Re: TAC SCAN - Thermal Problem...UPDATE!

Welp!

I've just confirmed that the problem is definetly in the card cage. Warmed
it up with a hair dryer for about a minute or two before turning on for the
first time yesterday. Picture came right up and looked great!

Now - About those extension cards. I'm going to begin searching the local
electronics stores for appropriate edge connectors to build an extension
cable. Do you know how many pins those edges have? Will check it out this
evening and keep everyone up to date on my findings.

Thanks !

Steve

At 03:22 PM 11/12/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello All !
>
>My TAC-SCAN has been doing this for a couple years now. Now that the
>colder months are here it is again getting to the point where it bugs me -
>enough to send the pictures and ask for any advice.
>
>The game lives in the garage :( and on first power up the graphics are
>quite scrambled but the game is functioning normally. After a few minutes
>(3-5 minutes of warm-up) the graphics slowly return to normal. Eventually
>the game looks normal and plays perfectly.
>
>
>Here's my questions:
>
>1. Do you think this problem is on the XY TIMING board in the card cage or
>any other board in the cage ? Any ideas where I can get my hands on Sega's
>Card Extensions so I could run the board outside of the cage and get out
>the Freeze spray to try to locate the bad part.
>
>2. Do you think this problem is on the monitor itself (G08) ? Should I try
>spraying the deflection transistors first ? Is there any other component
>on the chassis board that commonly creates this symptom when they begin to
>fail?
>
>Thanks for any advice ....
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Steven Winslow
>
><http://home.earthlink.net/~winslow/TacScan1.jpg>
><http://home.earthlink.net/~winslow/TacScan2.jpg>
><http://home.earthlink.net/~winslow/TacScan3.jpg>
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