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

    I prefer the machine sockets myself. I never popped traces on the other
side? To each there own. The Duel wipe have a tendency to become loose after
a period of time where the machine sockets won't.

Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bret Pehrson" <bret@infowest.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:30 PM
Subject: RE: VECTOR: 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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