Asteroids voltage problem

verymotley

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Have a strange problem with the voltage going to the marquee light,dropping down to about 15 volts within about 30 seconds of turning game on. I get 120 at first but it won't hold. I'm guessing it's heat related but don't really know what to check. The problem seems to be only with the light as the monitor and everything else works. Having no light is not that big of deal but I would like to get it going if I can. Anybody have any suggestions.
 
It's likely the connectors where the light wiring enters the power brick. I don't know why they always drop to 15volts, but I had two games in the past two weeks where a 120 line only had 15volts on it. LOL Both times it was just the connector was destroyed.

Just track your two wires all the way down to where they plug in at the bottom of the game, they'll probably be part of a bigger plug. Clean those pins up really well... if it still doesn't fix it, you may have to replace the pins in that connector. You may get lucky and the wiring just plugs in seperately, makes it easier to work on just that area.
 
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