Re: WG6100 testing

aww shucks, thanks for the props.. Luckily thats one Ive seen before!
Glad it was something simple!

Andrew

> akswanson is a genius. :-)
>
> I checked, and there was a bad socket for Q102, one of the pins was
> not making contact with the socket. I pushed the pin over so it stayed
> in contact with the socket, retested, and the spot killer LED came on.
>
> I bought a bunch of new sockets yesterday, and my friend and I will
> replace
> that one and test all the other TO-3 sockets on the two monitors we just
> rebuilt.
>
> I also borrowed an Wico Corp. X-Y Pattern Generator from my friend Al,
> so we'll try to get some patterns up on the monitors this afternoon.
>
> Thanks for the help guys!
>
> ___
> Ken
>
>
> On 07/23/11 06:41, akswanson@ntelos.net wrote:
>> Yep..serves me right for answering early in the am.. Thats true.. so Im
>> feeling its a power supply issue.
>>
>>
>>> He's not going to hear deflection chatter with the game board
>>> unplugged.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 8:16 AM,<akswanson@ntelos.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah. In my limited experience, if the monitors not working, and the
>>>> spot
>>>> killers not on, its either the voltage rails missing, or it could be
>>>> the
>>>> HV.. Im sorry I assumed you didnt hear deflection chatter..Are you
>>>> hearing
>>>> deflection chatter?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I assume you mean Q102 and Q103 on connector J100, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll make sure they have a good connection and test good. We did
>>>> replace
>>>>> them
>>>>> during the rebuild, but I'll make sure we installed them correctly
>>>>> and
>>>> the
>>>>> still
>>>>> work.
>>>>>
>>>>> ___
>>>>> Ken
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07/22/11 16:50, akswanson@ntelos.net wrote:
>>>>>> Check your regulator bottlecap transistors.. You could have a bad
>>>>>> connection..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My friend and I finished rebuilding our WG6100 monitors last night.
>>>> I
>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>> have some power supply work to do on my Space Duel, but we figured
>>>> his
>>>>>>> Tempest
>>>>>>> was ready for a smoke test.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We put it all together, except for the game PCB. We stood to the
>>>> side,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> applied power. The two LEDs on the LV2000 came on, the front coin
>>>> slot
>>>>>>> lights
>>>>>>> came on, and the CRT neck was glowing. No fuses blew. All good
>>>> signs!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However, we did not see the spot killer LED come on. I would think
>>>> it
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> come on if the game board was disconnected.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, should I look for issues in the spot killer circuit, or is it
>>>>>>> expected
>>>>>>> that the LED not come on if the game PCB is disconnected?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A friend has an Atari vector monitor generator/tester he is going
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> loan
>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>> once he finds it. :-) I hope to use that for further testing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ___
>>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>>>
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