Well, it all started here:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=151557It said that he had 6 of touchscreen countertops (Megatouch 5's), all imports that just needed to be switched to 120v. It also said he had a Touchmaster(didn't state condition), and 2 JVL's a Concorde with a bad CD Drive, and a Conquest with bad monitor. That would total to 9 at $25, but deals never go as planned….
I went to go look at the 9 touchscreen games and see what I'd like to get. I get there and he counts them off and he has 16 games plus a parts machine he'd like to get rid of in one big lot. The price was lowered even cheaper, and an hour later my van was squatting the worst I'd ever seen.
Now, I have 16 countertop games and a parts machine to go through and try and sell most of. I plan to keep one or maybe 2, and I know that I have 2 potential buyers (friends) that have asked about these before. I plan to use this thread as a log of my progress.
[INSERT PICTURE OF STACKS OF COUNTERTOPS HERE]
1) Labeled Megatouch 5; As stated earlier, these were imports and I was told I needed to jumper something in order to get the Megatouch 5's working. I open this one up and I see the monitor set to 220v so I move the jumper and plug it in. I get a lit monitor that seems to scroll white bars (I'll get picture later), putting to the side for now
2) Midway Touchmaster 7000; As always with moving equipment I open this and check for anything loose, especially in an as-is purchase where I didn't even plug any in. Nothing looks loose so I go ahead and plug it in. Monitor lit, game boots and the touchscreen works! I could sell this one today!
3) JVL Concorde 2; Started out the same as above, nothing loose, looks complete. I plug it in and it starts to boot. In the middle of boot, it fails with a fault code. I turn it off and back on, it gets to a similar point and fails in boot with a the same error code. I checked the manual and the code appears to be a memory error which is fixed with a factory reset. I'll have to check it out soon.
4) Megatouch XL Gold; I plug this one in and I hear the high voltage in the monitor but nothing shows up. I walked away for a minute or two, came back and it was booted, but the monitor was pathetically dim. Touchscreen works. I had to turn the game off to get the monitor adjust board that was laying in the bottom. I cranked the brightness and contrast all the way up and I got a brighter picture that was readable, but still really dim. When I went to go back and turn it on it was locking up at different read errors. Needs a CD-Drive before I can do anything with monitor. I'm going to try and crank the flyback up some and see what I can get.
5) Megatouch XL Diamond 2?; Opened up the back to find a missing PSU for the motherboard. The monitor neck glows. When I rip open the Megatouch XL Gold to replace the CD-Drive, I will borrow the power supply and test this one in more depth, and hopefully confirm the game. Unsure where priority is on this one until I put a PSU in it.
6) Megatouch XL Platinum; Got this one fired up one the first try! Reading the CD was going very slow and I turned it off and back on and it boots 1 more time out of 5 tries. Needs a new CD-Drive, but I like the games in this one and will probably keep it. Monitor is very bright, and touchscreen is really sensitive, but it is also dirty as can be.
7) Megatouch 5; Forgot how old the Megatouch 5's were! The touchscreen wasn't very sensitive but it has 10 layers of dirt on it too. Clean this up and sell it unless I need parts to make a newer one work.
Megatouch 5; This did the same thing as the first one did, no clue what it causing the issue.
9) Megatouch 5; Booted right up after plugging in both ends of the power cord
the only problem is the touchscreen doesn't work. Will need to look into it and see if it's the controller or the touchscreen itself.
10) Megatouch 5; This did the same thing as the first one did, no clue what it causing the issue.
11) Megatouch 5; Boots, pretty clean (was in shrink wrap), touchscreen works really good
12) Megatouch 5; The touchscreen controller is missing, the monitor neck glows but the game doesn't boot. May be looking for the touchscreen controller before booting but unsure.
13) Megatouch 5; This did the same thing as the first one did, no clue what it causing the issue.
14) Megatouch 5; The monitor has no high voltage, the touchscreen is also falling off. The board works blind, along with the touchscreen.
15) Megatouch 5; This did the same thing as the first one did, no clue what it causing the issue.
16) JVL Conquest; The monitor was labeled bad, and all I got was a few seconds of high power and then it cuts out. The rest of the game appears to function (including the touchscreen)
17) PARTS; I have no clue what is going on with this one. Nothing happens when it is powered except the monitor neck glows. It was thrown in for, well parts!
So this is my findings so far, I plan to try and get CD-Drive issues taken care of first, then start to troubleshoot the other issues in order of simplicity. I feel like an idiot for buying 16 countertops but again, the right price is the right price.
I'm getting pictures today of what I got. I'll keep you posted of my progress.
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