Pinball Wizard
Well-known member
Just got a tempest and it appears that it is resetting continuously, long enough for seeing the game flash for a second, then disappear. Any suggestions?
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Did that and we have good voltages.
Well I ripped the board out of the cabinet, wiggled on the harness and interconnect and reseated everything and I now have a semi working Tempest. The vector lines are completely right, some aren't lining up, others are connecting stuff that shouldn't connect.
I played for a little bit but now the spinner is dead. Any suggestions for these 2 issues?
I attempted brightness adjustment, and i didn't have a 6100 manual laying around so I could only find the flyback adjustment. Attempted it and it didn't help, possibly another adjustment? I didn't relfow the interconnect yet because I closely inspected it and wiggled it and there is no noticeable movement or damage, and I wiggled on it while it was on and it held stable.
In test mode the spinner doesn't respond either. I will try swapping the POKEY chips around first as that sounds the easiest. I already checked the harness and it appears good. What is the easiest way of testing the encoder wheel?
Well I ripped the board out of the cabinet, wiggled on the harness and interconnect and reseated everything and I now have a semi working Tempest. The vector lines are completely right, some aren't lining up, others are connecting stuff that shouldn't connect. I played for a little bit but now the spinner is dead. Any suggestions for these 2 issues?