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Terminator 2 cab freezes sometimes: heat?
Cenobyte:
--- Quote from: itobandito on March 22, 2011, 09:37:22 am ---I have a T2 cab as well and have a similiar issue with a corner on my monitor being slightly discolored constantly. I ended up recapping the monitor and degausing it with a degaussing coil.
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I tried degaussing the monitor with an electric drill and it helped a little bit. I can't reach the edges of the monitor, so the discoloration is moved outward a bit, but unfortunately still present.
--- Quote ---As for your board issue, I beleive I had a similiar problem way back as well. I removed all rom chips, blew some compressed air in the empty sockets, inspected each chip for bent or dirty legs put everything back in and never had any issues since. I wouldn't rule out voltage issues though either. You may want to try buying a new power switcher just to rule it out as they are relatively cheap, plus you'll probably never need another one for that machine as long as you own it. Other issue could be a short in the cabs harness which would really suck.
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I pulled a couple of ic's out and cleaned the sockets and ic legs a bit and did the same with all connectors on the board and the problem seems to have vanished. I played the game almost to the end, measured voltage and got a clean and steady 5 volt on the board. I will test more extensively and will keep an eye on this.
mgb:
I've used the drill and solder gun trick before and have also found that it works ok but not always great. How about the tv repair guy you mentioned earlier, maybe you can borrow his degaussing coil.
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