Star Trek - Asteroids Conversion - Help getting her running

Followed those instructions. Sound worked. Plays blind. Hooked up monitor... no neck glow. Guess I need to check those fuses but can't reach them. Pretty sure monitor fan turned on though :(
 
Well, the monitor didnt smoke so thats a start. :)

Try it again and listen for deflection chatter. Its kinda a buzz that will change depending on whats being put on the screen.
 
Ok, when I get back from lunch...

I don't recall hearing anything. The game was super loud though so maybe if I shut the volume down...

We noticed two plugs not plugged in but we didn't see anywhere to plug them. I'm guessing it's just relating to the Asteroids and they aren't supposed to be plugged in.
 
We noticed two plugs not plugged in but we didn't see anywhere to plug them. I'm guessing it's just relating to the Asteroids and they aren't supposed to be plugged in.

Let's see a picture of those plugs, plus a picture of the back of the monitor.
 
Ok... the wire leads to the speaker or bezel area. I thought there was two but maybe it's just the one.

I went to do the monitor sound test mentioned but before I did I thought I'd turn the game all the way down. I accidentally turned it all the way up so when it powered on really loud it woke up the monitor :)

Vectors are a mess though. Words like Star Trek are readable but obviously some craziness here?
 

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first try turning down the brightness.

That connector is the old speaker and fluorescent light connection for asteroids.
 
Vectors are a mess though. Words like Star Trek are readable but obviously some craziness here?

Could be monitor but I'd guess you have a problem with your XY boards (the two closest to the coin box that have their own ribbon cable connecting them). Try reseating that ribbon cable.
 
I unplugged and replugged all the cards. Monitor connections. Power connections. Etc that I seen and now she works! A slight flickering but game is playable and readable with no stray vectors that I can tell. The score board or something at the end is clear but then gets a little crazy with lines before it disappears but that could be the effect? I've never played it.

Just played 3 games. Pretty fun actually... the dual kills the thumb though!

I smell a faint melting wire smell but it got weaker each time I turned it on. It's FILTHY! Guess I need some compressed air or something to get this deep dust and debris off the monitor parts.

Is there supposed to be a fluorescent in this game like the Asteroids or not? Since we're talking about that wire...
 

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you are probably smelling dust and dirt burning off of the monitor parts.

Nice job!
 
Well I guess you are lucky!! :) Working Star Trek w/ no monitor or board repairs...Congrats! BTW, don't sleep on that burnt power connector for the AC in. It definitely needs to be replaced or you will eventually have trouble. Resistance will only grow and it will burn more.
 
Well I guess you are lucky!! :) Working Star Trek w/ no monitor or board repairs...Congrats! BTW, don't sleep on that burnt power connector for the AC in. It definitely needs to be replaced or you will eventually have trouble. Resistance will only grow and it will burn more.

Yeah this........
 
If it is complex then is this a good project to get my toes wet with or is this extreme with a newbie and I should pay someone else?

Thanks

I'm going to be blunt here.

From the questions you are asking, it doesn't appear you have much experience repairing electronics.

This is not the way to get that experience. If you use the wrong soldering iron, you will damage the board and may wreck it.

I see people throwing ideas at you, and I'm pretty sure you don't know what they are even talking about. Trifurcon connections are wonderful - do you have the right crimper to install them?

Soldering is part art, part skill. How much have you soldered in your life? For me, I'm nowhere near as much as some people here, but I have built kits and got them working, so I know how to solder.

So my advice to you is this: GET HELP FAST before you break something. It's not like parts for these things are on shelves. If you burn something or wreck something, it's done.

These games are unique, hard to find, and can be a bugger to fix. Our oath as people who fix these things is DO NO HARM!

If you want to learn how to solder, take a class on it, or buy a kit and make something, or get an old radio and desolder and resolder a lot of stuff on it.

Don't play Dr. Neophyte with this game.
 
I won't sit on anything... I'm glad to see the game works. But that doesn't mean I'm wheeling it down to our arcade or that this thread is over.

My experience? I thought I was pretty clear. I've got NONE. That's why I ask a lot of questions so I don't ruin something. In the end I get my dads help or have him oversee what I'm doing. He's an electronics engineer and built some of the original computers in the NASA space shuttles. He doesn't know "arcade games" but he knows everything involved in them and their boards for the most part with the exception of the monitors which is a different beast. He's not perfect but boards etc are easy to him.

That said I'm 35 years old so I don't like having to get him over every question. I like to try and learn on my own. If I fry some boards then I fry some boards. Star Trek is rather rare and expensive which is why I ended up getting his help but I'll go back to my Pole Position boards to learn on now. I've got several and there is a ton of info on those boards out there so even though it is a big drama board I think it's a good one to learn from.
 
I'm going to be blunt here.

From the questions you are asking, it doesn't appear you have much experience repairing electronics.

This is not the way to get that experience. If you use the wrong soldering iron, you will damage the board and may wreck it.

I see people throwing ideas at you, and I'm pretty sure you don't know what they are even talking about. Trifurcon connections are wonderful - do you have the right crimper to install them?

Soldering is part art, part skill. How much have you soldered in your life? For me, I'm nowhere near as much as some people here, but I have built kits and got them working, so I know how to solder.

So my advice to you is this: GET HELP FAST before you break something. It's not like parts for these things are on shelves. If you burn something or wreck something, it's done.

These games are unique, hard to find, and can be a bugger to fix. Our oath as people who fix these things is DO NO HARM!

If you want to learn how to solder, take a class on it, or buy a kit and make something, or get an old radio and desolder and resolder a lot of stuff on it.

Don't play Dr. Neophyte with this game.
OR...if you pay $100 for a hobby, do what you want with what's yours. And don't confuse the hippocratic oath with messing around on an old star trek conversion.
 
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