Tron passed away - no signs of life - help!

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I was inserting my new PCB in my Burgertime tonight and I moved the BT out of the away. I was behind the BT and I kind of bumped the TRON power cord and I heard this really strange audible sound coming out of the TRON. It was loud and ugly. The noise stopped and I went in front of the TRON and it was dead. Dark as night. FRICK!

What did I do?

I checked voltage going into the tron off the cord in the bottom and it's getting 120v. The fuses all check out on the bottom of the cab and on the power supply board. What did I do? Where should I begin. ARRRGH!!!!
 
Any signs of life? Marquee light? Gameplay?

if the answer is no to all of the above, then you probably bumped it hard enough that one of your interlock switches is no longer engaged...
 
Any signs of life? Marquee light? Gameplay?

if the answer is no to all of the above, then you probably bumped it hard enough that one of your interlock switches is no longer engaged...

I pulled the doors off and pulled both interlocks out. No signs of life. Nothing. Dark as can be.

The Burgertime works great, however. :(
 
check the molex connectors on your power supply. When I was fixing my tron I had one that was not making a good connection. Basically it burned up and rendered the game dead. I believe there was a crack sound and a light burning smell that I might have missed had I not been behind the open machine at the time. Beyond that I would check the voltages coming out of the power supply. Dead machines that have correct voltage coming in and no blown fuses seem to either be connectivity issues or bad iso's in my experience.
 
Was it a LOUD humming buzz?

Flip open the coin door and inspect the wires that lead to both coin door lights. Make sure one of them hasn't come off and shorted to the metal coin door.

I've seen this happen - it would only kill the sound fuse though, but it was a game with a switcher. Dunno about with the original supply. And METER your fuses, don't just look at them.

-Ian
 
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if you did not use a meter to check your fuses then you didn't check them!

Yes, I always check my fuses with a meter. It's fun, I like the beep sound. And, that's how I figured out what the problem was!! Woot! I fixed it.

The fuses were good but the block was dirty. It wasn't making contact. Found one fuse that didn't read right from the block connections. Removed it, cleaned it and BAM! That's all it was. Woot! I am back in business.

So, it was pure coincidence that I was behind BT when this happened. CRAZY.
 
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