keithsarcade
Well-known member
Tron Sound goes out and/or freezes, cause in the PCB somewhere...
Just bought a Tron and was informed by the seller that he had a few issues in the past with the sound going out. Game is working all the way otherwise, so I'm thinking worst case scenario is a bad amp.
Well I am finding that the issue is there most every time. The sound will work fine, sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for an hour or so, but eventually goes out. If the game is making any sounds when it happens, the sound will freeze (make a solid tone until you reset the game or turn it off). Either way, video still works as normal, game can still be played with no sound or a frozen sound tone. Also, when this happens, the LED on the PCB will light up. I can reset the PCB or simply turn the game off and back on, and the sound will come back, but will eventually go out again.
I havent gone into too many diagnostics with the cab, but since I have a working Satan's Hollow, I decided to try the boardset in that cab and see if the problem followed the PCB, and sure enough it did. So now I'm very confident the problem lies somewhere in the boardset, damn. This thing is working great otherwise.
Any ideas? I have reseated every chip with no luck. Ribbon cables appear to be fairly new.
Looking for diagnostic advice or recommendations on where I can send this boardset for repair.
Thanks in advance.
Just bought a Tron and was informed by the seller that he had a few issues in the past with the sound going out. Game is working all the way otherwise, so I'm thinking worst case scenario is a bad amp.
Well I am finding that the issue is there most every time. The sound will work fine, sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for an hour or so, but eventually goes out. If the game is making any sounds when it happens, the sound will freeze (make a solid tone until you reset the game or turn it off). Either way, video still works as normal, game can still be played with no sound or a frozen sound tone. Also, when this happens, the LED on the PCB will light up. I can reset the PCB or simply turn the game off and back on, and the sound will come back, but will eventually go out again.
I havent gone into too many diagnostics with the cab, but since I have a working Satan's Hollow, I decided to try the boardset in that cab and see if the problem followed the PCB, and sure enough it did. So now I'm very confident the problem lies somewhere in the boardset, damn. This thing is working great otherwise.
Any ideas? I have reseated every chip with no luck. Ribbon cables appear to be fairly new.
Looking for diagnostic advice or recommendations on where I can send this boardset for repair.
Thanks in advance.

