Asteroids Deluxe - Two Problems

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My Asteroids Deluxe has two problems ,

First is a video problem , everything on the screen EXCEPT the main ship and UFOs will fade in and out to the point where you can't see them , like the asteroids and High Score , then fade back up to where you can see them again , then fade back down again , over and over . But sometimes I turn the game on and I play it for awhile and that issue never happens and the picture looks great . Now when this does happen the main ship you control and UFOs are unaffected by the rest of the image fading in and out . I thought a cap kit and replacing the xixisters would fix the problem but it didn't . Its a WGv2000 , but this seems more like a board problem to me .

Second is a sound problem . Sound was working prefect then one day it got really quiet , you have to stick your ear next to the speaker to hear anything . Moving the volume pot does nothing . Could the Audio Regulator board need to be rebuilt ? Or the Big Blue cap replaced ?
 
I had a similar problem, turned out to be the contrast pot on the monitor. It would leave the ships visible but everything else would come and go. Try just wiggling the contrast pot with your finger and see if that makes a change.

The only other thing I can think of off hand is the z circuit, but I think that would affect everything.
 
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