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Mysterious Asteroids Deluxe "deterioration"
Hey everyone. I have a problem on my Asteroids Deluxe which I've been unable to figure out: the machine's condition seems to be rapidly deteriorating by itself.
When I first got the machine, it had a slight monitor issue which I then was able to get working again. The machine was then in pretty perfect condition, and I was able to play it without trouble.
After shutting it down overnight and rebooting the next morning, the machine said that it had a ROM error in R2 and could not play. I figured that it was accurate that it was indeed a ROM error, because the self-test worked fine and nothing else seemed to be damaged. I then shut down and unplugged the machine and ordered a replacement ROM.
However, now (about 1 week later) I've booted up the machine and have found that nothing works. The lights turn on, etc, but nothing else appears to work. The self-test doesn't show anything and does not make noise when the buttons are pressed, the machine constantly beeps to itself with varying pitches and lengths, whether the self-test is on or not, and the coin-door ticker keeps ticking by itself (it makes the noise and the number changes... obviously I am not inserting coins.
What is wrong with this machine? I don't understand how it could have deteriorated so rapidly just sitting in my living room unplugged.
Is there any way to fix this?
Hey everyone. I have a problem on my Asteroids Deluxe which I've been unable to figure out: the machine's condition seems to be rapidly deteriorating by itself.
When I first got the machine, it had a slight monitor issue which I then was able to get working again. The machine was then in pretty perfect condition, and I was able to play it without trouble.
After shutting it down overnight and rebooting the next morning, the machine said that it had a ROM error in R2 and could not play. I figured that it was accurate that it was indeed a ROM error, because the self-test worked fine and nothing else seemed to be damaged. I then shut down and unplugged the machine and ordered a replacement ROM.
However, now (about 1 week later) I've booted up the machine and have found that nothing works. The lights turn on, etc, but nothing else appears to work. The self-test doesn't show anything and does not make noise when the buttons are pressed, the machine constantly beeps to itself with varying pitches and lengths, whether the self-test is on or not, and the coin-door ticker keeps ticking by itself (it makes the noise and the number changes... obviously I am not inserting coins.
What is wrong with this machine? I don't understand how it could have deteriorated so rapidly just sitting in my living room unplugged.
Is there any way to fix this?