Segagee
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Not sure how many of you guys and gals have heard of or even like this game, but I know everyone likes hearing about the latest finds, so here is my first of 2010.
Picked this up for $40 at an auction about a week and a half ago, just bought it on a whim because I didn't want to leave my first auction empty handed. The outside of the cabinet was very dusty and missing a few cosmetic things here and there. I plugged it in at the auction and the game was booting to nothing but a garbled mess, no sound or anything. Got the game home and had to drill the lock to get it open and couldn't believe how clean it was on the inside. Aside from minor dust on the bottom and a few random coffee stirrers, the game looked pristine. On a more exciting note I found two quarters and a Sega labeled bag with the original schematics inside, one of them labeled "company confidential."
Thanks to all my previous research and great repair advice on these forums, I figured the problem was either a voltage or PCB issue at worst. Got around to removing and cleaning the PCB tonight, and found extensive corrosion and dirt buildup on the headers that connect to the power supply Molex. Cleaned these with some contact cleaner, scraped them off, threw the PCB in and the graphics were still garbled, but moving. I did have sound, and when that synthesized speech came out of the speaker it about made me jump out of my pants. Hit the reset button, added a few credits, and she came right up. Monitor is bright and crisp, no burn or anything.
After the all of the fun involved in getting my Tron up and running, I couldn't believe how easy this fix was.
Game is a cocktail by the way, so it will make for a cool talking coffee table.
Hope you guys enjoy the pics and story.
Not sure how many of you guys and gals have heard of or even like this game, but I know everyone likes hearing about the latest finds, so here is my first of 2010.
Picked this up for $40 at an auction about a week and a half ago, just bought it on a whim because I didn't want to leave my first auction empty handed. The outside of the cabinet was very dusty and missing a few cosmetic things here and there. I plugged it in at the auction and the game was booting to nothing but a garbled mess, no sound or anything. Got the game home and had to drill the lock to get it open and couldn't believe how clean it was on the inside. Aside from minor dust on the bottom and a few random coffee stirrers, the game looked pristine. On a more exciting note I found two quarters and a Sega labeled bag with the original schematics inside, one of them labeled "company confidential."
Thanks to all my previous research and great repair advice on these forums, I figured the problem was either a voltage or PCB issue at worst. Got around to removing and cleaning the PCB tonight, and found extensive corrosion and dirt buildup on the headers that connect to the power supply Molex. Cleaned these with some contact cleaner, scraped them off, threw the PCB in and the graphics were still garbled, but moving. I did have sound, and when that synthesized speech came out of the speaker it about made me jump out of my pants. Hit the reset button, added a few credits, and she came right up. Monitor is bright and crisp, no burn or anything.
After the all of the fun involved in getting my Tron up and running, I couldn't believe how easy this fix was.
Game is a cocktail by the way, so it will make for a cool talking coffee table.
Hope you guys enjoy the pics and story.
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