New to arcades - Need help with a Centipede

TACDouble

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Hello,

Just purchased my first arcade over the weekend. Other then a badly burnt in monitor, that was hidden by tinted lexan, it's overall very nice.

Was playing great for the first few days. Walked out of the room to get a drink, came back and there was garbage on the screen and nothing working. I powered it off for a few minutes and kicked it back on. The player 1/2 buttons are solid and the screen has wavy vertical lines.

I'm not sure where to start on this. I have experience with older pin balls, just not arcades.

Anyone have any thoughts? Are there any good trouble shooting guides around?

Thanks in advance.
 
Thanks for the info! I'll check it out. I have ordered a big blue to start and will go from there.

I will let you know how it works out. And thanks for the offer to help!
 
You might actually be one of the few people who knows what my screen name stands for....welcome to KLOV and good luck with the Centipede.
 
OK... so here is an update.

Installed a cap kit on the ARII also replaced both R29 and R30 since they were burnt. voltages seem correct and steady. Will verify this again tonight.

Replaced big blue and gave everything a good cleaning. Cleaned the edge connectors on the main PCB. Red LED is on solid. Still nothing happens.

I'm going to see if I can get it into test mode tonight. IF it won't go to test mode, where should I be looking next?
 
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