mecha
Well-known member
I came into work today to find my Popeye off, and when I plugged it back in, I realized why it was off.
it started making these loud screeching and shrieking and scratching sounds. for fun, I popped the board out, pressed down on all the roms, reseated all the cables (it's a 2 board) and threw it back in and the sounds went away.
literally. I coined the game up, no sound.
I went to tinker with the volume knob and got the screeching shit again, this time with a little spark-age coming out of the volume knob.
is the amp board toast? the monitor DOES need caps (has the famous vertical squish/fold), but will caps resolve this?
also, how do you check the voltages on these? these are foreign lifeforms, I only really mess with JAMMA games (or stuff from that era)
it started making these loud screeching and shrieking and scratching sounds. for fun, I popped the board out, pressed down on all the roms, reseated all the cables (it's a 2 board) and threw it back in and the sounds went away.
literally. I coined the game up, no sound.
I went to tinker with the volume knob and got the screeching shit again, this time with a little spark-age coming out of the volume knob.
is the amp board toast? the monitor DOES need caps (has the famous vertical squish/fold), but will caps resolve this?
also, how do you check the voltages on these? these are foreign lifeforms, I only really mess with JAMMA games (or stuff from that era)