Omega Race was working fine yesterday. I turned it off working fine.
Today I go out to the game room. I fire up Omega Race. I hear a "click" i normally don't hear.... and after about 20 seconds the screen come up and it's jacked up... there are squiggles everywhere in the middle-top-left area. The LED's are flashing as normal.
DAMN!
So I power down. I power back up to the same screen.
DAMN!
I hit P1 START to see what happens and as soon as I hit the button...
>BOOOOOOM<
Almost as loud as a friggin' .22 or so.
I power down immediately and open the back to find this:
The 470MF/35V cap right behind the edge connector exploded! What a strange smell. Anyway... it took out the resistor directly above it and the LED as well. I assume the LED isn't a big deal and the resistor can be re-attached (it' disconnected one side).
I can, of course, replace the CAP... but before I do so I want to find out what people think...
Did something CAUSE this cap to explode other than age?
Should I drop the one I have from another board set (non working) in to it to see what it does? Do caps "explode" when they go bad at times? What are the chances the cap went bad rather than there be something "up stream" that caused the cap to explode? If it IS likely something else failing causing the cap to explode... any ideas on what/where to look?
Where should I go from here?
Today I go out to the game room. I fire up Omega Race. I hear a "click" i normally don't hear.... and after about 20 seconds the screen come up and it's jacked up... there are squiggles everywhere in the middle-top-left area. The LED's are flashing as normal.
DAMN!
So I power down. I power back up to the same screen.
DAMN!
I hit P1 START to see what happens and as soon as I hit the button...
>BOOOOOOM<
Almost as loud as a friggin' .22 or so.
I power down immediately and open the back to find this:
The 470MF/35V cap right behind the edge connector exploded! What a strange smell. Anyway... it took out the resistor directly above it and the LED as well. I assume the LED isn't a big deal and the resistor can be re-attached (it' disconnected one side).
I can, of course, replace the CAP... but before I do so I want to find out what people think...
Did something CAUSE this cap to explode other than age?
Should I drop the one I have from another board set (non working) in to it to see what it does? Do caps "explode" when they go bad at times? What are the chances the cap went bad rather than there be something "up stream" that caused the cap to explode? If it IS likely something else failing causing the cap to explode... any ideas on what/where to look?
Where should I go from here?




