andrewb
Well-known member
Yeah I am in the process of pulling them out one by one..at least the top 4 pins and bottom .cause I couldn't clean them very well in the connector .. kinda tricky to get them out , I got 2 so far
No, no, no.
Cleaning the cab harness connector contacts is not needed. They are going to be fine. And it's hard to get replacements. Keep the originals.
What IS needed is a proper copper tape repair of that finger. There are threads here that cover it. You want to remove the finger on BOTH sides of the board, wrap a strip of tape around the finger, tack solder it on both sides, then tin it. Then clean off all flux with a Qtip.
If you don't do it properly, the finger will fall off, and short to ground, damaging other things. So this is an important repair.
It's 4.93
If you're only getting 4.93 on the *AR*, with the game board unplugged, that is far too low. You want it to be 6.2 with no load. It will come down to 5.0 on the game board when you plug the game board in. This is normal for Asteroids AR's. (And if you were getting 4.93 with the game board plugged in, that's still too low, as you're going to lose about half a volt in the wiring and connectors.) So your game board wasn't getting enough voltage either way with the AR set to that, even if that finger wasn't damaged (which is a separate problem.)
However you need to fix that finger first.
If you want to send the game board and AR in, I can refurb both of them properly. With warranty.



