General Astrocade Repair Resources

[Cebus Capucinis]

Today I've decided to finally crack open my ol' Astrocade and try to repair it. I've done several arcade repairs now so I'm feeling confident I can at least poke around in it with a probe/soldering iron.

 

I don't want specific repair help right now, but are there any resources that are a good checklist or "generally ways to diagnose / repair" these? I saw the pinned post and it's got some common stuff, but was wondering if there's a more focused general resource out there with things like pinouts, voltages, etc.

 

I know the "plz fix Bally HELP" threads have good info for specific problems but I'm not quite at that point. Any advice? Thanks!

 

I should add: I'll be starting with the general "how to repair PCBs" that I use for arcade games, which is a fabulous starting point for just about anything. But it's not Astrocade specific so I will have to work around any... peculiarity...with the console.

[ballyalley]

I re-posted your question to the Astrocade discussion group on Groups.io, here:

 

https://groups.io/g/ballyalley/message/17141

 

Hopefully someone can help you out.

 

Adam

[Cebus Capucinis]

51 minutes ago, ballyalley said:

I re-posted your question to the Astrocade discussion group on Groups.io, here:

 

https://groups.io/g/ballyalley/message/17141

 

Hopefully someone can help you out.

 

Adam

Cheers, thanks! The current problem is finding where I stored it....

 

Okay. Now that the first problem is solved....LOL