Re: My Star Wars board set is dead :-(

From: Franklin Bowen <Franklin_at_Bowen.net>
Date: Sat Dec 01 2001 - 19:32:07 EST

Have you looked through this?

http://www.gamearchive.com/video/manufacturer/atari/vector/tech/starwars_troublshooting/starwars_troubleshooting.html

At 12/1/2001 06:24 PM -0500, you wrote:
>Hello everyone, well today I finally got some time to start on my Star Wars
>project. It has an Amplifone monitor and the only part I was missing was the
>Hi-voltage board but I got one from Randy (Thanks) but I know the red
>transformer is dead. Before I even think about the monitor I knew I needed to
>get the game to boot up and play blind. All I knew about the game was it
>played blind before the former owner let someone work on it. First I decided
>to put the audio/regulator board in and test for the proper voltages with no
>other boards connected of course. Everything was correct but the most
>important one,the +5 VDC was showing a little over 10 volts :-O .Well I
>thought no problem I have a spare so I put it in and yes all the correct
>voltages. I figured the next logical step would be to put the main board set
>in and flip the switch so I did and nothing. I checked all the voltages with
>the board set connected and they were still correct. The audio amps were
>working and with the volume control turned all the way up you can hear
>background noise which sounds like processor interference noise but that's
>all. All the red LED's on the boards are on, at least all that I can see as
>the board will only pull out of the cage about 1/4 of the way. Now I am lost
>and don't know where to begin. Anyone have any good suggestions or ideas on
>where and what to start or should I just send the board set out to let an
>expert repair it? Any experts out there? Anyone had the same problem?
>Thanks for any help,
>Sam
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