Testing in 6100 deflection board

[Atari The Jedi]

So I have a 6100 board that I have cleaned and replaced a few pieces. I'm just going to reflow the solder everywhere but it looks good. I don't have a machine to really test it with. I'm wondering if it would be safe to test on somebody else's machine? I've done it with other monitors including black and white vectors, G07's etc.

My only other hesitation is if I went to somebody's machine and I tested it whether mine worked or not I wouldn't want theirs to take a dump like a week later and of course they would blame me. So I'd have to really make sure they'd be cool with it. I only know of a couple people in my area that have machines I could possibly test it on. But it's not like I'm super chummy with them either. So that's the other part but I can't think of a technical reason why I couldn't be able to test it If it is indeed another 6100

 

[bakerhillpins]

With an unknown board you're likely going to have problems.

Your BEST option for performing a test in someone else's machine with a board that's in an unknown state would be to follow the 6100 startup guide that walks you slowly through testing components and powering a single component at a time.

 

[andrewb]

With an unknown board you're likely going to have problems.

Your BEST option for performing a test in someone else's machine with a board that's in an unknown state would be to follow the 6100 startup guide that walks you slowly through testing components and powering a single component at a time.

This.

Using my guide is the best way to avoid and catch problems BEFORE they damage other boards in the system, when bringing up any unknown-condition 6100 boards:

How to bring up a 6100 color vector monitor (A PDF guide)

How to bring up a 6100 color vector monitor (A PDF guide) Hi all, I've seen a number of folks with questions lately about bringing up 6100 monitors. On that topic, I have a set of notes that I'd been compiling and adding to over time, with info I've learned (sometimes the hard way) from...

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The worst thing that can happen if you follow the guide is that you will blow up one or more frame transistors on the other person's monitor. If you test all transistors and diodes on the deflection board first (in-circuit, it takes 5 minutes), and make sure no resistors are burned up, you can minimize the chances of doing that. But there's still a chance, and that's the worst that will happen if you miss anything.

 

[Atari The Jedi]

This.

Using my guide is the best way to avoid and catch problems BEFORE they damage other boards in the system, when bringing up any unknown-condition 6100 boards:

How to bring up a 6100 color vector monitor (A PDF guide)

How to bring up a 6100 color vector monitor (A PDF guide) Hi all, I've seen a number of folks with questions lately about bringing up 6100 monitors. On that topic, I have a set of notes that I'd been compiling and adding to over time, with info I've learned (sometimes the hard way) from...

forums.arcade-museum.com

The worst thing that can happen if you follow the guide is that you will blow up one or more frame transistors on the other person's monitor. If you test all transistors and diodes on the deflection board first (in-circuit, it takes 5 minutes), and make sure no resistors are burned up, you can minimize the chances of doing that. But there's still a chance, and that's the worst that will happen if you miss anything.

Yeah That's what I was kind of worried about I don't want to blow anything but the only color vector game that I have is Star Wars and it doesn't really work very well. I had the boardset rebuilt. Again it just means I have to keep on trucking. I'll be off to the high voltage next and then I'll continue with the neck board etc

 

[andrewb]

What problems are/were you having with the game originally? And what changed after you did anything to fix it?