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Title: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: rollerball on March 08, 2007, 01:21:02 am

Yeah Ok I know Im a goose...lol...Got my first jamma game Birdie try....and a jamma adapter for my konami cab...put the PCB the wrong way around in the jamma didnt I....lol...so dead PCB now I guess.....saw a little smoke and it still works but sound is gone and looks like there is no green.......any tips???Or just bin it???CHEERS

Title: Re: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on March 08, 2007, 03:24:51 am

Bin It.... You fried something on the board... It'd cost more to get repaired than to buy a new board.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Title: Re: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: SirPeale on March 08, 2007, 05:05:49 am

Maybe, maybe not.  Likely you killed the sound amp chip and the video output chip.  Look on Digikey and see how much they cost.

Title: Re: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: RayB on March 08, 2007, 09:37:55 am

JAMMA HARNESSES SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE KEY!!

We should make this a new rule when talking to noobs, right up there with the "monitors can kill you!" warnings.

(By jamma key, I refer to the one position in the connector that is supposed to have this little filled in space. It prevents people from connecting it backwards even if they try)

Title: Re: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: Unholyknight on March 08, 2007, 12:52:04 pm

Quote from: RayB on March 08, 2007, 09:37:55 am

JAMMA HARNESSES SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE KEY!!

We should make this a new rule when talking to noobs, right up there with the "monitors can kill you!" warnings.

(By jamma key, I refer to the one position in the connector that is supposed to have this little filled in space. It prevents people from connecting it backwards even if they try)

Neither one of my harnesses have the key, but they do have an arrow that denotes the board side.  I'd like to use my spare with the key, but my Jamma connector is fused with my cabinet in a way which I haven't looked into much. IE the Jamma doesnt go straight to buttons, it plugs into the cabinet at several points and then the cabinet has separate button wiring from there.

Title: Re: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: CheffoJeffo on March 08, 2007, 02:26:32 pm

Quote from: RayB on March 08, 2007, 09:37:55 am

JAMMA HARNESSES SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE KEY!!

But then how will I play my Street Fighter 2 SuperAbraCadabraPurpleRainbowEdition bootleg ?

Title: Re: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: rollerball on March 08, 2007, 02:28:57 pm

Oh well I will learn from my mistakes....not the end of the world...

Title: Re: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: RayB on March 09, 2007, 12:31:08 pm

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on March 08, 2007, 02:26:32 pm

Quote from: RayB on March 08, 2007, 09:37:55 am

JAMMA HARNESSES SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE KEY!!

But then how will I play my Street Fighter 2 SuperAbraCadabraPurpleRainbowEdition bootleg ?

Jigsaw.  ;D

Title: Re: Noob killed his PCB of birdie try??
Post by: RayB on March 09, 2007, 12:32:14 pm

By the way, I've been very lucky then... My jamma Galaga cab doesnt have a key, and I have on many occasions plugged boards in the wrong way. Never fried anything though.   ???