OP
OP
Ok, well I tried it tonight.
Same result.
- Plays blind
- Neck glow
- 1 red LED lit on PCB
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Ok, well I tried it tonight.
Same result.
jackflack
Active member
Did you check and adjust your 5vdc on the AR Board with a digital multimeter ?
Ok, well I tried it tonight.
Same result.
Sigh. So reflowing bad-looking solder spots on the chassis is the next logical step?
- Plays blind
- Neck glow
- 1 red LED lit on PCB
Yeah but if you are going to pull the chassis out to do that you might as well throw a cap kit in there while you are at it. They cost like $10 I think.
OP
OP
Y'all are giving me waaaayyyy too much credit.
I'm not even sure what the AR board is.
Is the adjustment made with some sort of potentiometer-type-thing?
I need to find a FAQ on all this stuff.
Y'all are giving me waaaayyyy too much credit.
I'm not even sure what the AR board is.
Is the adjustment made with some sort of potentiometer-type-thing?
I need to find a FAQ on all this stuff.
Have you tried banging on the thermo-coupler?
You know it's all about the flux capacitor, right?
OP
OP
Ya know what? I did just recently flush the antifreeze out of it... You think that's what the problem is?
I wouldn't have mentioned that, personally.
If he messes up the flux capacitor he could go backwards in time.
Besides, I've yet to order a cap kit that came with one of these.
Change the muffler bearings in it.
Andrew
Andrew
I wouldn't have mentioned that, personally.
If he messes up the flux capacitor he could go backwards in time.
Besides, I've yet to order a cap kit that came with one of these.
Maybe he could take it far enough back to where it's actually working.
Might be late to the party but this is a good guide to have on hand while working on and learning about an Asteroids.
http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/asteroidtech/asteroidsrepair.html
http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/asteroidtech/asteroidsrepair.html
D_Harris
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Won't work. Those flux capacitors require 1.21 Gigawatts to operate and I don't think that he has a power supply that puts that out.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
OP
OP
You're thinking of the old-school FCs that were around when this Asteroids was only a few years old. The newer B&D 12V ones can power it with fusioned compost.
Thanks for that link, TG!
D_Harris
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My bad. I forgot about the Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor. Beer and banana peels and you're set to go.
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I think it's time . . .
Time to learn. If you read the manual through, and learn what the parts are all this advice will finally make sense.
1. Look at pics on the net and determine what monitor is in you cab - read about that type of monitor
There are 3 monitors it can be in an upright Asteroids
2. If you are getting the correct voltages then the problem is something else
3. If the Game PCB is known to be working, then it virtually must be one of the chassis boards.
I am always inclined to swap boards until it works.
Try to narrow the problem down this way. Ask people with the same monitor to lend you their board etc.
Have a repair party, that's how I got my SW going the first time
Time to learn. If you read the manual through, and learn what the parts are all this advice will finally make sense.
1. Look at pics on the net and determine what monitor is in you cab - read about that type of monitor
There are 3 monitors it can be in an upright Asteroids
- G05-801
- WG19V2000
- G05-802 or 805
2. If you are getting the correct voltages then the problem is something else
3. If the Game PCB is known to be working, then it virtually must be one of the chassis boards.
I am always inclined to swap boards until it works.
Try to narrow the problem down this way. Ask people with the same monitor to lend you their board etc.
Have a repair party, that's how I got my SW going the first time
OP
OP
Thanks, man. I know it's a G05... Will have to check when I get home to see which one.
Brien - do you have a working monitor I can try throwing into it? And/or, would the one in my Asteroids Deluxe work?
mrazy1
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There are three boards. You have the HV Cage(suction cup to tube), the Regulator board (big blues cap) and the XY board(big heat sync with Four transistor on it)
