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So I got this machine a long time ago (2+years) in a warehouse raid. It was marked dead with bad monitor. I plugged it in the day I brought it back to my buddys. It was dead on arrival. We placed it in the back of the garage and left it for 7 months.. Pulled it out in the spring and plugged it in and it worked okay however the pcb was only displaying the blue sky, green road, and text.

My buddy Purchased a working pcb from quarter arcade and the game was alive again. I played it for about 30 minutes then stuck it in storage. I recently pulled it out some months ago and it was dead and non working again. i did some minor trouble shooting and cleaned up the fuse holder and replaced some corroded fuses. it powered right up and started working flawlessly. I unplugged it and left it off.

Now fast forward to 3 days ago. I plugged it back in and played it for 30 minutes straight. I was on my 4th quarter and almost to level 32. Then kapow, blue screen flashed. Then all I could see is green grass (jagged dark green roadway), and blue sky, and of course the text. The new pcb did the exact same thing it was doing when I first fired it up some years ago. the switching power supply was just replaced right after the issue with a brand new one as i didnt trust the old one.

Anyone have any ideas? I have a picture to post soon.
 
So I got this machine a long time ago (2+years) in a warehouse raid. It was marked dead with bad monitor. I plugged it in the day I brought it back to my buddys. It was dead on arrival. We placed it in the back of the garage and left it for 7 months.. Pulled it out in the spring and plugged it in and it worked okay however the pcb was only displaying the blue sky, green road, and text.

My buddy Purchased a working pcb from quarter arcade and the game was alive again. I played it for about 30 minutes then stuck it in storage. I recently pulled it out some months ago and it was dead and non working again. i did some minor trouble shooting and cleaned up the fuse holder and replaced some corroded fuses. it powered right up and started working flawlessly. I unplugged it and left it off.

Now fast forward to 3 days ago. I plugged it back in and played it for 30 minutes straight. I was on my 4th quarter and almost to level 32. Then kapow, blue screen flashed. Then all I could see is green grass (jagged dark green roadway), and blue sky, and of course the text. The new pcb did the exact same thing it was doing when I first fired it up some years ago. the switching power supply was just replaced right after the issue with a brand new one as i didnt trust the old one.

Anyone have any ideas? I have a picture to post soon.

Start with the Power Supply. Make sure your voltages are correct.
 
so is the pcb F$%cked and needing repair or would the low voltages from the power supply cause this issue?
 
so is the pcb F$%cked and needing repair or would the low voltages from the power supply cause this issue?

You won't know the status of the PCB until you can verify the status of the power supply. Wrong or missing voltages on a power supply can cause all sorts of weird problems.
 
voltages from the switcher are correct. as stated before its a brand new switcher so I had faith they were right. Now I am at a loss. the lower left led is light up on the board but the one towards the top right is not lit. Im puzzled.
 
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