Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Centipede Mini Restoration
SirPeale:
I've had problems with the board since day one. I'd cleaned the legs on the ROMs before because they were heavily oxidized, but it only helped a bit.
Last night I took my soldering iron to the board and resoldered every socket on there, as well as any component that connected to ground.
Today I fired it up, and it still comes up with errors, but at least I can get it into test all the time now. Comes up with ROM errors 2 and 4.
SirPeale:
Oh hey...picture...
ChadTower:
That one has a good monitor-cab ratio. Must be top heavy.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the coin doors. ;D
Level42:
Nice work on the power brick, but shouldn't you replace the Big Blue ?
And don't you have a bit better resolution picture of the cab ? Please ? :D
SirPeale:
I'll replace it eventually. Right now it's doing it's job. Money is tight, and I've been funding cab purchases with store sales. Sales have been slow lately, so that's why there have been no updates. What it really needs is boardwork. I want to replace all the caps, but more importantly either I have a bad socket or a bad ROM.
Yes, I have a hi-res photo, but it's huge. That's why I resized it.
I've already pulled the coin door. Most of the old coating came off in one big sheet. The rust just tunneled under it. Regrettably there was a tube lock on the bottom, and it was locked with no key. I crowbared it. Didn't want to, but I wanted to get to work on it and stop screwing around.
The last of the coating didn't want to come off easily with a wire wheel, so I'm going to do some chemical persuasion next.
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