Re: Space Duel keeps blowing AVG chips

Did you ever replace the power supply filter cap? The AC ripple that comes
from a bad filter cap can do things exactly like that. Whenver you get an
old Atari cab, replace that filter cap. Mandatory. If original they are
always bad.

Chad

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From: "Steve" <stevenprendergast@gmail.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:35 AM
Subject: VECTOR: Space Duel keeps blowing AVG chips

> My Space Duel has gone though 3 AVG chips in maybe 5 hours of actual 'ON'
> time over the past year. Any ideas what I should be looking at?
>
> I had the machine on last night and was playing my Major Havoc right next
> to it - all of the sudden the monitor went blank and the start buttons
> both lit and stayed lit and the coin lockout coils started clicking.
> Could this be power related? AFAIK the brick and AR2 boards are original
> to the cabinet and have never been rebuilt whereas the SD board itself
> came from Alex Yeckley at ElektronForge and was gone over.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> -Steve P.
>
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