Missile Command plays fine for 30 sec.

ThumB

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My MC boots up fine, then plays well for about 30 seconds, then lines accross the screen, then garble. After, if i wait like 2 hours, same thing. If I just try and reboot asap, garbage.

Is this a pwer issue?

Any help would be great.

~ThumB
 
Sounds like a heat-latent issue. But I guess you'll never get the message. :eek:
 
heat on the pcb or the AR-II? I ran the machine for around 30 hours and it was perfect....unpluged for about an hour, and then this started when I pluged it back in.

I was thinking heat as well, or voltage drop.... What should I be looking at to see if its getting too hot?
 
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BTW,
I only said to PM me because I was actually WORKING on the machine at the time and wasnt refreshing the website every 15 sec. Sorry if that came accross as demanding or something.
 
check the voltages going the pcb, when it's under load.
Had a similar issue, the 5v decided to drop on the ARII, even with factory glue on the adjustment...
 
Most likely a bad DRAM on the main board. That's the one area that seems to be affected by heat the most. But I would start with the usual suspects - check that voltages are within tolerance, clean and reseat chips and connectors, etc.
 
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