dead tron

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worked friday, turned on saturday..... nuthin. no light no sound dead. those familiar with trons where should i start? thanks
 
For everything to fail at once like that, it has to be something "simple"... I hope.

Have you tried it with the backdoors off and just pulling the interlocks out? I know my Tron's back door (top on) had sagged a little over the years and I had to reinforce it to get it to push the interlocks in.
 
yhea i pulled it out this morning pushed and pulled the interlocks and nothing. how do i know if the interlocks are bad?thanks
 
yhea i pulled it out this morning pushed and pulled the interlocks and nothing. how do i know if the interlocks are bad?thanks

You'll want to check the interlocks with a multi-meter. There will be two pairs of posts on the back... I don't remember the wire colors, lets just say they're black and white.

UNPLUG the cabinet first before you check them... even if it's turned off, they're still getting line voltage.

Check resistance on them at each switch, from black to black (remember, made up wire colors, I can't remember the real colors off the top of my head), and white to white.

Also check the main power switch on top of the cabinet, same way (although I think it's one wire going there). If ANY of the switches are bad, it'll keep your cabinet from doing anything other than being a really great paperweight.
 
It's weird that a working game would just crap out like that, like others said, it's probably something simple. Start at the end of the power cord and work your way in & up. Check the power cord for breaks. I picked up a completely dead game once (incidentally it was a Tron) and the power cord was all knotted up. On closer inspection, I could see that one of the wires was completely broken.

Also, on Tron the power cord is soldered directly into the power brick on the bottom, make sure none of the wires have broken off. Do you have a multimeter to check the fuses with?
 
There should be a continuity setting on your multimeter. The icon varies from model to model, but the meter should beep when you touch the two probes together. When you touch either side of the fuse with the meter, it should beep as well, indicating that electricity can flow across the fuse. If the fuse is blown, it will not beep. It's better to test the fuse by leaving it in the machine (with the machine off) and touching your probes to either side of the holder - this will insure that the fuse is good, and there is no dirt breaking the connection between the fuse and the holder.

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I found this online too; it might be helpful:
http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/2009/06/12/checking-fuses-with-a-multimeter/
 
lets hope it corroded/stessed over time and failed due to age versus something more sinister.

If the fuse popped in too easily the contacts might be worn out. if thats the case the fuse will slowly get hot and the fuse will fail again. I have seen fuses that looked 100% fine and when tested, were 100% open..


the dmm is your friend. You will be finding ti handy for all kinds o arcade related tasks.
 
the fuse definitely looked corroded all pitted and such. it went in rather easily but not too easily. i will keep a watch to see if it pops again. if so i'll be back!! thanks again!!
 
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