Re: Troubleshooting Star Wars

From: Rodger Boots <rlboots2_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu Oct 10 2013 - 22:42:14 EDT

Comes to game board on connector pins E & 18.

I have GOT to find a better scan of the schematics, what I have is nearly
unreadable.

On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Joel Griffin Dodd <griffindodd@gmail.com>wrote:

> So.... I have no 10.3vun at the test tab on the game board. Does that come
> from the ar2 via the edge connector or is it stepped down from one of the
> higher voltage feeds on the board?
> On Oct 10, 2013 6:17 AM, "Joel Griffin Dodd" <griffindodd@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The trouble shooting guide says you can remove the soundboard to do these
>> tests
>> On Oct 10, 2013 4:25 AM, "Douglas Gauck" <douglas@gauck.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Really? I had my main board on the bench all by itself. What it did need
>>> was the 10.3 (in fact I hooked up all voltages -5, +5, +10.3 and +12)
>>>
>>> On Oct 10, 2013, at 12:32 AM, Rodger Boots <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Reset not going to work without sound board.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Joel Griffin Dodd <
>>> griffindodd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interconnects are good. No I didn't have the sound board installed
>>>> during these tests.
>>>> On Oct 9, 2013 9:25 PM, "Rodger Boots" <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Reset comes indirectly through sound board. Do you have a sound board
>>>>> installed and are interconnect cables in good shape?
>>>>> On Oct 9, 2013 11:07 PM, "Joel Griffin Dodd" <griffindodd@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> All my clocks test good on my oscilloscope the only one I haven't
>>>>>> found a test point for is 1.5mhz where is that point.? Got a solid 1.5mhz
>>>>>> at E and Q though at the cpu
>>>>>> On Oct 9, 2013 9:05 PM, "Rodger Boots" <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Start looking for where these come from and work your way back. You
>>>>>>> did check for missing/broken crystal, right?
>>>>>>> On Oct 9, 2013 11:00 PM, "Joel Griffin Dodd" <griffindodd@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yep both still low with CPU removed
>>>>>>>> On Oct 9, 2013 8:55 PM, "Rodger Boots" <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Could be, remove the CPU and see if they are still low. That will
>>>>>>>>> tell you if it is the CPU or the board.
>>>>>>>>> On Oct 9, 2013 10:50 PM, "Joel Griffin Dodd" <
>>>>>>>>> griffindodd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hey guys. Troubleshooting my non booting star wars board set.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Checked all my voltages and clicks they look good.
>>>>>>>>>> Firq, NMI and halt are all high
>>>>>>>>>> However reset is permanently low as is Irq at the CPU.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas where to go from here? Bad CPU?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm following the star wars troubleshooting guide
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Joel
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>>

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