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Speck:
Found a sister of a friend that has said they have a Pac Man cabinet in their basement. States that he thinks the PSU is bad. I am going to pick it up this weekend and see what is what, if I can repair it, wonderful. If it isn't repairable... would it be blasphemy to use the cab for mame and give away the parts I find? Or what?

I do NOT plan on damaging it in anyway. I love Pac Man too much :) Just need some advise.

MonitorGuru:
It could be a number of things...

It could be the fuses or fuse block... under $3 repair.
It could be a bad monitor ... $5 to $70 repair.
It could be a bad isolation transformer... $15 repair.
It could be a bad linear AC transformer.... $20 to $40 repair (Pac-man's can use Galaxian's ones... you need 120VAC in, and +7VAC and +14VAC output)
It could be a bad diode or capacitor or trasnistor on the pacman board to convert AC to DC.... $1 to $20 repair.


Need more info to tell for sure.


And no, dont mame it.  It *IS* the most common cabinet out there, but if the artwork is in good shape, that's worth a lot.   I'd HAPPILY trade you a pac-man that had formica on the sides and now all the artwork is destroyed (they scuffed it up to make the cement stick).... 

Stingray:

--- Quote from: Speck on April 28, 2005, 03:21:31 pm ---If it isn't repairable... would it be blasphemy to use the cab for mame

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Yes it would be, and it's repairable. You just have to figure out what it needs. ;)

A real working Pac-Man is just sooooo much cooler than a MAME cab no matter how many games it can play.

-S

Speck:
That's pretty much what I was thinking.

My plan of action will be: If the cab looks good and it is a fairly easy fix, I will repair it and cherish it. If the cab is in bad shape, I will be posting the parts here for the cost of shipping. Something I read somewhere about passing on good parts that you don't need, rang really true to me. So, we will see. Hopefully I will be able to pick it up this weekend.

Thanks!

SOAPboy:

--- Quote from: Speck on April 28, 2005, 10:53:33 pm ---That's pretty much what I was thinking.

My plan of action will be: If the cab looks good and it is a fairly easy fix, I will repair it and cherish it. If the cab is in bad shape, I will be posting the parts here for the cost of shipping. Something I read somewhere about passing on good parts that you don't need, rang really true to me. So, we will see. Hopefully I will be able to pick it up this weekend.

Thanks!

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Damnit, i knew you were a good guy..

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