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Asteroids Deluxe resurrection

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ChadTower:
It's true...

Could someone answer this for me?

Question:  Can I test it after unplugging all of the components from the power supply?  As in, unplug the line after the fuse going to the panel, the marquee, the monitor, the board... I remember reading that you can't test a power supply that is not under load.  What is the exact method I should be using?  I picked up a multimeter and read the instructions, so I'm good with that... but as for some of the other things I'm a bit nervous.

ChadTower:
Added a big blue cap to my BobRoberts order.   :angel:

ChadTower:
Bob cross shipped, so my cap and cap kit should be here 1/3... I'm working on this AR board now.  Maybe my soldering frustration was that the post I was trying to desolder was a bitchy one.  The other one came out not much sweat.  I have the bitchy one out now, hopefully I didn't kill the trace.

ChadTower:
AR Rebuild is done.  All caps have been replaced.  I took a break after that first cap and did about two hours of practice desoldering on a modern, junky board.  I got much better at removing things, removing tiny diodes and LEDs.  After that, the AR caps were a piece of cake.

I didn't replace the other pieces in the rebuild kit... what I THINK is the voltage regultor, a diode, and some other little square thing I'm not sure of... not yet, anyway.

ChadTower:
The RAM that the self test was toning as bad is replaced... socketed, this time.  Everything is plugged in now except the CP.  I'm going to power it up in a couple of minutes.

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