So I did my first tech gig yesterday/today. Heres the backstory.
The guy said he 'accidentally left his Pac Man running for 2 weeks solid, day and night (somehow?). One night he finally turned it off. The next time he turned it back on, it came up with a scrambled screen. He called me and see if I could do anything and after some testing, I found the board to be the culprit. So I sold him and installed a Pac Man plus board and it booted. After bidding adieu, he calls me 5 minutes later while I am still on the road and said that it blanked out and wont turn back on. So I flip a u-turn and head back.
I went and checked the voltages at the edge connector and found that the +12 was only pushing 8. Ah ha. So in order to make it a short trip, I went ahead and ripped the PS out of my Pac Man plus (I am multiing it anyway) and sold it to him and installed it. So he now has a perfectly working Pac Man again.
So now I have these two defective parts.
1) Whats wrong with the board? I have already reseated the chips/daughter boards and given the legs a quick cleaning.
2)What can be done about the power supply that is not supplying the correct voltage?
The guy said he 'accidentally left his Pac Man running for 2 weeks solid, day and night (somehow?). One night he finally turned it off. The next time he turned it back on, it came up with a scrambled screen. He called me and see if I could do anything and after some testing, I found the board to be the culprit. So I sold him and installed a Pac Man plus board and it booted. After bidding adieu, he calls me 5 minutes later while I am still on the road and said that it blanked out and wont turn back on. So I flip a u-turn and head back.
I went and checked the voltages at the edge connector and found that the +12 was only pushing 8. Ah ha. So in order to make it a short trip, I went ahead and ripped the PS out of my Pac Man plus (I am multiing it anyway) and sold it to him and installed it. So he now has a perfectly working Pac Man again.
So now I have these two defective parts.
1) Whats wrong with the board? I have already reseated the chips/daughter boards and given the legs a quick cleaning.
2)What can be done about the power supply that is not supplying the correct voltage?
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