Giant Smoadis Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 I hava a great atrai and i just cleaned it all up, noth internal and external and now i cant get it to turn on please help me Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Primus Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 OK, first, before we can help you, you need to explain yourself. This can involve learning to type with proper spelling, word completion and punctuation. What leads you to believe it isn't working? Did it work before you cleaned it? Is it hooked up correctly. Describe how to have it hooked up and what you hooked it up to. Are you using a known good cartridge? Have you checked the power supply? They sometimes fail due to shorts or breaks somewhere in those miles of wire they had. Try checking it with a multimeter. It should be 9 volts, give or take a fuzz. What model of the Atari is it? There were many models made, the Junior model which looks like a black wedge and is cheaply made, the "Heavy Sixer" model is heavy, with six switches and made of thick plastic, with heavy battle armor like sheilding around the boards, and is probably the best version of the Atari in existance. The "Light Sixer" is a lot like the heavy sixer, only it is made of thinner plastic and weighs less due to lack of the tank-like RF shielding, although it is still thick. The four switch models look the same as a light sixer, only they have the difficulty switches in the back, leaving only four on the front. The "Darth Vader" model is just a black four switch. Don't worry, the Atari is VERY hard to break. I have heard a story about a man finding an Atari that was sitting in the California sun, half buried in mud for 3 years, and after cleaning it up, it still worked fine. The carts are similarly hard to break, I have about 200 and only one doesn't work. Explain your problem here and we should be able to get it running for you. Ian Primus ian_primus@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 OR.............. To put it nicely. Could you give us more details? Um, Sark, let me introduce you to a guy named Atari70's (if typos bug you you will LOVE this guy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Primus Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 I think I remember Atari70s, I can remember headaches from reading his posts. I just don't see what's so hard about typing so that people can understand you. Ian Primus ian_primus@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Sark: I think I remember Atari70s, I can remember headaches from reading his posts. After a while, I just stopped reading his posts. Saved me a lot of time and avoided headaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Smoadis Posted February 9, 2002 Author Share Posted February 9, 2002 Sorry for being so vague. It is a model 2600 and I think what you call a darth vader. It has 4 switches with difficulties in the back and is all black. It did work before I cleaned it but it no longer does. The power dosent even turn on with any cartridge that was known to work. I connect it to my 32" tv with a radio shack adapter that you plug in the atari video and you put in the antenna cable wire and then it hooks into the tv. It says 300 ohm output. IT has a slider switch that goes form tv to game and when it is on game it gets fuzzy and makes the loud noise when the tv's not hooked up. I used rubbing alchhol and q-tips to clean all the games and the external body to make the atari look new and the internal (mainly the contacts) thanks for your help. It will be greatly appreciated if we can get this thing working again. Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted February 9, 2002 Share Posted February 9, 2002 First, have you tried the channel switch thats on the 2600? If switching the channel does not work i would change the Switch Box, it may be a bad one Man after re-reading that i would have to see the atari myself, so just before you cleaned it you were playing the atari and everything worked good? [ 02-08-2002: Message edited by: Lemmi ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted February 9, 2002 Share Posted February 9, 2002 The problem with Darth Vaders is if you take off their armored casings, they die 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted February 9, 2002 Share Posted February 9, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liveinabin: The problem with Darth Vaders is if you take off their armored casings, they die Thankfully I didn't have that happen with my 4-Switch Darth Vader. I took mine completely apart to learn more about the internal workings of the Atari 2600, before I started creating my 15-Pin Controller Ports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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