Alright, you all know about the Pole Position cab I got in my recent bulk deal. I'd been trying to off it as non-working for $50 and couldn't even find a single taker. Flash forward to a couple days ago when PPII working boardset comes up on the FS forum. I buy it. I figure if I can't off it, I might as well fix the damn thing and do something with it.
Well, yesterday I start poking around inside to determine if the PS was good, etc. I didn't want to plug in a good working PPII set to find out something in the cab was borked and possibly do damage to the working boardset.
Basically from the get-go I was getting a while raster screen.... that is it. Nothing else. I noted yesterday that I was only getting 4.55v at the mainboards +5 test point. I pop off and re-insert the edge connector, etc... still just a white raster screen. I also note that there is a red LED lit on the main board.
Today I am PMing back and forth with the guy selling the PPII boards and he asks if the video board LED was coming on. I had no idea there was an LED back there. So I go out to the garage and take a look. I couldn't see where the LED was on the back of the boards because there isn't much light on that side so I pull the boardset out, I spot the LED, I then put the boardset back in the cage, plug it in, fire it up to see if the video board LED comes on and it DOES... but I also hear "crash"... huh?
So i check around front and sure as shit...
NIIIIICE! Now, unfortunately, the gas pedal isn't working...something to screw around with today after work it seems.
I guess I am going to have to figure out how to run both these boards in this bad boy now. Oh yeah, and the +5 is still only running 4.55v... so I will be dropping a switcher in for the +5voltages.
Well, yesterday I start poking around inside to determine if the PS was good, etc. I didn't want to plug in a good working PPII set to find out something in the cab was borked and possibly do damage to the working boardset.
Basically from the get-go I was getting a while raster screen.... that is it. Nothing else. I noted yesterday that I was only getting 4.55v at the mainboards +5 test point. I pop off and re-insert the edge connector, etc... still just a white raster screen. I also note that there is a red LED lit on the main board.
Today I am PMing back and forth with the guy selling the PPII boards and he asks if the video board LED was coming on. I had no idea there was an LED back there. So I go out to the garage and take a look. I couldn't see where the LED was on the back of the boards because there isn't much light on that side so I pull the boardset out, I spot the LED, I then put the boardset back in the cage, plug it in, fire it up to see if the video board LED comes on and it DOES... but I also hear "crash"... huh?
So i check around front and sure as shit...
NIIIIICE! Now, unfortunately, the gas pedal isn't working...something to screw around with today after work it seems.
I guess I am going to have to figure out how to run both these boards in this bad boy now. Oh yeah, and the +5 is still only running 4.55v... so I will be dropping a switcher in for the +5voltages.

