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Pick this up this Friday. Pretty decent shape. One side of the side art is missing a chunk and it could use a new CPO. Joystick is a bit loose. Monitor a some burn in it but still looks good. Knocker works! Sound was working until I got it downstairs into my basement. I'll have to troubleshoot that one later.

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I would check the fuses.

The sound board is notorious for failure. Might need a rebuild. Does speech work?

Check all voltages to make sure they are good.
 
I get no sounds at all. If I mess with the volume knob, I get a loud hum, but that is it

Check the voltages going to the sound board. Check all connections.

My guess is that it's either that or the board needs repair. If you need a speech chip they are semi-hard to find but do come up for sale. My sound board needed repair and a speech chip which I got from Quarterarcade.
 
Congrats! I love Q*Bert when it's working. :) One you get it fully up and running (notorious beasts they are for repairs), you'll have an absolute blast playing it.
 
Check the voltages going to the sound board. Check all connections.

My guess is that it's either that or the board needs repair. If you need a speech chip they are semi-hard to find but do come up for sale. My sound board needed repair and a speech chip which I got from Quarterarcade.


I have plenty of the speech chips in stock. They are not cheap but I have them if needed.
 
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wow, it has the carboard cover on the boards!

what's the serial # on it? need to start a qbert serial # repository :) mine had matching numbers thru and thru (cab, monitor, boards, etc)
 
wow, it has the carboard cover on the boards!

what's the serial # on it? need to start a qbert serial # repository :) mine had matching numbers thru and thru (cab, monitor, boards, etc)

I'll check on the numbers tonite. I took the carboard off last night so I could get at the boards to do some troubleshooting. I still have it so I may put it back once I get everything straightened out
 
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