Nintendo Red Tent Trouble

Mechblue

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Hi everyone,

I found a very good deal on a Nintendo Red Tent in my area and picked it up knowing there were some "small issues" with it. Being my first arcade type machine I was hopeful to resolve its issues on my own with some help from a friend. It seems this machine's issues may be beyond our expertise.

Here's what is going on:

Game/Screen 1 (Excite Bike):
-Screen doesn't appear to power on (no static on the screen)
-No sound
-Doesn't react to coins being entered
-Coin meter didn't click over

Game/Screen 2 (Mario Bros)
-Monitor sounds like it is attempting to turn on when the on switch is flipped but it sounds like it shuts off immediately and remains its dark (can feel static)
-Attempted to adjust brightness on the controls at the front and brightness on the flyback screen is still has no picture or glow. Did notice at one point 5-6 different faint color splotches near the center of the screen. Haven't seen it again.
-Reacts to coins (coin meter clicks)
-Game seems to start and play (I can hear the game music)
-Can move joy sticks and player will move till he dies (only way I know the guy moved)
-Game music sounds very distorted almost like the speaker is blown (hooked it up to the speaker for the other screen and sounds the same)
-Makes a ticking noise like a clock intermittently when idle, will click like a metronome when I get the game playing and making noise (sounds like the ticking is coming from the flyback or near it)

I've unplugged and replugged in everything as well as checked the voltages coming from the power supply and the connections to the board; everything appears to be the proper voltage according to the manual. I didn't find any bulging capacitors.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
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The ticking noise may be a cracked fly back arcing.
Maybe turn off the lights and check for stray lightning bolts.
 
The ticking noise may be a cracked fly back arcing.
Maybe turn off the lights and check for stray lightning bolts.

I was reading some where else that could be the cause of the ticking, haven't seen any arcing yet.

I'd imagine this is leading to having to get the monitors fixed (caps, flyback etc) but I'd like to be sure that is the issue before I spend some money and find there is more wrong.

I'll check again for the arcing. Thanks for the suggestion. :)
 
Same issues

I've got a red tent with the same issues.. Except one of my tubes is bad:(
Gonna replace both flys, caps, and do the sound pcb caps.. Plus replace the B+ pots.. Bob Roberts carries most of the parts.. Chad has the flys..

Good luck!
 
I've got a red tent with the same issues.. Except one of my tubes is bad:(
Gonna replace both flys, caps, and do the sound pcb caps.. Plus replace the B+ pots.. Bob Roberts carries most of the parts.. Chad has the flys..

Good luck!

Thanks.

I'll look in to doing some repairs. Seems the conclusion is the problem is the monitors alone. Hopefully replacing caps, flyback B+ pots will do it.
 
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