Of course I finally got my ms pac running I get a call from my old boss that wanted to know if I could look at someones pacman cocktail since I like playing and fixing some arcades. Back story is he got it off eBay and it worked fine for a few days then he had problems with it resetting itself and the guy sent him another board and wiring harness and he has the same problem with the other board. He only replaced the board not the wiring harness. I look over the wiring harness that the guy sent and it is in bad shape compare to what he has in it already. He does not want to send it back and figures maybe I can help him out. Machine looks nice as hell looks original and clean. Pcb connector is clean looks almost brand new inside. The connector on the pacman board is even clean and shiny.
I went over today and to check out his pac and the game plays great and when we got to the point when the apple bonus comes up it reset itself and we was able to get this to happen twice. He says this usually happens in that spot or other times. He says that this happens with both boards with the apple bonus which I find that just strange. Any ideals on what I should check.
I figure he should get a pacman cap kit and a new fuse holder at least but find it just odd that both pacman boards would reset itself in the same spot.
He has a problem with his monitor also you can see the post here http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=176453
What you all think and ideals on troubleshooting this strange behavior??
Thank You
JJD
I went over today and to check out his pac and the game plays great and when we got to the point when the apple bonus comes up it reset itself and we was able to get this to happen twice. He says this usually happens in that spot or other times. He says that this happens with both boards with the apple bonus which I find that just strange. Any ideals on what I should check.
I figure he should get a pacman cap kit and a new fuse holder at least but find it just odd that both pacman boards would reset itself in the same spot.
He has a problem with his monitor also you can see the post here http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=176453
What you all think and ideals on troubleshooting this strange behavior??
Thank You
JJD
