Arcade Collecting > Merit/JVL Touchscreen
Megatouch Aurora power up.
Peja:
Sounds good on the upgrade. I won't bother.....seems to be a good amount of games anyways. I would still like to fix the plastic piece but like you said, its cosmetic and not worth it. I will see if Merit gets back to me and if not.....I won't worry.
As for the fans, good call on the cpu. It works and is running good, but I may order another one just in case. I will probably have to order all of the parts.....I really only have 2 computer stores near me and neither have a very good selection. Heck, I usually have more parts than they do being an IT guy with a bone yard of machines. I actually think I have the small and large fan but the medium and cpu will have to be ordered. As will the power supply. Will that sparkle 270watt be enough? The current one is 300watt.
Thanks again for all of the advice you two......you guys are a huge asset to this board.
Peja
ed12:
i tend to a bit over board on powersupply's for them thing's
will always poke around for a 400 to replace a 300 etc etc
cant never go wrong with more power
but then thats just me
now if u are handy with a sodering iron ?
recap the unit,there cheap enough
re-fan it >as that is what failed<,
then do some basic tracing with a multi meter/dmm your pick
make sure your fuse is good and such >primary side< !!do not plug in!! well testing
now well under the hood look for swelled caps,u can tell these as they will look like they are about to blow up..there shot >replace<
from there your power supply might be good to go
test and give er a go
ed
smartbomb2084:
I have been buying these power supplies from Ebay.... and the price has just been lowered $10 to $37.99 with FREE Shipping... I LOVE Free Shipping....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-80-300W-Replace-ENP-2320-ENP-23-22A-Power-Supply/320619483897?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D1674672351301116779%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D320619483897%26#ht_2473wt_906
Nothing is ever easy, of course, these come with more connectors than needed but I just open them up and unsolder the unused connectors from the board. Also, the AC power jack may be turned 180 degrees from the original.. just turn the AC cord around...The AC plug is not a problem when used in ION EVO or ELITE EDGE cabinets.
Some of these have been on the route for 2 years now so they are plenty good for home use.
Peja:
--- Quote from: ed12 on October 01, 2013, 02:07:03 am ---now if u are handy with a sodering iron ?
recap the unit,there cheap enough
re-fan it >as that is what failed<,
then do some basic tracing with a multi meter/dmm your pick
make sure your fuse is good and such >primary side< !!do not plug in!! well testing
now well under the hood look for swelled caps,u can tell these as they will look like they are about to blow up..there shot >replace<
from there your power supply might be good to go
test and give er a go
ed
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The caps are definitely swollen and I have replaced hundreds of caps so that shouldn't be a problem. The fan is definitely shot as I just tried to power it up using the paper clip method and saw no movement.
Hopefully those 2 replacements fix it, however, I am not sure what to check with the multi meter or what readings I am looking for.
--- Quote from: smartbomb2084 on October 01, 2013, 07:59:47 am ---I have been buying these power supplies from Ebay.... and the price has just been lowered $10 to $37.99 with FREE Shipping... I LOVE Free Shipping....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-80-300W-Replace-ENP-2320-ENP-23-22A-Power-Supply/320619483897?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D1674672351301116779%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D320619483897%26#ht_2473wt_906
Nothing is ever easy, of course, these come with more connectors than needed but I just open them up and unsolder the unused connectors from the board. Also, the AC power jack may be turned 180 degrees from the original.. just turn the AC cord around...The AC plug is not a problem when used in ION EVO or ELITE EDGE cabinets.
Some of these have been on the route for 2 years now so they are plenty good for home use.
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If I went this route, do I really need to de-solder the other wires or can I just leave them be and tuck them away somewhere??
Thanks again for your help.....I will be ordering fans today and hopefully get them by Friday.
Peja
lilshawn:
these machines originally shipped with a sub 200 watt power supply. they were garbage.
upgraded to 350 watt ones, haven't had nearly as much issues. (just fans seizing up)
problem is mainly that the 175 or 200 or whatever...basically all power supplies, derate 10% at as little as 50 degrees celsius...these machines run that least hot. This means your 200 watt power supply is only pushing 180 watts....and your original 175 supply is only about 150 - probably less because those buggers run HOOOOOT. I opened one up one time and the main switchers heatsink was over 100 degrees celsius. I'll bet that supply only put out 75 watts by then.
a bigger supply 300 watts + won't work as hard to power the system, won't put out as much heat, and won't derate (as much) because of heat.
order from newegg or Ebay by searching "FLEX ATX Power supply". get an "80plus" rated supply, silver or gold if you can afford it. The 80plus rating means its more efficient (at least 80%) at converting the volts from the wall to usable power... 100 watts in, at least 80 watts out.
another warning....don't go all crazy and order a 1000 watt power supply. power supplies are inefficient when run way UNDER their rated load. you want about 25% overhead. any less, you actually waste power because the power supply has to work harder to regulate the tiny load on it's rails. this goes for desktop computers as well. The huge supply is expecting 35 amps of load on it's 3.3v rail and it only has 8, so the voltage fluctuates all over the place and the supply has to work extra hard to regulate that voltage cause it's basically no-load.
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