chuchunesme
New member
Back a couple weeks ago I won an auction that included a dead Star Wars. From the pics I could see the monitor had a wire broken off the neck board and some things were unplugged. I started with the obvious repairs on the monitor, did a full once over on the machine and plugged it in. With my breath held I flipped the switch and watched closely for signs of trouble while listening for any signs of life. All I got was a hiss from the speakers and a green dot in the center of the monitor. I decided to swap the ARII board with the one in my ROTJ but that didn't change any thing and the board from SW worked fine in ROTJ. I checked my game boards and found someone had cleaned the edge connectors but I decided to pull the entire set anyway. I removed the rear connector that links all 3 boards together, cleaned those connections and assembled the game. This time when powered on I was greeted with "The Force Will Be With You"! I was able to coin the game up and play but the monitor only displayed in a tiny strip across the center. After playing with the pots I found a blown fuse I had overlooked so I replaced it. That caused burnt components and a nice little smoke show. I contacted a member here who offered to fix it and he took it for repair. Last night I picked it up and battled traffic all the way home from his house but was rewarded with a fully working game when I installed the monitor! My biggest worry was a board issue that I wouldn't see until the monitor went in but everything looks good! A big thanks to Slackmoe for driving half way to meet me and getting my monitor rockin again! Pics to follow after I get the game back together.

