dmieczko
Active member
I recently acquired a Baby Pac, and absolutely love it. When it's first turned on, it operates correctly, but after being on for an hour or so and things are warmed up, it fails. Usually the failure shows up as the cherries bouncing across the monitor when you're supposed to be playing the videogame portion of the game, and then there's not much you can do to get it fixed other than shutting it down for a long while and letting everything settle down...
When I got the machine, the battery on the PCB was severely corroded - I cut that off, cleaned up the board to try to stop the corrosion, and replaced it with a battery socket and new rechargeable 3.6V battery. I cleaned up a few of the resistors that were on the edge of the corrosion, and all that appears to be working OK...
When the machine gets glitchy, running through the test menu shows some communication errors in both columns. Any ideas on what is happening as the machine is warming up???
Thanks,
Dave
When I got the machine, the battery on the PCB was severely corroded - I cut that off, cleaned up the board to try to stop the corrosion, and replaced it with a battery socket and new rechargeable 3.6V battery. I cleaned up a few of the resistors that were on the edge of the corrosion, and all that appears to be working OK...
When the machine gets glitchy, running through the test menu shows some communication errors in both columns. Any ideas on what is happening as the machine is warming up???
Thanks,
Dave