Gun repair?

8bitnintendo

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I have a few Area 51's and a House of the Dead that has gun problems on at least one of the guns for each machine. The problem is either:

1. When you fire the gun it just makes the reload sound but can't shoot anything on screen.

or

2. Does not have any response at all, not shooting, or reloading.

Now I know there are replacement sensors on Ebay, can this fix my problem. Is it a hard fix?
 
Before you go buying a bunch of PCBs, try these first:

1) make sure your monitor is CLEAN.

2) make sure your glass CLEAN.

3) make sure your gun lens is CLEAN.

4) examine the gun PCB for obvious faults. A common one is broken solder joints, or even the sensor will break off one of the leads.
 
Just want to second Peale's advice. I bought a mechanized attack in which the second gun would fire but not register on the screen. I took it apart and found that the sensor leads got crossed shorting it out. A simple twist with a pair of needlenose and it works great now.
 
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