seanboy
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Hi guys, I'm new to posting, but have lurked for a couple of years. There's some smart minds here and I'm happy to finally join!
I have quite a doozy here in acquiring my first arcade machine. I only own a pinball that I've occasionally worked on. My wife's uncle had recently let me know and offered his Star Wars cockpit that he's had in storage since 88. He purchased at that time, was told there was a possible HV issue and it's been stored ever since. I was very grateful for the offer and picked it up last week.
Its in great condition and looks to be all original with all the boards matching #'s, 2441 to be exact, so the 9th to the last machine off the line (green boards).
I was able to take a look today and snap a few shots to share. I replaced the frayed cord, blew it out a little and powered it on for a quick moment, it hasn't been turned on in almost 30 years. Sure enough there was some smoke from the HV board and it wasn't powered on more than a second or two and you can see the cooked resistor in the pictures.
Without taking advice here first, I won't go a step further on how to proceed. My experience is with pinball and I can test the components as needed to the best of my ability and hope the learn as I go, but certainly not to the detriment of this machine if it gets to the point where I could damage it.
Anyway, here it is and any advice is appreciated.
I have quite a doozy here in acquiring my first arcade machine. I only own a pinball that I've occasionally worked on. My wife's uncle had recently let me know and offered his Star Wars cockpit that he's had in storage since 88. He purchased at that time, was told there was a possible HV issue and it's been stored ever since. I was very grateful for the offer and picked it up last week.
Its in great condition and looks to be all original with all the boards matching #'s, 2441 to be exact, so the 9th to the last machine off the line (green boards).
I was able to take a look today and snap a few shots to share. I replaced the frayed cord, blew it out a little and powered it on for a quick moment, it hasn't been turned on in almost 30 years. Sure enough there was some smoke from the HV board and it wasn't powered on more than a second or two and you can see the cooked resistor in the pictures.
Without taking advice here first, I won't go a step further on how to proceed. My experience is with pinball and I can test the components as needed to the best of my ability and hope the learn as I go, but certainly not to the detriment of this machine if it gets to the point where I could damage it.
Anyway, here it is and any advice is appreciated.
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