flynn54321
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Look what I got working today - well sort of...
I got this cabinet about 2 years ago - it was converted to something else. It sat in storage for quite a while (as I collected parts)
Wiring harness had been hacked - and bezel / marquee and CP were all missing.
Monitor was pulled and replaced with a vertical color monitor.
Well after working on this one for a while - I finally got it up and running - sort of.
Game plays but graphics are screwed up.... let me explain.
I can play a full game start to finish = can control ship and fire etc - sounds are all there - but the display is screwed up. I DO KNOW that the monitor is good and the Power Supply is good. Here are two things I noticed.
1. the light on the main pcb was not lit... is it supposed to be?
2. the grey cable from the main pcb to the monitor was touchy - when I would touch it in the middle the screen would go blank. (bad cable I would assume)
3. The graphics problems changed... sometimes I could see my ship very clearly and then when I would wiggle that grey cable it would be bad in the same place (meaning you couldnt really identify the shape of the ship)
My thoughts were - and correct me if I am wrong - replace that grey cable first and see if that clears up the problem (anyone have one?)
Or is that light supposed to be lit and its telling me that there is a board problem?
I have already re-seated the chips - and that didnt do anything.
I got this cabinet about 2 years ago - it was converted to something else. It sat in storage for quite a while (as I collected parts)
Wiring harness had been hacked - and bezel / marquee and CP were all missing.
Monitor was pulled and replaced with a vertical color monitor.
Well after working on this one for a while - I finally got it up and running - sort of.
Game plays but graphics are screwed up.... let me explain.
I can play a full game start to finish = can control ship and fire etc - sounds are all there - but the display is screwed up. I DO KNOW that the monitor is good and the Power Supply is good. Here are two things I noticed.
1. the light on the main pcb was not lit... is it supposed to be?
2. the grey cable from the main pcb to the monitor was touchy - when I would touch it in the middle the screen would go blank. (bad cable I would assume)
3. The graphics problems changed... sometimes I could see my ship very clearly and then when I would wiggle that grey cable it would be bad in the same place (meaning you couldnt really identify the shape of the ship)
My thoughts were - and correct me if I am wrong - replace that grey cable first and see if that clears up the problem (anyone have one?)
Or is that light supposed to be lit and its telling me that there is a board problem?
I have already re-seated the chips - and that didnt do anything.