I pulled the original PS to see why there wasn’t any 12V on the dedicated audio line. Was pretty easy to figure out; someone intentionally removed a critical component so it wouldn’t work. Guessing so it wouldn’t die under load.
Xenophobe
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Andy tracked down the problem earlier today: bum power supply. It wasn’t putting out 12V on the dedicated line to the Sounds Good board. Quick swap with a Peter Chou and viola! My Xenophobe has sound. Now to source out the triggers and joystick bolts. Anyone know if this is […]
Had a little slack time at work today. Decided to tackle the gouges taken out of the board and patch them up. Got a couple of the easier ones by bridging the gap with solder. The others were too wide. Andy is far better at this than I am (much […]
The original control panel wood was replaced. Too much wood to properly place the CPO back on top of it (there are screw attachments on the bottom). So, I broke out the jigsaw, and just started cutting away. Right now I can get it so it lays flat, but then […]
Examined the main boardset today. I had remembered seeing a couple gouged traces on initial examination. So today I dragged it out of it’s storage box, and sure enough, I’m guessing one of the joysticks must have smacked it during one of it’s several moves. At least six cut traces, […]
Pulled the monitor today – what a mess! Cobwebs everywhere. This allowed me to get to the bolts that hold the monitor enclosure onto the pedestal. Of course, I have to allow the paint to cure overnight. Problem is the monitor enclosure is just sitting on the pedestal. I *pray* […]
There are twelve carriage bolts holding on the monitor enclosure and the cabinet body. I’ve been removing them three at a time, wire wheeling them rust free, and painting them flat black. Doing them three at a time, I’ve gotten the ones on the bottom, closest to the body. I […]
Really should have gotten some pictures of this before I started work on it. Two years ago, when I took a tour of the boss’ warehouse (before I started working for him) I noted a Mortal Kombat in a Xenophobe cabinet. Didn’t think much of it at the time, as […]