Re: Star Wars - no stars or ships, but Mathbox tests OK?

From: Mark Shostak <xx.vl_at_cinelabs.com>
Date: Thu Aug 24 2006 - 17:44:08 EDT

Pretty common SW symptoms; My first idea would be to search the VL archives.

Same goes for the monitor; also check your particular monitor's FAQ.

-Mark

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 04:25:02PM -0500, Lewis D'Aubin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just got a Star Wars. The game plays without stars, TIE fighters, or
> towers, but with occasional bursts of white dots. The 'trench' wave
> displays in a very screwed up manner with horizontal lines. Scoreboard,
> logo, text, and the Death Star all display correctly. I initially
> suspected the mathbox, but in test mode, I get "no divider errors" and "no
> matrix errors".
>
> I've also got shaky vectors... should I suspect caps in the PS or deflector
> board? Which ones should I check first?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Lewis
>
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