Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Omega Race mini Restoration - *SOLD*
Paladin:
I replied in the other thread, but here's a picture of my upright:
RayB:
Thank you very much. Hopefully your wire colors will match up to mine. Any chance of a close up on that L shaped connector?
Paladin:
Try this one on for size.
RayB:
Perfect match Paladin. Thanks so much.
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1. Dare I try powering up? I've looked at everything and all is hooked up, nothing cut up, no damage, just very dirty (I vaccuumed and wiped but its the kind of dirty where moisture made dust stick to everything). Fuses are there and intact. Should I do it, even though the main board is acid damaged?
2. My start buttons are all stuck in the down position. How am I supposed to remove these? I got one off, but it involved twisting up the wires that are connected to it. That can't possibly be right... Atari cone buttons you remove by loosening up and then unscrewing the cone. I can't seem to do this with these (they are quite low-profile).
3. Bezel art: I'll be posting photos of the bezel soon. It's flaking badly. I'm debating doing a scan and printing up a new bezel, or scraping off the flakes, touching up by hand and then sealing...
4. There are little blobs of brown paint on the control panel and other areas. Just scratching at them isn't removing them. How best to remove without damaging the control panel art? I'm tempted to try Goof Off.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: RayB on April 20, 2009, 09:26:35 pm ---Perfect match Paladin. Thanks so much.
Next Steps:
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1. Dare I try powering up? I've looked at everything and all is hooked up, nothing cut up, no damage, just very dirty (I vaccuumed and wiped but its the kind of dirty where moisture made dust stick to everything). Fuses are there and intact. Should I do it, even though the main board is acid damaged?
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If you're nervous, unplug the boards from the power supply and power up with just the other stuff. That will get you voltages from the main transformer, the iso transformer, and monitor HV, without any risk to the boards.
(that is, unless it's got some of the power supply right on the main boards, which some of the old old stuff does)
For the buttons, you may need to just cut the wires and then solder them back on. It's worth doing so you can eliminate button problems when evaluating the game functionality. Eliminate as many of those little variables as possible now to make things easier later. I usually clean/rebuild the whole CP before I even go near the boardset.
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