PPII board repair needed N. California

videorob07

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Anyone in N. California (Sacramento) do pole position board repair?
I have a PPII that went south on me.
Just shows lots of garbage and keeps resetting. Lots of garbled sounds also.
After being left on for a while ,screen is full of OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Let me know whos out there.
Thanks, Rob.
 
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I am working on one right now. Laughs.

I would be looking at the power supply / connectors. You know there are two AR boards in them.

Most people won't come near a PPII because they have power issues/ heat issues and Fragile fiber glass board issues.

good luck in your search..
 
I think frizz did a mod by running wires to all of the test points and running them off of a switcher. He outlined it pretty well in a thread here awhile back.

I did the same thing and got both my pp and ppII boards working 100% and they were rock solid after that.

pm frizzlefried (I think it was him)
 
Now screen starts blue, then garbage, then garbage with RAM6 in the middle.
Board or power supply problem??

pm frizzlefried. It was either him or phetishboy who did the mod I am talking about.
You don't have any idea until you guarantee that you are getting proper voltages to the board.

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check that, here's the thread. This fixed everything for me. ram errors, garbage screen, etc.

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=163022&highlight=pole+position+mod
 
Thanks! That helps. I will see what I can do. I dont have a switcher and to be honest, after doing the soldering of the wires to the test points, I would be lost. Electroniics and I dont mix.
Thanks.
 
pm sent, bring that bitch over to my place and I will help you get it going. (hopefully)
 
If you haven't done so already, check to make sure the interconnect board is attached securely. I had a problem like that, pushed the interconnect tighter and it worked like a charm.
 
well, no luck.
Thanks to Tron Guy for helping with the wiring and power supply.
Still have same issues. Lots of garbage, OOOOOOO, sometimes blue screen, frozen screen,high pitch sounds.
Getting 5.1 volts to board with or without new setup.
Not happy:(
 
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