Asteroids Deluxe Dead, well, kind of dead *Update 5-31-10*
I picked up an Asteroids Deluxe, non-working, last week. Got it home and discovered it was simply a broken wire on the coin door interlock. Got it working great. Cleaned it up, added the bulbs it needed, and set it next to my Centipede. My Nephew goes to play it and tells me all he did was press player 1 start and the screen displayed some lines then went dead. I check it out and the coin counter was clicking, both player buttons flashing, and nothing on screen.
Here's what I did:
Monitor is a G05-802/805
had neck glow
spot killer led was on
test switch does nothing
cleaned contacts on edge connector
checked for broken traces, shorts, burns, etc..
checked all fuses - one on the monitor board was blown (F101)- replaced
checked +5v @ AR - was +5.5v, lowered to +5v
checked +5 @ pcb - +4.83v
re-seated all socked chips
now no more coin counter clicking and no neck glow
reflowed a few suspect solder joints on pcb
re-seated socket chips again
now coin counter clicking sometimes
no neck glow, spot killer led stil lit
I'm pretty sure that's everything. I got to play this game once when I got it working. I got the high score! It's awesome! Any ideas?
I picked up an Asteroids Deluxe, non-working, last week. Got it home and discovered it was simply a broken wire on the coin door interlock. Got it working great. Cleaned it up, added the bulbs it needed, and set it next to my Centipede. My Nephew goes to play it and tells me all he did was press player 1 start and the screen displayed some lines then went dead. I check it out and the coin counter was clicking, both player buttons flashing, and nothing on screen.
Here's what I did:
Monitor is a G05-802/805
had neck glow
spot killer led was on
test switch does nothing
cleaned contacts on edge connector
checked for broken traces, shorts, burns, etc..
checked all fuses - one on the monitor board was blown (F101)- replaced
checked +5v @ AR - was +5.5v, lowered to +5v
checked +5 @ pcb - +4.83v
re-seated all socked chips
now no more coin counter clicking and no neck glow
reflowed a few suspect solder joints on pcb
re-seated socket chips again
now coin counter clicking sometimes
no neck glow, spot killer led stil lit
I'm pretty sure that's everything. I got to play this game once when I got it working. I got the high score! It's awesome! Any ideas?
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