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SPACE INVADERS DELUXE: To restore or MAME?
IntruderAlert:
well you can always re-ebay the monitor
and if it raises your spirits any check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=6180350878
Stingray:
Snipped this from a disscussion on another board. Not sure if this applies to you or not, but thought I'd pass it along:
--- Quote ---I had a Midway one a few years back. Elektronforge.com rebuilt the boards and PS for me. It worked for 20 minutes and burned out the board. If you guys have a Midway version.........get your voltmeter and test of -5 Volts on the pcb!!! It needs it or it takes out board parts in a VERY short time. My wiring was dirty, and it took its toll that quicky. I am guessing thats what cooked it the first time, too.
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AlanS17:
--- Quote from: Stingray on May 18, 2005, 12:26:51 pm ---Snipped this from a disscussion on another board. Not sure if this applies to you or not, but thought I'd pass it along:
--- Quote ---I had a Midway one a few years back. Elektronforge.com rebuilt the boards and PS for me. It worked for 20 minutes and burned out the board. If you guys have a Midway version.........get your voltmeter and test of -5 Volts on the pcb!!! It needs it or it takes out board parts in a VERY short time. My wiring was dirty, and it took its toll that quicky. I am guessing thats what cooked it the first time, too.
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I can certainly check it out. I need a voltmeter, anyways. I need to see what parts of that machine are even getting power. I'm working blind.
ChadTower:
Uh, did you look at the fuses or did you actually test them for continuity? You can't test a fuse by looking at it. Ever.
Have you done the basic things yet, like tested the outputs on each of the power supply tabs? Are you even sure you're getting proper power to the PCB and monitor?
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on May 18, 2005, 12:33:41 pm ---I can certainly check it out. I need a voltmeter, anyways. I need to see what parts of that machine are even getting power. I'm working blind.
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I'm going to do some yelling now.
WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING POSTING, WITHOUT HAVING PROPER TESTING EQUIPMENT?!?
I don't want another post from you in this thread until you have - AT MINIMUM - a multimeter. They're dead cheap. Get a digital one. There's one @ Radio Shack that folds up very small, it has a continuity checker, it's like $20 I think. Chad and I have the same one.