Jakobud
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Got a Star Wars for $60 at Garage Sale. Can you help me bring it to life?
My cousin scored a Star Wars cabinet today at a garage sale for $60. The lady selling it didn't know much about it. She said that she thought a bunch of stuff was missing from it, like the PCBs for example, but I could clearly see that they were there (but I didn't say anything...). I'm not sure if there is anything else missing from it. Take a look at the following pictures of it:
http://imgur.com/a/sPAQ1#0
Can anyone tell me if everything is there? Does it appear to be complete? There were several cable connections that were disconnected. It wasn't difficult to figure out where they go.
There was this one cable that appeared to be some sort of coiled cord that wrapped around the monitor and the end of the cable had a molex connector that I could not see where it went. There didn't appear to be anyplace that it fit. Here is that cable:
http://imgur.com/jk57w,8pmoB,UpKSh,xDeua,8FfHb,JsQyF,SAF0W,Ppubm,pkS5Q,7Vdle,uuu9n,yLSoz#2
You can see that it wraps up around the monitor. I dunno if this is some sort of cable for degaussing the monitor or what...
Everything is pretty dirty and dusty and it needs a cleaning.
The monitor suction cup thing (I can't remember the name of it, but I know its dangerous to mess with) was disconnected. Also the white round connector that connected directly to the back of the monitor was disconnected. We went ahead and connected both of these. Regarding the suction cup thing, we just snapped it into place... I have a feeling that something else needs to be done to that thing to get it installed right? I dunno...
We went ahead and fired it up just to see if it would work at all. We got the familiar buzz and hum. There was a recurring, cycling hum that seemed to get louder and faster over the period of 60 seconds or so... not sure if that was the fan below the PCB speeding up or what. I know it's probably super dusty. We did not get any image on the screen. No flicker or anything. I could hear some static when adjusting the volume but no music or sound effects. Messed around with the dip switch (and some other switch) in the coin door but it didn't do anything.
So my questions:
1. Was $60 a good deal (even if it takes a small amount of investment to get it running good)?
2. According to the pictures, does the cabinet appear complete? If not, what is missing and do you have any links to part numbers that we need to get?
3. Judging from my description of turning on the game, can anyone point us in any direction on what could be wrong with it?
4. Does anyone have links to PDFs for the original game manual w/ schematics and other information?
Thanks, everyone!
My cousin scored a Star Wars cabinet today at a garage sale for $60. The lady selling it didn't know much about it. She said that she thought a bunch of stuff was missing from it, like the PCBs for example, but I could clearly see that they were there (but I didn't say anything...). I'm not sure if there is anything else missing from it. Take a look at the following pictures of it:
http://imgur.com/a/sPAQ1#0
Can anyone tell me if everything is there? Does it appear to be complete? There were several cable connections that were disconnected. It wasn't difficult to figure out where they go.
There was this one cable that appeared to be some sort of coiled cord that wrapped around the monitor and the end of the cable had a molex connector that I could not see where it went. There didn't appear to be anyplace that it fit. Here is that cable:
http://imgur.com/jk57w,8pmoB,UpKSh,xDeua,8FfHb,JsQyF,SAF0W,Ppubm,pkS5Q,7Vdle,uuu9n,yLSoz#2
You can see that it wraps up around the monitor. I dunno if this is some sort of cable for degaussing the monitor or what...
Everything is pretty dirty and dusty and it needs a cleaning.
The monitor suction cup thing (I can't remember the name of it, but I know its dangerous to mess with) was disconnected. Also the white round connector that connected directly to the back of the monitor was disconnected. We went ahead and connected both of these. Regarding the suction cup thing, we just snapped it into place... I have a feeling that something else needs to be done to that thing to get it installed right? I dunno...
We went ahead and fired it up just to see if it would work at all. We got the familiar buzz and hum. There was a recurring, cycling hum that seemed to get louder and faster over the period of 60 seconds or so... not sure if that was the fan below the PCB speeding up or what. I know it's probably super dusty. We did not get any image on the screen. No flicker or anything. I could hear some static when adjusting the volume but no music or sound effects. Messed around with the dip switch (and some other switch) in the coin door but it didn't do anything.
So my questions:
1. Was $60 a good deal (even if it takes a small amount of investment to get it running good)?
2. According to the pictures, does the cabinet appear complete? If not, what is missing and do you have any links to part numbers that we need to get?
3. Judging from my description of turning on the game, can anyone point us in any direction on what could be wrong with it?
4. Does anyone have links to PDFs for the original game manual w/ schematics and other information?
Thanks, everyone!



