Recent content by TheSpy

Ok, I've purchased from the Wizzes workshop the adapter board and installed. I decided to try my computer switching supply and managed to get a little more than my original problem fixed??? Well, not the screen is not a stready image as it was and makes a larger hum. The original picture of the...

Aloha everyone! I was wondering, what would I need to run this cpu board if I bought it? http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v148/The_Spy/Turtles_cpu_board.jpg I ordered my first book on cabinet making and I'm still trying to get my Spy Hunter working. I ordered that small power supply...

How would you ship something like that and how much would it run to let's say queens, ny 11106. thanks. nick

Re: Adapter board If I wanted to fix the power supply board, what would I need to buy and does the wizzes work shop sell it? I looked for a monitor cap. kit and I don't see my monitor. It's an RCA. Besides all that, I applied power to the bottom of one of those big caps and the screen went from...

Adapter board Can someone tell me what the adapter board that they sell for $5 and the power supply combo eliminate? I'm kind of hoping it get's rid of that huge power supply board and rusty old transformer? Yeah, I was screwing around and I think I blew something out? I have no video now and...

Power supply wiring How do i find out what the schematics are from the power supply -> connector/giant capacitors. I want 2 know the power chassi schematic. Thanks again. nick

Ok, I'm stll working on my Spy Hunter and I notice u can use a pc power supply for power. So I got my hands on one, except my problem is that I know where to put 2 +5v and 2 +12v. There are 4 more wires coming out of my power supply. They go to the huge capacitors on the power chassi. There...

Re: Recovery phase Dude, where can I get one of these Bob Roberts lithium battery kit? I removed mine for now, until I get a replacement. Do these games need this battery to function properly? thanks. nick

Recovery phase Dude, my apologies for my stupidity. It was a white, long cylinder and yes it is a battery. I removed it, but did notice some resistors and JW's, (jumper wires?) has some corrosion around the lead. I used my soldering iron to reheat some of those connections, looking for cold...

Round one: Completed Ok, I removed the PCB and went through all the major chips and checked the boards for cracks or cold solder joints, nothing. Took all the connectors out and cleaned. Reinstalled the pcb, tried out, same response. Will try experimenting with power supply board. Did notice...

Arcade newbie. Thank u very much for the photobucket link. Here ae some picks of my Spy Hunter, on. http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v148/The_Spy/Spy_Hunter_-_on.jpg And this is a picture of the transformer area that I checked with my voltometer. The first fuse gave me 12v, the other like...

Aloha! I just bought my first arcade that I've wanted since a child. The first Spy Hunter. It is in pretty good cabinet and controls. The dude that I bought it from said that it worked when he picked it up in Pa and not when in Ny. Says something about it maybe getting knock around a bit. I...