Showing posts with label k4600. Show all posts
Showing posts with label k4600. Show all posts

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Lock n' Chase lives (sorta)

Okay, so took me 6 days to find the 5-10 minutes it took me to swap the k46xx's daughter cards and play a little Lock n' Chase technician.

End results? I got the Daughter cards in, and I have playable video! Plus, I used my new High Voltage Probe to safely discharge when I was done. Those things kick the heck out of the "big screw driver and a hanger" method.
  1. Dim screen (more burn in than color with the lights on)
  2. No green (actually, the burn in isn't too bad with the lights off)?
  3. Disturbing sound. (This is video... just look and listen... The sound comes on like that when I plug it in... Originally, after getting in the basement, it played blink with proper sound. All I've done is recheck the video, and scoot the whole thing back and forth 1 foot)




So, guru's, what's the story. Can I...
  1. Cap kit it and get playable video? (The burnout doesn't bug me, but I need green for the high score list...Will a cap kit get my green back? Should I try the "swap the red and green wires and see if it's the board or the monitor" trick?)
  2. Troubleshoot the audio? No way it's related to the video, right? So, maybe it's an easy fix since it was working after I moved it down the stairs?
TIA.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Probing my chassis




Well, my daughter's still at Grandma and Grandpa's, having fun with Luna Moth's and ponys, and I've been knee deep in helping Jenny keep my son busy and doing all of the rebates for my new MacBookPro (damn, this is a sexy computer - I got Windows on BootCamp and Parallels - and they're wicked fast - FINALLY Visual Pinball and Baby Pacman!)

So, I've kept my arcade and pinball time to a minimum. But, I've got an eBay box collecting dust for the last 2 days, and another one on the way.

In box #1 - a high voltage probe - $15 from eBay. When Mongo sold me a G07 monitor, I got to see him use one in person, and I decided I had to have one.


In box #2, set to arrive soon, - A working Wells Gardner k4600 chassis. $25, from a good collector on RGVAC who couldn't give the monitor away! (Damn, if I was only closer.)

Maybe, just maybe, I'll get my Lock 'N Chase working finally (without shocking myself to death)!

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