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« on: March 28, 2014, 10:32:54 am »

Good Day just a few questions about my Nintendo red tent.

When I turned on my Red Tent for the first time,  Both monitors came on with white screens,
there was no audio. 

I have a feeling that its the power supply for the board that is not working, either because of
a burnt fuse or w/e.

I will be testing this with a multimeter in the future.

I have a few spare power supplies I recovered from a JAMMA system,  could I use this power supply
as a replacement for the existing power supply?  If not,  what should I use as a replacement power supply?
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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2014, 10:44:36 am »

Good Day just a few questions about my Nintendo red tent.

When I turned on my Red Tent for the first time,  Both monitors came on with white screens,
there was no audio. 

I have a feeling that its the power supply for the board that is not working, either because of
a burnt fuse or w/e.

I will be testing this with a multimeter in the future.

I have a few spare power supplies I recovered from a JAMMA system,  could I use this power supply
as a replacement for the existing power supply?  If not,  what should I use as a replacement power supply?

Verify your voltages. If the power supply is bad it's possible to rebuild it but there are A LOT of caps in there.

Personally, I would seek out another original power supply on ebay or similar. They are out there.

It should be possible to install a switching power supply but you will not have 24v for the coin counter. Not a huge .

I have never personally done this but you can follow the pinout below to wire it up correctly:

https://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/spies.cgi?action=url&type=pinout&page=VS_Unisystem.html
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2014, 04:17:41 pm »

Thanks for the quick reply!  I plan on doing some mm testing before I continue to rule out the harness.
Follow up question, any tips on getting out the seized screws?
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