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Hey Guys
I just picked up a DK upright today. I think it had been once a Popeye and then rotated vertical. The monitor adjustment sticker was in the vertical location and the cardboard bezel was trimmed and not fitted correctly.
So I got it for $175 which was a total gamble since working ones go for $350-600 on craigslist around here and I thought that this one was in decent shape all things considering. The insides were really clean actually as you can see from the shots.
Here are it's issues and I think it's all board related.
1) Sound is missing for certain bytes. Walk is there but no music and other effects. The bashing bass sound is there from DK stomping his feet. Much of the other sounds were missing.
2) mysterious death going up ladders. Invisible Barrel? (very inconsistent)
3) I also get some fuzzy repeating of graphics on screen. All of the colors are right but it's really noticable on barrels rolling and very consistent on the blue first barrel where it's falling straight down. (see gameplay pic of the blue barrel)
Needs a CAP kit as the colors seem dim to me and maybe serious adjustment cause the vertical and horizontal widths are way off as you can see from my shots. HW Coil change????
What's crazy nice is that there's little to no burn in on this thing. Oh and they put this silly alum trim on the front of it that i'll remove. I just wanted before pics. The bezel is on funny and I've never seen how they go on so I'll have to look at that manual.
The harness looks oddly wired up but it's so clean inside that I imagine that it's original. Also the lights are out. Need new bulbs!
So was this a decent find? The guy has had it in storage for like 2 years...
ANY AND ALL Help in pointing me to the things I need to fix on this. I have a chip burner that I just got but need to learn how to use it LOL. thought it might be kinda easy but I need my friend to guide me through it first.
John
I just picked up a DK upright today. I think it had been once a Popeye and then rotated vertical. The monitor adjustment sticker was in the vertical location and the cardboard bezel was trimmed and not fitted correctly.
So I got it for $175 which was a total gamble since working ones go for $350-600 on craigslist around here and I thought that this one was in decent shape all things considering. The insides were really clean actually as you can see from the shots.
Here are it's issues and I think it's all board related.
1) Sound is missing for certain bytes. Walk is there but no music and other effects. The bashing bass sound is there from DK stomping his feet. Much of the other sounds were missing.
2) mysterious death going up ladders. Invisible Barrel? (very inconsistent)
3) I also get some fuzzy repeating of graphics on screen. All of the colors are right but it's really noticable on barrels rolling and very consistent on the blue first barrel where it's falling straight down. (see gameplay pic of the blue barrel)
Needs a CAP kit as the colors seem dim to me and maybe serious adjustment cause the vertical and horizontal widths are way off as you can see from my shots. HW Coil change????
What's crazy nice is that there's little to no burn in on this thing. Oh and they put this silly alum trim on the front of it that i'll remove. I just wanted before pics. The bezel is on funny and I've never seen how they go on so I'll have to look at that manual.
The harness looks oddly wired up but it's so clean inside that I imagine that it's original. Also the lights are out. Need new bulbs!
So was this a decent find? The guy has had it in storage for like 2 years...
ANY AND ALL Help in pointing me to the things I need to fix on this. I have a chip burner that I just got but need to learn how to use it LOL. thought it might be kinda easy but I need my friend to guide me through it first.
John
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