ArcadeCited
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I am having multiple issues with my Hydro Thunder, first off, occasionally when turning on the machine, the game refuses to boot, and gives me 6 beeps, after some research it tells me that 6 beeps means the Diego board is having issues and the computer can't reach it.
If it does boot successfully, the controls are intermittent, the controls will freeze then reset during gameplay, sometimes it will freeze when the machine is doing nothing, when inserting a quarter, there is a small chance that it will hiccup and stop giving me credits no matter how many coins I inserting, eventually it will work again...
I have checked the fuses, and have replaced all of the fuses with the correct types, and still, it continues to have issues.
This tells me that this is a Diego board issue, all signs lead to it. The problem is, what do I do now? Does anybody repair these boards, or am I screwed? I am not looking to buy a whole new board for $100 when it is probably an easy repair for someone. All the chips look surface mount and I am not good with surface mount chips, and I don't think a soldering iron would work very well.
Any suggestions?
If it does boot successfully, the controls are intermittent, the controls will freeze then reset during gameplay, sometimes it will freeze when the machine is doing nothing, when inserting a quarter, there is a small chance that it will hiccup and stop giving me credits no matter how many coins I inserting, eventually it will work again...
I have checked the fuses, and have replaced all of the fuses with the correct types, and still, it continues to have issues.
This tells me that this is a Diego board issue, all signs lead to it. The problem is, what do I do now? Does anybody repair these boards, or am I screwed? I am not looking to buy a whole new board for $100 when it is probably an easy repair for someone. All the chips look surface mount and I am not good with surface mount chips, and I don't think a soldering iron would work very well.
Any suggestions?
