QIX and switching power supply - Power supply shuts off when game is on
Just got a QIX and it's dead. I have one of the Arcadeshop switcher adapters. I didn't have a power supply that lines up with it so I soldered wires from the adapter to the switching power supply. Yes, I soldered them on correctly, +5 to +5, 12 to 12, etc. For now, I have a standard AC plug wired to the switcher with a ground plug. I am plugging this into the service outlet in the QIX --- FOR NOW. It measures at 120v.
#1 - The first time I turned the game on I smelled burning and my nice HAPP power supply was dead. I think the burning was the power supply, it was dead.
#2 - So, I go and grab another power supply and test it first without the the games power plug J3 and J4 plugged into the power supply. I turn the game on and all voltages on the switcher are good.
#3 - I then turn the game off and plug J3 and J4 into the switching power supply adapter.
#4 - I turn the game on and --- NOTHING. The switching power supply is now not working. No LED. No power going out. Power going in.
#5 - I remove J3 and J4 and now the power supply is working again.
So, any ideas what's going on here? Why is the switching power supply NOT working when J3 and J4 are plugged into it?!?
Just got a QIX and it's dead. I have one of the Arcadeshop switcher adapters. I didn't have a power supply that lines up with it so I soldered wires from the adapter to the switching power supply. Yes, I soldered them on correctly, +5 to +5, 12 to 12, etc. For now, I have a standard AC plug wired to the switcher with a ground plug. I am plugging this into the service outlet in the QIX --- FOR NOW. It measures at 120v.
#1 - The first time I turned the game on I smelled burning and my nice HAPP power supply was dead. I think the burning was the power supply, it was dead.
#2 - So, I go and grab another power supply and test it first without the the games power plug J3 and J4 plugged into the power supply. I turn the game on and all voltages on the switcher are good.
#3 - I then turn the game off and plug J3 and J4 into the switching power supply adapter.
#4 - I turn the game on and --- NOTHING. The switching power supply is now not working. No LED. No power going out. Power going in.
#5 - I remove J3 and J4 and now the power supply is working again.
So, any ideas what's going on here? Why is the switching power supply NOT working when J3 and J4 are plugged into it?!?
