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Arcade Collecting => Restorations & repair => Topic started by: urgeboy on July 22, 2011, 12:17:25 pm

Title: APB my first restore...help needed
Post by: urgeboy on July 22, 2011, 12:17:25 pm

Ok...So I already have a MAME machine, but like a crack addict, it's just not enough. So I found an APB machine on Craig's list. Everything seemed fine for a little while, I had it home and it was working. Then one minute the monitor is working fine (although a little dim) the next blank, nothing. I checked the fuse in the monitor and it seems fine. So where to go from here? I've gotten a few suggestions such as check the AC voltage on the power supply but I'm not quite sure how to do that. Comment's, ideas, anything anyone?

Title: Re: APB my first restore...help needed
Post by: urgeboy on July 22, 2011, 01:06:30 pm

ok.....after a small electrical fire I have learned what NOT to do...fried the lines going from the AC chord into the power supply in the process...

Title: Re: APB my first restore...help needed
Post by: newmanfamilyvlogs on July 22, 2011, 01:14:00 pm

There is a very thorough restoration thread here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=96915.msg1021304;topicseen#msg1021304 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=96915.msg1021304;topicseen#msg1021304)

Title: Re: APB my first restore...help needed
Post by: IG-88 on July 22, 2011, 06:14:49 pm

Check these guys out. Been a lot of help to me. They have some videos and such that might be right up your alley.

http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/ (http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/)