daldude Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 This Sucks My Intellivision 1 just died on me. I was playing the Demo Cartridge for 83 and all of a sudden the Intellivision reset,then I played the Bad Apple Demo thing and it reset so I hit reset to start it over and it reset again and now it just keeps clicking or doing a constant rest with the screed flashing I tried my Cuttle Cart 3 and it did the same thing, tried cleaning the contacts on the LTO and that did not fix it. What has gone bad when you get a flashing clicking screen? One of the Chips or the Power Supply or that voltage regulator thing that has a ribbon cable on it that attaches to the main board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Sounds like the Bad Apple really turned out to be a bad apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Perhaps your Intellivision is in mourning... give it a day or two for it to grieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) Try disconnecting the reset switch. Try it with the controllers unplugged. Visually inspect the PCBs. Check the power supply voltages. Service manual here. https://console5.com/wiki/Intellivision Edited June 16, 2017 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Question- looking over the console5 link, it shows a picture of RF adjustment points. How does one adjust RF? and would doing so possibly fix this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV5xl5n1K-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I thought they talk about adjusting rf in one of the service guides. If its not the cable or the television, you can try replacing the rf modulator. http://leftturnonly.info/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daldude Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 Sounds like the Bad Apple really turned out to be a bad apple. That aint got nothin to do with it. a Game or Software can't cause hardware damage, it's Read Only so ones the power is turned off anything that may have cause the Intellivision to crash or lock up will be gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 (edited) Check the pins in the cart slot are straight and not shorted. Pin 12 is a reset line. Do you have any other game carts to test with? Check the voltages at the 5 pin header with the ribbon disconnected. What does it do with no game inserted, does it still flash or just blank screen? If it still flashes with no game, the reset circuit is fairly straightforward to check. Check cap C26, C9 and diode CR7. Lastly try swapping the STIC. Edited June 18, 2017 by HunterZero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daldude Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 Now it's working again and I ran that Memory Test Program RAM Tester on it for a hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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