ATARIeric Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 i hooked up an atari xe today that i have had in storage, it powers up when i press the power button, but all i get is a green screen when i try to play a game,and no sound, "just green screen" any info on how i can go about solving this problem will be greatly appreciated im a new guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 Are you referring to the XE Game System or is it a 65XE/130XE? Try starting it up without a game in the cartridge slot and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 7, 2003 Author Share Posted March 7, 2003 it is the XE game system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 7, 2003 Author Share Posted March 7, 2003 xe game system has a green screen with or without a cart in it, what should i do from here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 7, 2003 Author Share Posted March 7, 2003 ok, well i guess i wont be playing any games with the XE game system, if anyone can reccomend on what i should have done to the console, cleaning or so on, or knows for a fact what is causing my system to just show a green picture on TV screen, wheter it be a cart is in the slot when i turn it on, or if there isnt a cart in the slot damn me and my green screen!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 I've been trying to think of what exactly could be causing it, but there's really no telling. I think someone a little more familiar with the XEGS would probably be able to help you out a little better than I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 Hi! Is there any text in the green screen or is the only thing you see a whole screen filled with the colour green? Is it dark or light green? Did you hook up a keyboard to the GameSystem? Strange is the GREEN colour. But perhaps this is a difference between PAL and NTSC? When my PAL atari's are stuck mostly I get a DARK RED screen, or a dark-red screen with some yellow bars in it. There are a few possibilities. The weakest parts of the computer are: * Ram chips (2 4464 chips in the left under corner) * OS ROM (C101687) * MMU (C101686) The only easy-to-get parts are the ram chips. But you might need to ask more around, and perhaps you could look at: http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/custom-i.htm Greetz, Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 7, 2003 Author Share Posted March 7, 2003 no text or lines in the picture, just a nice lime green color, all i did was, i took it out of the box and hooked it up, even if the keyboard is attached, all i get is that green screen when i power it up, with or without carts!!! thankyou guys for your help, please, any more info will be greatly appreciated, are you saying that i should open it up and check the soldering for those chips, or are they in sockets ? looks like im gonna have fun with this unit thankgod i have my 2600, id be lost without junglehunt but i do have some nice games for my XE "it is so important for me to get this going" i think i found a home here at this site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 Many people have suggested in the past that a weak (broken) power supply may cause the computer to show just a solid color screen. Check the output of your PS with your multimeter. I'm not sure what the XEGS should have coming in. Hang on... checking the Atari 8-bit FAQ... (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/atari-8-bit/faq/) Looks like 5V. DC supplies (external adapters) 5 V DC 1.0 A (5.0 W) Atari#CO70042 600XL,65XE,XE Game System 5 V DC 1.5 A (7.5 W) Atari#CO61982/CA024814 600XL,800XL,65XE,130XE,XE Game System 4 varieties, detailed by Ben Poehland in Current Notes v10n9 Nov 1990: Type I: The Beauty Queen, 1983-84, made in Hong Kong matches XL hardware, repairs easy Type II: The Ugly Clunker, 1984-85, made in Taiwan all black, external RF interference supression box, entirely permanently sealed, unrepairable Type III: The Black Beauty, 1985, made in Taiwan, uncommon like Type I but all black, simplest design/easiest repairs Type IV: The Peanut, 1985-?, made in Taiwan black with silver plate, difficult/tedious repairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 7, 2003 Author Share Posted March 7, 2003 thankyou for the input im getting everyone im going into work an hr early so i can hook up a multimeter to power supply, i hope thats all it is, but if not, i dont care if it takes me a year or longer, i will fix this!!!!!! DETERMINATION!!!!!!! thanks for the input again i will post results later on today ATARIeric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 the powersupply i have is an atari, its all black and says "made in singapore" lol but anyhoot, i checked the faqs and found the pinout on the powersupply, and yes, the three 5v were at exactly 5v and the three negatives were at exactly 0.00 on my multimeter, so i dont think it is the power supply that is causing the green screen, are there any schematics available, or if anyone reccomends the next step on diagnosing this ? thanks to all ATARIeric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 this is the info on powersuppy power supply input 117V 60HZ ZZVA output 5VDC 1A for use with atari computer P/N 0070042-01 4-87 its all black, big bulky thing, but tests out fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantaipan Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 Did you get my PM. I mentioned several things to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 will check my pm's in a few minutes, my best friend is here hanging out amazed at this web site i should him, i will check pms soon, thankyou so much please stand by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 will check my pm's in a few minutes, my best friend is here hanging out amazed at this web site i should him, i will check pms soon, thankyou so much please stand by Hi, When you have a XE game system open it and feel if the two rams a getting hot when powered on. I have repaired a few XE systems they all came from a batch from Italy. (Check on the bottom white sticker). When this system comes from Italy it's possible the system was from this same batch. They all had the same problem. I had to exchange the RAM chips and the OS ROM just put an XL/XE rom in to test it. The samething I have got with a batch of XF551 drives they all had a processor 8050 (internal rom) this chip had a bug in the mask so it would function. I repaired them by replacing a jumper and an external ROM. It seems Atari has shipped some batches that were never tested. TXG/MNX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 no white sticker, the sticker is clear with white lettering " the clear makes it look like the same color as console" made in taiwan serial number A1 81 1123220 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 no white sticker, the sticker is clear with white lettering " the clear makes it look like the same color as console" made in taiwan serial number A1 81 1123220 Hmm but you still can check if the RAM and/or ROM get hot, seems to be the only troubles with those XE systems. I had 5 of them after the second computer I repaired the rest within 2 hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 Sounds Like you know what your talking about Thank You !!!! i will get back to you with results soon!! just not tonight soon lol thanks again for your help, now its time to copy and paste your thread to .txt thankyou again ATARIeric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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