Just bought a BayWatch with a Non-working DMD. Why, you ask. Cos it was ½ price of others. And I feel WE can fix it. Ya Pinside TECHS!
The guy said that it worked before it went in to storage, but not when it came out. He also said that he put this DMD in to MSF (Frankenstein) and it worked. I think this is all true, but who really knows.
So what I found so far – the 8 amp SB fuse on rectifier 3 was blown. This rectifier supplies power to the DMD. I only had 7.5 amp SB Fuse to replace it with and yes it went too, slowly, LOL.
If I remove the power cable from the DMD and replace the fuse it does not blow.
I have also looked over the DMD PCB for obvious faults, EG popped caps. Look fine
The DMD is a Cherry.
Anyone got ideas, thanks?
PS - the rest of the machine is 100% working.