Mortal Kombat 2 beer bath AKA beer-ailty
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ttooddddyy
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A flat battery should not cause that. Is it going through the test sequence
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My MK2 used to do that on start up, up until a few days ago, when I replaced the battery. The battery does save all your settings, like volume, difficulty etc.
Hopefully it should fix your problem too, batteries are cheap so it cant hurt to give it a try.
Hopefully it should fix your problem too, batteries are cheap so it cant hurt to give it a try.
ttooddddyy
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I thought my boardset ran OK with the battery removed, maybe thinking of something else.
Thanks megageoff76 and a warm welcome to a Kiwi on the forum, the first afaik, a few good Aussies around here too
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Thanks megageoff76 and a warm welcome to a Kiwi on the forum, the first afaik, a few good Aussies around here too
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Well the cmos error is the least of my worries now.
My buddy and I were playin MK2 last night, and he got up from the cabinet after loosing, kicked over his beer, and spilled a ton of it on the MK2 board while it was running :-/ I immediately turned off the cabinet, and dried out the MK2, but now there are graphical problems (something must have been shorted). There's snow all over the screen, and the sound board stopped working.
I guess I can't be too pissed however, considering MK2 is the least expensive PCB in my collection. I guess I'll just buy another one, not really worth fixing this one.
-B
My buddy and I were playin MK2 last night, and he got up from the cabinet after loosing, kicked over his beer, and spilled a ton of it on the MK2 board while it was running :-/ I immediately turned off the cabinet, and dried out the MK2, but now there are graphical problems (something must have been shorted). There's snow all over the screen, and the sound board stopped working.
I guess I can't be too pissed however, considering MK2 is the least expensive PCB in my collection. I guess I'll just buy another one, not really worth fixing this one.
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MKL said:
I didnt' get around to mounting it on the wooden plank that goes inside of my astro city yet (was planning on doing that tonight. So, needless to say, the PCB was running outside of the cab as a temp solution.
-Bill
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MKL said:
It may have been a cocktail cab
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megageoff76
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hopefully its not too badly stuffed MATE, otherwise...BEERALITY!
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ttooddddyy said:It may have been a cocktail cab
HAH good one!
So I got home today after letting the beer-ality MK2 PCB dry off over night, and fired it up one last time. The graphics problems have gone away mysteriously, however now there is no sound whatsoever. The sound PCB's LED doesnt' even illuminate... any ideas?
-Bill
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I was just about to recommend that actually.billd420 said:Already tried it
I'm gonna run the MK2 thru the dish washer tomorrow if I have time. Maybe its some beer residue thats causing a short (on the -5v line I'm guessing).
Eh we'll see.
I was frustrated as hell with a Metal Slug 2 cart that I was sure didn't work and never would, and ran it through the pots and pans cycle the other day.
After a session with a hairdryer, the damn thing worked like it had just left the factory. I couldn't believe it.
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Lolz...
So I took out all of the eprom chips, pals and the battery, cleaned everything real good, put it back together, and PRESTO the board is back in action, working 100% perfectly. Lesson learned, no more PCB's running outside of the cabs, especially while drinking.
-B
So I took out all of the eprom chips, pals and the battery, cleaned everything real good, put it back together, and PRESTO the board is back in action, working 100% perfectly. Lesson learned, no more PCB's running outside of the cabs, especially while drinking.
-B
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If you need another mk2 jamma pcb let me know. I have one but don't have the cables to make the sound board work, but the pcb works fine and i have the sound board that goes with it. Or you could buy it without the sound board as i think my mk1 board can use it. Either way i thought i'd play it more but due to not having time to mess with the kick harness and sound board i just haven't been playing it much. Let me know if you are interested.