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my 5 year saga to get my arcade machine working! help!
bkenobi:
You've got enough lose wires in there from the looks of it that you probably have a short.
BilldaCat:
Ok.. so since the inside of the cabinet is a utter mess, am I better off ordering the new materials (jpac, arcadevga) and rewiring the whole thing at this point? or is this salvageable? considering the mess I've made of the wiring block and such ..
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bkenobi:
One thing you could start with is just putting electric tape on all lose wires that have metal exposed. That will keep you from shorting anything while you are testing. I wouldn't start buying stuff until you know what's bad. You may find it's all junk (or it's all junk now ;) ), but at least you can make sure before dropping the change.
DashRendar:
It's salvageable. You might want to use some cable management to keep the wires from shorting out though.
Any exposed wires should be covered, so the exposed metal wires can't touch any other exposed metal wires and short out the connection.
Don't be afraid to use some zip ties to get that snarled mess under control.
When you tripped your circuit breaker, you may have had the machine plugged into an ungrounded outlet, or the power load may have been too much for that circuit. Or, as mentioned before, it could be a short.
When you plugged your PC in, I assume/hope you had the power off to everything?
Turnarcades:
--- Quote from: BilldaCat on October 06, 2009, 02:40:05 pm ---Ok.. so since the inside of the cabinet is a utter mess, am I better off ordering the new materials (jpac, arcadevga) and rewiring the whole thing at this point? or is this salvageable? considering the mess I've made of the wiring block and such ..
blahhhhhhhhhhh
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My theory is always that prevention is better than cure, so with that in mind, I'd never feel comfortable messing with someone else's wiring job and old components. If you can afford it, I'd rip the lot out and start again - once things go tits up like they already have, it never quite feels the same again as you'll be playng away and wondering if it's all just gonna pack up and die.
It's a bit like owning an iffy second-hand car. If it breaks down you can fix things, but in the long run it will always play on your mind about the last breakdown and you'll never feel as confident about it again.
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