Dennis88 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) At first i want to introduce myself. My name is Dennis and recently i own a vectrex. The system dit work great but unfortunately the on/off volume switch failed after a while. So i hardwired the wires to fix this temporarily and cleaned the vectrex inside carefully with air from a compressor. After that fixed i have another problem: The picture is all messed up and the vectrex startscreen only has the rasters lined out without the vectrex text. Sound is working and i can hear the game playing. Things that i have checked/done: -removed dust and dirt inside the vectrex and boards -measured the 4 wire connector on the main board ( 4.95V ,ground ,4.88 V ,13.32V ) -cleaned the 4 wire connector -resolder the 4 wire connector points on the board -removed chips from socket, cleaned the pins and socket and reseated them -cleaned the x-y-z connector Can someone tell me where to look for this problem? (Pictures are taken from start screen en minestorm ) With kind regards, Dennis Edited January 21, 2015 by Dennis88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis88 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) Good news! The vectrex is working again after re-cleaning the socket of the first chip in the right corner near the adjustable pots.( logic board ) Also recalibrate the display by a electronic specialist with a multicard and fixed the on/off switch and also fixed the joystick button! greetings, Dennis Edited February 1, 2015 by Dennis88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Awesome! Btw: what country are you in? If stateside and looking for a multi-cart, LMK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis88 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 I just ordered the 72 in 1 Multicart by Andy Coleman ( http://vectrex.playntradeonline.com/ ) He is also active at the atariage forum as pootle. Unfortunately his responses on emails are not so fast. But all the customers who had ordered his product did get it. ( so good hope for me! ) Just a question about the vectrex: are there reproduction overlays for sale anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Yep, they're around. You can find them on ebay. I've also seen people selling them in the marketplace, but it's been a while. If you search for it, I'm sure you could find the users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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