Re: Wells Gardner Prob

Did you check the deflection transistors that are mounted on the chasis?
Sounds
like that could be your problem. You may want to just order a cap kit from
Bob Roberts and replace the other common fail points.

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Jon

At 09:39 PM 12/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi List,
>
> I am a newbie to this list. I have owned an Atari Asteroids for about
>10 years now though. I have always been able to keep it operational until
>now. Below are specifics, if anyone can help, I would be most
>appreciative.....(I love this game!)
>
>Manufactured in 1981
>Wells Gardner monitor (I think a 19V2000 but not sure)
>Game plays great. (accepts quarters, start lights blink, game plays, just
>can't see what is going on!!)
>
>When I first turned the game on (idle for about 2 years), All I got was a
>vertical line down the center of the screen.
>
>A fuse was blowed on the deflection board.
>
>Upon replacing fuse the spot killer LED stays lit but the fuse don't blow.
>
>The high voltage lead to the monitor must be discharged after power has been
>applied because it holds a pretty good ZAP!
>
>In the dark, with the game on, the last output on the screen I saw was a
>line from the center to the bottom in the vertical direction.
>
>I have checked:
>
>All semiconductors on V/H board
>All " on HV board
>Hor. and Ver. output to monitor
>All fuses are good
>All power supply fuses have AC power on them (I don't know how much Voltage
>they should have though, no schematics)
>
>Sorry to be such a newbie but this thing has got me pulling my hair out!!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Dusty
>
>P.S. I am thinking this might be a bad capacitor some where????
>
>
Received on Wed Dec 29 21:10:05 1999