Purchased this from a gentleman on KLOV, and to my dismay, all I get once I plug the PCB in is the screenshot below. Any ideas? There is no sound, nothing moves, it's just stuck.
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z296 ... Cab/BC.jpg
You guys haven't failed me yet, so honestly, how screwed am I?
Messed up screen with Bionic Commando
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mortified_penguin
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Re: Messed up screen with Bionic Commando
Your board might not be getting enough power. Get your volt meter out and measure the +5v on pcb's jamma edge. If it's not between 4.9v to 5.1v then you'll need to adjust your PSU. Happens to alot old pcbs.mortified_penguin wrote:Purchased this from a gentleman on KLOV, and to my dismay, all I get once I plug the PCB in is the screenshot below. Any ideas? There is no sound, nothing moves, it's just stuck.
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z296 ... Cab/BC.jpg
You guys haven't failed me yet, so honestly, how screwed am I?
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mortified_penguin
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Re: Messed up screen with Bionic Commando
Thanks, I'll check the voltage tonight. I did get it working but the the game resets every few seconds. This shit never ends. >_<
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mortified_penguin
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Re: Messed up screen with Bionic Commando
I'm only getting 4.44 volts on the board and even cranked up all the way, the best I can get is 4.61. I'm stumped on this one.
Re: Messed up screen with Bionic Commando
Check that the board's edge connector is good and clean (use a pencil eraser on it) and that the JAMMA connector is connecting good and tight.
Also, plug another known working board onto the same harness and check the voltage - is it reading around 5 volts ? If so then your BC board may have a fault that is causing the voltage drop (I've sometimes seen this happen when an EPROM dies in a certain way).
Do you have another cab that you can try plugging the BC into?
Also, plug another known working board onto the same harness and check the voltage - is it reading around 5 volts ? If so then your BC board may have a fault that is causing the voltage drop (I've sometimes seen this happen when an EPROM dies in a certain way).
Do you have another cab that you can try plugging the BC into?
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mortified_penguin
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Re: Messed up screen with Bionic Commando
Unfortunately, I only have the one cab.
I actually made it up to level three yesterday without any problems until someone put a load of laundry in the dryer. The second the dryer kicked on, my screen flickered and the game locked up. Tried it again this morning and didn't have any problems what so ever. It just gets weirder by the day.
I actually made it up to level three yesterday without any problems until someone put a load of laundry in the dryer. The second the dryer kicked on, my screen flickered and the game locked up. Tried it again this morning and didn't have any problems what so ever. It just gets weirder by the day.
Re: Messed up screen with Bionic Commando
Well if it's running at 4.61 volts that would explain the flakiness. 
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Arcade game board repairer (known as 'Irongiant' and 'Vectorglow' on other arcade forums)