Arachnid 5000 English Darts - Repair help?

darthphunk

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Hey... hope someone here can help out.

I found one of these on Craigslist I was thinking of picking up. It's listed at $30.

The description says, "Use to work but now it turns on but wont count the dart.Comes with darts, manual and it looks like another mother board or something."

Is this worth getting? Could it be something simple like a stuck dart tip? What's the worst case scenario as far as what I would expect to pay for parts?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!
 
5000 series is positively ancient history. Might have a stuck dart tip, but then again, these have crappy power supplies too.

Tech support at Arachnid is drying up and this is all they have now:

http://www.arachnidinc.com/support/5000/

Thanks for the link.

Would a bad PS cause the sensors not to work? The guy says it does power on, just doesn't see darts when struck. If it's the PS... would a 6000 series PS work in there?

It would be neat to have an arcade style dartboard... but I am not going to go out of my way to get a more modern one. They rarely pop up around here so I thought I might grab it.

I guess I am wondering if $30 is too much to spend on something that I can't get parts for.

Thoughts?
 
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