Star Wars Upgrade = Dead

SterlingRush

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So I just received parts from Bob Roberts(6100 deluxe rebuild kit, AR II rebuild kit, Atari PS rebuild kit, ect...) and took out the ps to refresh it. Took out and replaced everything exactly how it was before I started.

I should start off by saying that this has been converted to the WG k6100, and game was working(audio/video) before I started this. At the place I purchased this from(trailer house), the game was resetting after about 10 minutes of being on, seemed to get caught in a loop of this after it started up. Figured a couple of things, bad power in the trailer home, and possibly the ps needed to be rebuilt. Then again, I'm not exactly fluent with these machines and how to trouble shoot.

Anyway, so I make sure the game is unplugged from the wall, undo any connectors or grounds that would prevent the ps from being removed from the cab. I took the Atari PS rebuild kit and swap in the new components, also plugged in a new AC power cord from Bob Roberts, as the old one was thrashed and missing the ground prong.

Now here's where I'm getting worried, without thinking, I fired up the game after I had everything reconnected. I didn't here anything, I didn't smell anything burning, no signs of any distress that caught my attention, but now I have no audio or video. The more I read about checking levels, did I f* up and just let clean power surge to the board? Is it possible, that I just need to readjust something since those items were replaced? I'm hoping that if I fried something, that I'm lucky enough for it to have not reached the board, but possibly something else.

I have the manual and schematics for the game, I'll be honest, I might as well be reading sand scrit. For someone who's not overly familiar with test points and my plain jane multi meter, where should I start to trouble shoot and how?

Thanks in advance to all of you SW pros who have been here/done that, that may be of assistance.

SR
 
No interlocks on my Star Wars. Everything connected on the power brick? Does the marquee or coin door light up? Spot killer on the Monitor? Thump in the audio?Trace the power. +5 on the boards +-25 AC on the monitor connector. Something aint plugged back in. If you messed up the WG rebuild it'll let you know it.

Good luck!
 
Everything was connected, to be safe, I carefully disconnected, and then reconnected everything back to the brick. Marquee bulb is dead, so I don't know there, coin doors and AC cooling fan come on, red indicator light on the monitor board comes on, glow in the neck is showing. Just checked again, looks like all fuses are fine(the 6 on the PS and the couple on the monitor board).

How, as in where to place the probes of the meter to check these places? That's where I'm in over my head at the moment, I don't know what I'm looking for exactly.

I planned on getting to the monitor rebuild this weekend or next, whenever I can set that much time aside.

Thank you guys for the help and advice, I'm hoping you're right and I forgot to plug something in. As it sits right now, I've disconnected all molex connectors and anything else coming off of the ps, figured if I had to worry about levels, I didn't want it carrying through the game to something else, if it hasn't already.
 
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OK, hit me in the head with a frying pan, mcandrewsoun was right. I went back through once more, and the connectors to the board must have been off just enough to make it not work.

Fired it up and had video, but still no audio. Took a deep breath, and remembered that I had forgotten one more connection that was above my head, the connection for the speakers.

So, basically I'm saying that everything is hunky doory here now. Star Wars is running smooth, no reboots like what happened in the trailer house it came from, played a few games through and fell in love with this game all over again.

Sorry for crying wolf guys, I guess all I could think about was "worst case scenario" instead of taking it in simple steps. I'm going to knock on wood now, since I still have to rebuild the AR II and recap the monitor.
 
Hey, better to be safe, cry wolf, and check your work, than to blow something up. Glad you got it running again. I'm about to do the same thing with my SW and that was my nightmare scenario!
 
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