taylormadelv
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I am the proud owner of an Asteroids Deluxe CABARET! That's the good. The bad...well I can't get the game to fire up.
It is complete and looks like it was recently serviced, the main board looks perfect and I have tons of AR's, so that no big deal.
When I used the original power brick, I saw that fuse "F3" was blown, replaced it and then I would get the red led on the main board but when I took a meter to the AR, I couldn't get any readings on at least 1 or 2 on the voltage test leads. So I have lots of Atari power bricks, mostly from color vector games and I can see that the 15 pin molex connectors have a different set of pins, pins 8 & 13 are FEMALE on the cabaret and the bricks I have do not match.
Can I hack together a working brick or do I HAVE to have a "real" AD cabaret brick?
Can I fix the original brick somehow? It just looks real complicated because the 15 pin molex is directly connected to the transformer block and I'm not sure how to move stuff from a good brick to the bad brick. Or can I hack the 15 pin molex or will the voltages/pinout be different in a B&W verses a color vector brick?
I have read a few threads on this but I can't find a definitive answer.
Thanks in advance!
It is complete and looks like it was recently serviced, the main board looks perfect and I have tons of AR's, so that no big deal.
When I used the original power brick, I saw that fuse "F3" was blown, replaced it and then I would get the red led on the main board but when I took a meter to the AR, I couldn't get any readings on at least 1 or 2 on the voltage test leads. So I have lots of Atari power bricks, mostly from color vector games and I can see that the 15 pin molex connectors have a different set of pins, pins 8 & 13 are FEMALE on the cabaret and the bricks I have do not match.
Can I hack together a working brick or do I HAVE to have a "real" AD cabaret brick?
Can I fix the original brick somehow? It just looks real complicated because the 15 pin molex is directly connected to the transformer block and I'm not sure how to move stuff from a good brick to the bad brick. Or can I hack the 15 pin molex or will the voltages/pinout be different in a B&W verses a color vector brick?
I have read a few threads on this but I can't find a definitive answer.
Thanks in advance!
