I think my mvs may be fried but I don't know how to confirm this.

Lovergoat said:

I turned on my cab today to be greeted by a black screen and no sound. It has power as the monitor is drawing the black screen and it has that unmistakable crt buzz. The cab has been sat there for a week, since last time I used it and hasn't been touched since. I tried a few other carts in it and have the same issue.

Have any of you guys experienced this before? I just want to find out if there may be a problem with the mobo before i go ahead and buy another to test it with. I don't have a supergun or another cab so I can't really test the mobo myself.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

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SamuraiShodownSensei said:

check the power supply. If the LED on the PSU and MVS board isn't lit, it's probably a good indication of a dead one.

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Lovergoat said:

It's a 1F and i have never seen an led. Where is it located?

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SamuraiShodownSensei said:

Never owned a 1F, if it's there it's probably close to the jamma connector.

Just get a voltmeter and check voltage output from the powersuppy.

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Lovergoat said:

There isn't one. http://www.hardmvs.com/html/MV-1F.htmhttp://www.hardmvs.com/html/MV-1F.htm

Gonna have get hold of a voltmeter unless there is any other info anyones got. Damnit, I was finaly getting somewhere with new combos on 98 last week(only took me 9 years+ too haha).

Thanks for the advice dude.

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SamuraiShodownSensei said:

Well what kind of PSU do you have in your cab. It's either an open switching one like this (in my 6 slot): http://www.happcontrols.com/powersupplies/80006400.htm or an enclosed one like this (in my 4 slot): http://www.happcontrols.com/powersupplies/80007200.htm

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Lovergoat said:

It's like the second one you have in your 4. It's all a bit old and isn't even a proper cab. Just the sort of thing us in the uk where used to finding in chip shops and cafes in the 90s. It was a bespoke(fake) SF2 cab. I can provide photos if that helps.

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Lovergoat said:

I lied about the psu. maybe I spent too much time inside different pcs last week at work and not enough time working.

Edit: Fixed a typo.

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SamuraiShodownSensei said:

I see a Red LED right there near the 5 volt adjustment knob. Does that light when switched on? You monitor would still receive power because the AC runs directly to it through an isolation transformer.

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Lovergoat said:

The LED is dead. Not even a flicker.

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SamuraiShodownSensei said:

check any fuses (if there are any) that are before the PSU. If they're good, your PSU is most likely shot.

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Lovergoat said:

There is one in the plug that goes in the wall but if that had gone the monitor wouldn't have power. Any idea where i'd find any others? Sorry to be so n00bish about this. I'm just a bit gay when it come to this stuff.

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SamuraiShodownSensei said:

possibly around the ac line filter splitting off going to the PSU.

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