Frax
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Got a SWEET Gyruss cocktail....and almost killed myself. :|
Okay, so I responded to a craigslist ad for this Gyruss cocktail for 250. Sweet! I've been wanting a Gyruss for a while, but all the uprights showing up in D/FW area are 2 hours away and I don't want to pay what they're asking and it's a big ol cabinet, which is why I got rid of my other arcade games for pinball machines.
Fantastic, so it's a cocktail. Guy says it's been restored a few years ago, pic on CL looks *awesome*.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/vgm/3053570548.html
AD's still up for now...
I call him yesterday, I go over and pick it up tonight. It's on rollers, +1 awesome, I have hardwood parquet floors. He turns it on, powers right up, +1 awesome. The monitor comes on, and I about shat myself because it's even nicer than the monitor that was in that Galaga I picked up and sold a few months ago, +1000000 AWESOME. I pay and drive off fast.
Get it home, only issue is that the machine won't power on without being open. Look at it for about 10 seconds, door isn't making full contact with the interlock. Bend the bracket over a bit, problem solved. Check coin mechs, they both work. Go to pull up the boards to see how they look...*clink*
"What was that? Oh well."
Remove the edge connector, pull the boards up, yep, they're clean. Let's see, there's a pot for the volume and no dip switches. Damn, guess that means Gyruss has no free play. Time to get some quarters for the change machine I got for 10$ at auction the other week...
Close up the machine, play a few games, kids wake up and want to play. Goobs. Alright. Let them play a few games and... "Daddy! It's not working!" "Crap, really?" Open it up, edge connector is loose because I didn't push the boards all the way back into the holder. Idiot! Push it back down. Game comes on. Kids play a few more, go to bed. I notice that there's a loose wire in the bottom of the cabinet.
Now...mind you, the interlocks are both in OFF position at this point. I haven't pulled them out to give the cab power. Obviously this wire's right by this big chunky metal fan, that's what it goes to. I tug on the loose wire to pull it up and examine it, it brushes the fan grille and
ZZZZAAAAAP *SPARKS FLY EVERYWHERE* *SMELL OF BURNT HAIR*. "FUUUUUUUUUU....."
Okay, that was bad. Okay....looking at where it arc'ed, I notice some ground braid screwed into the screws mounting the fan...at least we know where all the voltage ended up. That's good. I'm just gonna check the fuses and see if I blew one of them. *reach* ZAAAAAAP "OW!! @#)%&@)! " That was bad.
Unplug the machine. Check the fuses, both are fine. Game will not come on fully. Board will not boot. Take the edge connector off so I can lift the board out of the cabinet. *clink* "Okay, wtf was that?" This time I see something actually drop, I pick it up...it's a pin from the connector. That's what fell out earlier as well, I'm guessing.
So now here's my dilmena. I've got this beautiful Gyruss cocktail, with a beautiful monitor, and pins falling out of an edge connector. I've got a crimper, where the heck do I get the pins and how do I fix this edge connector so that I can get back to playing this pretty table that I now own?
*Edit* I already fixed the loose wire. The fan works now, greatly.

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr
Video: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39867093@N06/7185598267/
Okay, so I responded to a craigslist ad for this Gyruss cocktail for 250. Sweet! I've been wanting a Gyruss for a while, but all the uprights showing up in D/FW area are 2 hours away and I don't want to pay what they're asking and it's a big ol cabinet, which is why I got rid of my other arcade games for pinball machines.
Fantastic, so it's a cocktail. Guy says it's been restored a few years ago, pic on CL looks *awesome*.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/vgm/3053570548.html
AD's still up for now...
I call him yesterday, I go over and pick it up tonight. It's on rollers, +1 awesome, I have hardwood parquet floors. He turns it on, powers right up, +1 awesome. The monitor comes on, and I about shat myself because it's even nicer than the monitor that was in that Galaga I picked up and sold a few months ago, +1000000 AWESOME. I pay and drive off fast.
Get it home, only issue is that the machine won't power on without being open. Look at it for about 10 seconds, door isn't making full contact with the interlock. Bend the bracket over a bit, problem solved. Check coin mechs, they both work. Go to pull up the boards to see how they look...*clink*
"What was that? Oh well."
Remove the edge connector, pull the boards up, yep, they're clean. Let's see, there's a pot for the volume and no dip switches. Damn, guess that means Gyruss has no free play. Time to get some quarters for the change machine I got for 10$ at auction the other week...
Close up the machine, play a few games, kids wake up and want to play. Goobs. Alright. Let them play a few games and... "Daddy! It's not working!" "Crap, really?" Open it up, edge connector is loose because I didn't push the boards all the way back into the holder. Idiot! Push it back down. Game comes on. Kids play a few more, go to bed. I notice that there's a loose wire in the bottom of the cabinet.
Now...mind you, the interlocks are both in OFF position at this point. I haven't pulled them out to give the cab power. Obviously this wire's right by this big chunky metal fan, that's what it goes to. I tug on the loose wire to pull it up and examine it, it brushes the fan grille and
ZZZZAAAAAP *SPARKS FLY EVERYWHERE* *SMELL OF BURNT HAIR*. "FUUUUUUUUUU....."
Okay, that was bad. Okay....looking at where it arc'ed, I notice some ground braid screwed into the screws mounting the fan...at least we know where all the voltage ended up. That's good. I'm just gonna check the fuses and see if I blew one of them. *reach* ZAAAAAAP "OW!! @#)%&@)! " That was bad.
Unplug the machine. Check the fuses, both are fine. Game will not come on fully. Board will not boot. Take the edge connector off so I can lift the board out of the cabinet. *clink* "Okay, wtf was that?" This time I see something actually drop, I pick it up...it's a pin from the connector. That's what fell out earlier as well, I'm guessing.
So now here's my dilmena. I've got this beautiful Gyruss cocktail, with a beautiful monitor, and pins falling out of an edge connector. I've got a crimper, where the heck do I get the pins and how do I fix this edge connector so that I can get back to playing this pretty table that I now own?
*Edit* I already fixed the loose wire. The fan works now, greatly.

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr

Untitled by Fraxcat, on Flickr
Video: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39867093@N06/7185598267/
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