Area 51 question

sidgoop

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I came into the possession of an Area 51 board and drive. I hooked it up to my jamma test rig, and all I get is a green screen. The green status light on the main board stays lit, the green one on the attached daughterboard blinks steady, and the hard drive sounds like it's working - the yellow status light flashes almost as regularly as the green one on the daughterboard. I've checked voltages, re-seated all the chips that could be re-sat. I don't have any spare speakers, so I can't really say for sure if there's audio or not. Can anybody give me a nudge in a particular direction for my next step? Much thanks in advance!
 
going by the manual, it says

if only a colored screen appears - 1. attempt to run a complete memory test in the self test. 2. Replace the ROM if a ROM failure is reported in the self test


yellow flashing on drive means normal, continuous on and off is bad,
blinking green is ROM failure
 
Thanks for the heads-up! I'm gonna have to track down the manual for it. I was also looking on ebay at the Area 51/Maximum force combo with the roms and compact flash drive package.
 
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