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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: ncflagg on October 26, 2007, 03:34:45 pm

Title: Playchoice 10 No Power?
Post by: ncflagg on October 26, 2007, 03:34:45 pm

I just rejuvenated one of my Playchoice monitors and fired it up to check out my work and now the damn thing doesn't display anything (I just get lightly colored screen. I get straight black if i disconnect the video cables). I pressed game start and I hear no sound. I am getting 107V to the power supply. I tried getting a reading on +12 and +5 but did not get anything. The fuses are good.

What rating do I need from a PC power supply to run this board. (I.E. 150 Watt, 200 Watt)?

Title: Re: Playchoice 10 No Power?
Post by: cw on October 27, 2007, 10:12:04 am

you did reinstall the neck pcb right? bump anything?  disconnect the main pcb?

Title: Re: Playchoice 10 No Power?
Post by: ncflagg on October 27, 2007, 11:53:19 am

The neck pcb wouldn't affect the game sounds (plus the lower monitor is also hooked up). Yes, I disconnected/reconnected all the cables afterwards with no change.

Title: Re: Playchoice 10 No Power?
Post by: cw on October 27, 2007, 05:40:21 pm

lockout switch?.....

Title: Re: Playchoice 10 No Power?
Post by: grantspain on October 27, 2007, 06:33:25 pm

if you have 110v input to the psu but no output then unless there is a switch on the supply set to off its obviously a faulty supply,you should able to use any psu
go for 200watt

Title: Re: Playchoice 10 No Power?
Post by: ncflagg on October 29, 2007, 02:26:53 am

I took apart the power supply and tested the diodes and they all checked out so I put it all back together and it started working again....  :dunno

Title: Re: Playchoice 10 No Power?
Post by: ncflagg on October 30, 2007, 11:18:17 pm

I went into the garage this morning and turned the Playchoice on only to find two blue screens again. I decided to bring the power supply into the house for a half hour to let it warm up and try again. This time it works. Seems a little cold (it was below freezing the last couple nights) knocks out my power supply. Any ideas why this might be? Remedies?

Title: Re: Playchoice 10 No Power?
Post by: 2600 on October 31, 2007, 08:11:14 am

Replace the Caps in the Power Supply.
Maybe the Caps the PCB itself as well.
Bad solder joint in the power supply.

Also, the games aren't really designed to be run outside of a temperature controlled environment.