modessitt
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Well, last week my boss (who is a pinball expert but not much knowledge of arcades) went on a service call for a lady who had one of these that didn't work:
Well, he checked the wiring and power, but it wouldn't boot up. As this is all surface-mount, and I think the game was bought at Costco or something, repair was unlikely. He talked the lady into just converting the thing into a 48-in-1, which I get to do next week sometime.
Anyway, he gave me the board, and I brought it home and messed with it - not really hoping for much as it was dead on my test bench, too - when something I did got it to boot up! It seems that some of the chips on it are overheating and causing it to reset at this point. If I use cooling spray or keep a fan up close and personal, it runs just fine. Dunno if I should add some heat sinks or just put some fans on it.
So, here's my problem. This board has three games - Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, and Mario Bros (yes, I know, on a vertical cab). Well DKjr is my fave game, and I sorta like the other two, so now I'm considering changing that dedicated DKjr restore I was gonna do someday to this instead. I can still restore the cab as a DKjr, but put this board in instead.
But - I really like the idea of just a dedicated DKjr. Maybe find another Ninty cab somewhere someday and put this in there? Don't really need two cabs with DKjr in it.
Here's pics of the PCB, btw. Pretty small. Barely bigger than a 48-in-1...
Well, he checked the wiring and power, but it wouldn't boot up. As this is all surface-mount, and I think the game was bought at Costco or something, repair was unlikely. He talked the lady into just converting the thing into a 48-in-1, which I get to do next week sometime.
Anyway, he gave me the board, and I brought it home and messed with it - not really hoping for much as it was dead on my test bench, too - when something I did got it to boot up! It seems that some of the chips on it are overheating and causing it to reset at this point. If I use cooling spray or keep a fan up close and personal, it runs just fine. Dunno if I should add some heat sinks or just put some fans on it.
So, here's my problem. This board has three games - Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, and Mario Bros (yes, I know, on a vertical cab). Well DKjr is my fave game, and I sorta like the other two, so now I'm considering changing that dedicated DKjr restore I was gonna do someday to this instead. I can still restore the cab as a DKjr, but put this board in instead.
But - I really like the idea of just a dedicated DKjr. Maybe find another Ninty cab somewhere someday and put this in there? Don't really need two cabs with DKjr in it.
Here's pics of the PCB, btw. Pretty small. Barely bigger than a 48-in-1...



