RE: New BattleZone owner.....you know whats next

> 1) replace all the Rom sockets with machine sockets

I'd recommend DWLP sockets instead for the casual repair -- much easier to
insert chips into, more give (e.g. they have less of a tendency to pop the
traces off the back of the board under force), etc. Machine-pin sockets are
better suited for machine-inserted chips.

There is a bit of historical discussion regarding the benefits of DWLP over
machine pin -- check rgvac in Google Groups for more details.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> [mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Fredk
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:45 AM
> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: New BattleZone owner.....you know whats next
>
> I can give you my 2 cents on this (pretty much the standard
> BZ treatment
> from most of the vector guys I am sure)
>
> First clean up all the bad solders like you have done.
> Then -
>
> 1) replace all the Rom sockets with machine sockets
> 2) replace all the Roms with Fresh
> 3) replace all the 40 pin sockets on the Aux PCB and replace
> the 2901's with
> new (I do this just to save headaches later)
>
> This above usually takes care of most intermittent problems
> and make life
> easier to diagnois the true problem with the board.
>
> Fred
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Bowie" <wbowie@sc.rr.com>
> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: New BattleZone owner.....you know whats next
>
>
> > Hi Guys!
> > I recently aquired a BattleZone mini. It has some
> signs of life.
> > Currently in test mode all I get is a continuous series of
> low tones...it
> > never stops. When I put it in game mode I will hear the
> attract theme
> > followed by two explosions. When I put a credit it on the
> machine it
> takes
> > about 30sec for it to register the credit. Starting the
> game ..it sounds
> > like its starting normal..but less than 10sec the the
> credit switches
> start
> > clicking and the game resets. I have no video yet as the
> monitor is only
> a
> > tube...I'm trying to find a chassis.
> >
> > I have been searching through the vector archives and have
> tried cleaning
> > and re-seating all socketed chips. Cleaning and re-flowing
> solder on the
> > inter-connect. Re-flowing solder on all sockets. I am a
> newb to vector
> > games and am hoping to get some help here. I have borrowed a friends
> > o-scope..and with direction can take readings and report
> results back.
> All
> > voltages have checked out except the +15v. How do I test
> the Big Blue cap
> > on the brick to be sure if it needs replacement?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > William
> >
> >
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