Tempest reset after 2 hours of play

Talon2000

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Got a tempest that after about 2 hours of hard play, it will just reset. When it does it clears the high scores. You are able to start playing again right after the reset, and can play for a good while before another reset.

Normal things have been done, headers reflowed, +5 checked on main board, roms reseated.

ideas?
 
I have done that as well. No Help. If it was heat related once it reset wouldn't it just keep doing it? It's like a two hour timer. Or the game just get's tired of playing. It resets and all is good to go for another couple of hours.

Sucks when you are trying to get to higher levels, because you loose your level.
 
sure sounds like SOMETHING is getting hot and JUST starting to fail. i like to use the back of my finger when feeling for a hot chip. i dont know why but it seems to detect heat better than the front of my finger. whichever/any chip is getting hot needs a heatsink glued on it.
my jr pac was doing same thing. turns out a couple chips were getting real hot and after i glued on a heatsink to them, the game stopped resetting. not sure which chip it was and i dont care really, just as long as it stops resetting!!!
 
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