Symptom 1: No red in monitor Process: Tested the usual culprit, transistor in neck board, it worked fine. Followed schematic to find where red is handled from pcb to neck board and found a bad transistor located at Q203 (2SA562Y PNP Transistor). Replaced it and Red came back. However, colors were still muddy and not where they needed to be.… Read more →
Month: July 2015
Operation Thunderbolt
Bought this as non working. After going to get it and turning it on before I bought it, I felt I knew what the problem was, bad power supply. Symptom: Monitor turns on but stays black, does not play blind. Fix: Power supply was not providing 5V. Replaced switching power supply, fixed problem. Machine worked without any further issues until… Read more →
Battlezone Repair Log
We did it! We decided that we wanted to go through all the pain and suffering that many of my KLOV brethren go through on a regular basis and decided to get a non-working “it was working last time I turned it on” Battlezone. I’m a big fan of battlezone so I was really excited to get this guy back… Read more →