Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Asteroids Restoration -- Hardware 100% / Starting Cab work...
mcfreak:
Finally got some time to continue this project. I got everything back in the cabinet and I had a couple of lines in test mode that were "Chain link fence looking". I re-seated each chip and cleaned their legs with an eraser. Now when I power it up I just get two dots about an inch apart from each other in the center of the screen and they just cycle back and forth. The reset button does nothing and the diag switch doesn't change anything. I've taken each chip back out and reseated again with no result.
Has anyone seen two cycling dots on an Asteroids?
Level42:
I wish I had an Asteroids but you could try ask at the KLOV forum or the Vector list (http://www.vectorlist.org/)
Also try to search for Asteroids trouble shooting manuals and documents about the monitor...
RetroACTIVE:
--- Quote from: mcfreak on March 04, 2008, 07:32:29 pm ---Finally got some time to continue this project. I got everything back in the cabinet and I had a couple of lines in test mode that were "Chain link fence looking". I re-seated each chip and cleaned their legs with an eraser. Now when I power it up I just get two dots about an inch apart from each other in the center of the screen and they just cycle back and forth. The reset button does nothing and the diag switch doesn't change anything. I've taken each chip back out and reseated again with no result.
Has anyone seen two cycling dots on an Asteroids?
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Interesting... my asteroids has a couple of small dot problems... there is 1 very faint dot to the left of center and another up near the P1 score... they are not there during self test but are during game play.. also they don't appear immediately... it seems to take a little 'warm up' time before they start showing up... I've not tried to correct the problem with cleaning or re-seating though.
ChadTower:
Awesome to see the progress on this. You'd probably get more readers if it were in the Projects forum.
You definitely got what we call an Auction Grab Bag.... someone threw a bunch of stuff into a beater cab to make it look complete. I don't know that I agree with it being a scam, though, since you do have the opportunity to look at the thing for as long as you want during the viewing period.
Cutting the top off the cab off is definitely for moving purposes. Short doorway, vehicle that doesn't quite fit it, etc.
mcfreak:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 11, 2008, 10:01:18 am ---
Awesome to see the progress on this. You'd probably get more readers if it were in the Projects forum.
You definitely got what we call an Auction Grab Bag.... someone threw a bunch of stuff into a beater cab to make it look complete. I don't know that I agree with it being a scam, though, since you do have the opportunity to look at the thing for as long as you want during the viewing period.
Cutting the top off the cab off is definitely for moving purposes. Short doorway, vehicle that doesn't quite fit it, etc.
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It was originally there but was moved because of the technical discussion (or that was the excuse I got)...
All electronics are fully functional again so back to the cabinet restoration.
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