Asteroids deluxe help

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Hi. my asteroids deluxe worked fine before I put a new marquee bulb and
blacklight in it. I replaced the bulbs and powered the game up. the
fuse blew. Then I replaced all the fuses and unhooked the light
fixtures. Now I cant get anything to power up. double checked
connections, fuses, and switches. still nothing.
I am new to Atari. Is there anything I should look out for?
Also, the game's switches were all unhooked. It was rigged so that when
the power cord is plugged in the game goes on.

Thanks
Steve

 

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I just checked the service/ safety switches. pulled them in the out
position. still no power to the game, also checked the plug. I'm gonna
use a multi meter now.
thanks.

 

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Also, the game's switches were all unhooked. It was rigged so that when

the power cord is plugged in the game goes on.

that sounds dubious. I think I'd get a new power supply or rebuild the
old one and erase that hackery.

Jeff

 

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I got all new fuses to match the specifications in the manual. works
great now.
Thanks

 

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thanks for what ? sounds like you did all the work

Jeff

glad to hear it's alive and well, one of my favorite games. Hope yours
has the blacklight and the mirror for that cool faux-3D effect.

 

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I'm having some trouble with mine too.

Someone gave me some suggestions a few months ago. I printed them
out, but haven't really dug into it. Hopefully i'll locate them and
go through this soon.

It powers up, and sometimes i'll hear a tone followed by another tone.
No picture.

Then i'll plug it in another day, and it will work fine for weeks,
then the same problem happens. That's why I never went through the
tips I was given, because it came up the next time.

I'm thinking the tone indicates a bad ram chip, but I think the tips
indicated otherwise.

Lately I haven't been able to get a picture even with it in test mode.
When I plug in and hear the beeping, I immediately unplug the machine.
So i'd hope the monitor didn't get damaged from a bad gameboard.

I haven't checked anything with a multi-meter yet. Still learning how
to do that. I have a meter.

Any suggestions?

AD is still my all-time favorite game, so I really hope to have it
working again soon.

It's a game that I never get borred with, but playing anything too
much will be.


On 7 Jul 2005 23:01:48 -0700, "VectorGen" <istolewhitesands@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>thanks for what ? sounds like you did all the work
>
>Jeff
>
>glad to hear it's alive and well, one of my favorite games. Hope yours
>has the blacklight and the mirror for that cool faux-3D effect.
>