XcALiBrE
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I replaced the power board in the unit, and at least have more than a green screen i started with this time.
Previously on 'Fixing Tron':
unit was dead(except monitor would turn on). replaced a back board(whatever one that was) and it worked for a little while.(like 6 minutes). I cut it off and fired it back up and got a weird character frozen to the screen at the bottom and nothing else. well, during all the trouble shooting i unplugged the power board's connections an re-connected them(when machine was OFF) and a few times I'd get smoke coming from the power board. Immediately shut it off, checked connections and booted back up. nothing. no burning, but nothing except a green screen. Since I KNEW the power board was smoking previously, I bought an untested board on ebay(yeah, I know... I don't need to hear it). Well, It actually works so far as I can tell. all my lights work, AND I got back to a frozen screen that's no longer green. occasionally it has a character at the bottom again, and I've tried replacing the cables, and switching out ROMS on the board. Is there a way to tell if it's ROMS are working when you can't get to the test screen?
Anyone have any suggestions? I really want to get this thing working again. it's in great shape. at least an 8.5 out of 10.
Previously on 'Fixing Tron':
unit was dead(except monitor would turn on). replaced a back board(whatever one that was) and it worked for a little while.(like 6 minutes). I cut it off and fired it back up and got a weird character frozen to the screen at the bottom and nothing else. well, during all the trouble shooting i unplugged the power board's connections an re-connected them(when machine was OFF) and a few times I'd get smoke coming from the power board. Immediately shut it off, checked connections and booted back up. nothing. no burning, but nothing except a green screen. Since I KNEW the power board was smoking previously, I bought an untested board on ebay(yeah, I know... I don't need to hear it). Well, It actually works so far as I can tell. all my lights work, AND I got back to a frozen screen that's no longer green. occasionally it has a character at the bottom again, and I've tried replacing the cables, and switching out ROMS on the board. Is there a way to tell if it's ROMS are working when you can't get to the test screen?
Anyone have any suggestions? I really want to get this thing working again. it's in great shape. at least an 8.5 out of 10.
