What would cause this arc?
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Original MVS Ghost Pilots, even had the warranty seal on the side.
Nothing inside, already opened it.
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Shorted ROM or capacitor causing WAY too much current to be pulled.
If that happened in your board check the slots because they will be damaged too... and if it was one of the MVS boards that has the right angle connection to the main board then those connectors may be toast as well.
That's cooked bad enough that you'll need a donor board to repair that cart. Pull the good ROMs and put it on the donor board then burn an EPROM to replace the bad chip. Or, swap all the ROMs and toss the bad board with the shorted cap away.
RJ
If that happened in your board check the slots because they will be damaged too... and if it was one of the MVS boards that has the right angle connection to the main board then those connectors may be toast as well.
That's cooked bad enough that you'll need a donor board to repair that cart. Pull the good ROMs and put it on the donor board then burn an EPROM to replace the bad chip. Or, swap all the ROMs and toss the bad board with the shorted cap away.
RJ
I got it like that, as mentioned earlier.
I talked to the original owner yesterday who says there is no damage to his MVS
My board is fine, no damage at all.
In fact its in attract mode right now, cycling fine.
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was the cart hot plugged?
ttooddddyy
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Hard to believe
Agreed. The contacts on the slot would at least be horribly discolored from the heat and probably burnt just as bad.
I can take pic of mine - not a mark anywhere.
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I believe you tonk, it is the supplier I doubt.
edit : Did he say the cart was working when shipped ?
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Gotta agree with the others...very odd the main board was burnt free and the cart was but then I've seen stranger things. My 6-slot board currently has a big burn mark around one of the +5 JAAMA connector: had to bypass it into the other +5's to keep it running.
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That is common on the MVH6 as they draw a fair bit of current from the edge connect, the 5 volt connections get hot and toasty.
I used some solderwick to fix my 6 stots.
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That is common on the MVH6 as they draw a fair bit of current from the edge connect, the 5 volt connections get hot and toasty.
I used some solderwick to fix my 6 stots.
EEEEK!
Copper tape! Copper tape!
http://www.abra-electronics.com/products/product.php?productid=2490&cat=206&page=1
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In the jungle we do not have the luxury of copper tape, so did a "bush" repair
Thanks for the link, I will get some.
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I'll have to get that. Solder is not an issue since there's no metal on my connector to get solder to stick.
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Wow! Never seen that, Anyone know where I can get this from in the UK??
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RS Components probably stock it
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That is common on the MVH6 as they draw a fair bit of current from the edge connect, the 5 volt connections get hot and toasty.
I used some solderwick to fix my 6 stots.
Is this common even when using all 4 +5v points? Would it be better to make 2 more +5v entry points to disperse it better?
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One would think but until I fix my particular board burn, I'm only using 2 and have the other +5 wiring tied into those. Not a good situation but it keeps the game running and the tokess flowing into it.
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The more connections (less resistance) the better imho
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I guess y'all are forgetting the connectors used to get more 5v power flowing between the top & bottom boards.
They aren't populated on most MVS boards but the solder points are there. It wouldn't take much to put a connector on those points and use them for getting additional power to the boards.
It sure beats soldering to capacitors.
They aren't populated on most MVS boards but the solder points are there. It wouldn't take much to put a connector on those points and use them for getting additional power to the boards.
It sure beats soldering to capacitors.