Bought a Roadblasters completely missing its ARIII. Bought an untested replacement and installed it, to find the power brick was completely dead. I swapped it with the brick from a Crystal Castles I had scrapped, and fired it up. Success! Game came up and the monitor looked great! I shut it off and secured the ARIII to the side (I had just plugged it in to test) and fired it back up to test controls, but it wouldn't come on. Checked all my connections and everything, and nothing. Decided to rebuild the ARIII. Now it blows the two 4 amp fuses on the brick.
I've checked and rechecked and triple checked every component I replaced. Every cap is in correctly. Transistors are installed correctly, as well as the 3055's. I've checked every trace, reflowed the solder on the connectors. They blow even when the ARIII is not connected to the main PCB. HALP
I've checked and rechecked and triple checked every component I replaced. Every cap is in correctly. Transistors are installed correctly, as well as the 3055's. I've checked every trace, reflowed the solder on the connectors. They blow even when the ARIII is not connected to the main PCB. HALP
