Niko
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Hey guys, I bought an F3 and a puzzle bobble 3 cart a few weeks backs off ebay and when I got it. I hooked it up but didnt get any video or sound.
Here is what I tried:
I verfied the voltage from my PSU was correct.
I replaced my PSU.
I cleaned the jamma edge
I cleaned the entire board
I reseated the game.
I tried hooking a speaker to both jamma and the stereo out header on the board.
I tried pressing the test switch.
I tried holding the test switch.
I tried pressing the test switch, waiting 30 seconds, pressing down 5x on P1 joystick then hitting button 1.
I tried coining up.
None of the above did anything to remedy the issue. Or caused anything different to happen. The only thing is when I would boot the F3 without a game connected I would get a blue bar at the top of the screen.
So I sent the F3 and the game back for a replacement.
Today, the replacement arrived and it does the exact same thing. Except, when I boot the system without a game I get abunch of garbage colors on the screen.
Any ideas on whats going on? Did I just receive two bad boards from the same seller?
My setup is a supergun with a Gonbes 8220 to convert the RGB to VGA.
The only other thing I could think of is that I am not running a -5v line. Could that be the issue?
Here is what I tried:
I verfied the voltage from my PSU was correct.
I replaced my PSU.
I cleaned the jamma edge
I cleaned the entire board
I reseated the game.
I tried hooking a speaker to both jamma and the stereo out header on the board.
I tried pressing the test switch.
I tried holding the test switch.
I tried pressing the test switch, waiting 30 seconds, pressing down 5x on P1 joystick then hitting button 1.
I tried coining up.
None of the above did anything to remedy the issue. Or caused anything different to happen. The only thing is when I would boot the F3 without a game connected I would get a blue bar at the top of the screen.
So I sent the F3 and the game back for a replacement.
Today, the replacement arrived and it does the exact same thing. Except, when I boot the system without a game I get abunch of garbage colors on the screen.
Any ideas on whats going on? Did I just receive two bad boards from the same seller?
My setup is a supergun with a Gonbes 8220 to convert the RGB to VGA.
The only other thing I could think of is that I am not running a -5v line. Could that be the issue?