cwales
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I picked up a $50 Afterburner yesterday.. The switcher wasn't putting out +5 so I swapped it out and now it goes into test mode. Everything checks out ok besides the sound and the lamps, those are both dead. When you quit test mode it's just a black screen, the game does not boot.
Looking at this image (not mine):
What is that little board with the blue caps? It says +12 on it, does that just provide +12 and can I just use the switcher for that? The old switcher did not have +12. It looks original but why not just tap the modern switcher if that is all this little board does? Anyhow this board had a blown fuse and I don't have any the correct size so I didn't just try swapping the fuse, I'll pick some up tomorrow morning... I assume that the lack of +12 has a lot to do with the lights and sound being off.
Another question I have: Here is a picture of test mode showing all the rams, ICs and roms working. Are those background blue lines normal? Seems kinda funny to me but maybe that's just how it looks.
Looking at this image (not mine):
What is that little board with the blue caps? It says +12 on it, does that just provide +12 and can I just use the switcher for that? The old switcher did not have +12. It looks original but why not just tap the modern switcher if that is all this little board does? Anyhow this board had a blown fuse and I don't have any the correct size so I didn't just try swapping the fuse, I'll pick some up tomorrow morning... I assume that the lack of +12 has a lot to do with the lights and sound being off.
Another question I have: Here is a picture of test mode showing all the rams, ICs and roms working. Are those background blue lines normal? Seems kinda funny to me but maybe that's just how it looks.
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