Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Asteroids Deluxe resurrection
ChadTower:
I have it now... what's the first things I check? I'm new to the whole electric diagnosis thing...
Witchboard:
If you end up needing a power supply, drop a line to Todd at TNT Amusements. I got my DK power supply from him for about half price for what one was going on eBay for including the shipping. Here's his website.
DarkKobold:
Ok whoa, slow down Killer. The power supply of an asteroids/deluxe never "dies"
First off, the power supply only consists of 4 main things - The atari "Big blue" cap, the isolation transformer, the bridge rectifier, and the fuses.
You are going to need a multimeter to start fixing. First: Check all fuses on the power supply for connectivity (i.e. 0 ohms)
Second, unplug the main board - check both DC voltage and AC voltage on the 10.3V and 5V sections.
Third, the ISO transformer NEVER dies. don't bother trying to replace the powersupply. I will write more later if you haven't been overwhelmed.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: DarkKobold on October 18, 2004, 10:03:54 am ---Ok whoa, slow down Killer. The power supply of an asteroids/deluxe never "dies"
First off, the power supply only consists of 4 main things - The atari "Big blue" cap, the isolation transformer, the bridge rectifier, and the fuses.
You are going to need a multimeter to start fixing. First: Check all fuses on the power supply for connectivity (i.e. 0 ohms)
Second, unplug the main board - check both DC voltage and AC voltage on the 10.3V and 5V sections.
Third, the ISO transformer NEVER dies. don't bother trying to replace the powersupply. I will write more later if you haven't been overwhelmed.
--- End quote ---
Excellent... I haven't learned to use a multimeter yet. Now is a good time. Is there a decent, inexpensive model you can recommend? I'm going to be making a good amount of use of it as I also have a Tank II I need to resurrect.
RayB:
Chad,
Full instructions on what to check are already posted in this thread. How about re-reading the posts?
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