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Yeah, that's something along the lines of what I'm thinking.
DarkKobold:
Chad, it takes a moment for the tube to warm up. You need to watch to see if the red LED on the monitor board lights up. That is the spot killer.
First get your board working, that is #1.
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