rvounik
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hi all, remember me? I finally got round to replacing the voltage regulator. I did this to the best of my abilities but as I said, Im quite inexperienced. However, I think I did okay. When I now turn on the console, I get vertical coloured bands across the screen. They are not moving and change only when I turn off and on again. I get this result with every game I have. Any clue whats wrong this time?
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wonderful. this will be interesting. reporting back later.
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hmm the 7805 voltage regulator. Now I have very little knowledge of electronics, but for sure I can replace a simple part like that. The problem is where I can get such a thing from. Our country's biggest electronics website gives me 13 results when I search for '7805' of which at least 4 look legit. if possible can you click the below link and see if you can make anything of it? http://www.conrad.nl/ce/nl/FastSearch.html?search=7805&initial=true there is an english version of the site (conrad.com) but it has different products so I cant order those. spanningsregelaar = voltage regulator would be very kind if you could help me out getting the right part!
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Me again. Havent got round to take pictures. I did notice something very important though. The first 3 minutes of turning the Atari on, it always works fine. After that, the image starts going crazy as described before. It stays like this, even after turning off and on again. I must wait a few hours before I can try again, and the picture will then always be normal again for a few minutes. Now, Ive read in another thread that there are no parts on the Atari that heat up. But for sure this has something to do with heat. Could it be the power adapter then?
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thanks for the vid, it is very clear. Unfortunately my light sixer looks quite a bit different under the hood and I have no idea how to check anything there. I guess I will sit back and wait for another light sixer to come by.
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Im sorry, I cannot find the bit you want me to measure. Im quite a beginner when it comes to electronics, but I sure want to learn.
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Ive tried a different tv, same result. Ive tried a different tv cable too (using RF here), same result. I opened up the console, cleaned every contact/chip and resoldered a lose solder point near the power connector I have a multimeter but frankly I have no idea how it works.. (dont laugh) Will try wiggling the cart around a bit, to see if that helps. Dont think its going to do much, though.. What atari 2600 models use the same chips as mine? Can I buy a much newer one (they are cheaper!) and exchange chips? Is the 7800 100% compatible with the 2600? If so I might just get one of those instead.. although they are hard to find in my country. (nl)
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Had no idea you guys werent able to see my video, sorry for that. For some reason my perfectly valid URL to my private site got redirected to some spammy JAVA website (enlightenedspace.org.uk). I converted the video to animgif and was able to host it at Tinypic. You should see it here: Tinypic hosts videos too, so for those brave enough: click here It basically starts off well, with the 'Tennis' logo dropping from the top of the screen (I assume thats what its supposed to do) but then the tennis court shows up already garbled, with some lines not in the right place, players not positioned properly etc. the game works though, it sounds and plays well. Then all of a sudden the image starts rolling really bad, becomes black and white and comes back to the garbled playing view again. Other games have similar glitches, for example Pole Position.
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anyone?
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Hi. I grew up with Commodore's but I've always had a soft spot for the 2600. Especially the very early ones, its amazing to see what people can still get it to do these days. So I bought my first ever Atari system, a light sixer with 9 games. Well, unfortunately Im having major problems getting it to work. I keep testing the system with the game Tennis (although Im having similar issues with other games) and very, very rarely do I get the game to work without glitches. More often it outputs a completely broken image, with artifacts in the playing area, rolling video, and all sorts of things like that. I made a short video to show you how that looks, please click here (it's a 1.4Mb mp4, should open and play in any video player). Does this look familiar to anyone? What chip is likely to be causing this? Ive thoroughly cleaned the system using contact spray, resoldered a lose solder point, checked the board for troubles.. Im lost now. Please help!
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