Maxstang
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Alright, Star Wars experts chime in on Power Supply Questions
Hey guys, as you can see by my other posts, I'm trying to get my pieced together SW working. I've worked on Atari Vectors before, but have a few questions.
Firstly, I borrowed the power brick from my Space Duel to test my test my ARII-02 board and notice that while the +5 and +12 are fine, the -5 reads as -9.7. This is without load as I didn't have the game board plugged in. None of my other games run this -02 revision of the ARII board, so I'm not used to testing the -5 circuit. I understand its for the audio. I'm wondering, is the AR board needing repair, or is my power block causing the trouble. I know the SW power block is different, but I though it was only in the AC plug arrangement (one extra for the fan). I'm leafing through the schematics now, but I though I'd post and ask if anyone knows what's up.
Hey guys, as you can see by my other posts, I'm trying to get my pieced together SW working. I've worked on Atari Vectors before, but have a few questions.
Firstly, I borrowed the power brick from my Space Duel to test my test my ARII-02 board and notice that while the +5 and +12 are fine, the -5 reads as -9.7. This is without load as I didn't have the game board plugged in. None of my other games run this -02 revision of the ARII board, so I'm not used to testing the -5 circuit. I understand its for the audio. I'm wondering, is the AR board needing repair, or is my power block causing the trouble. I know the SW power block is different, but I though it was only in the AC plug arrangement (one extra for the fan). I'm leafing through the schematics now, but I though I'd post and ask if anyone knows what's up.