(Topic ID: 109107)

Data East- power supply problems with DMD voltage

By r6emperor

9 years ago



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#1 9 years ago

Data East Star Wars. Has a rottendog power supply, DMD would randomly display garbage or work perfectly fine. I repinned the 5v connectorand replaced the header on the display driver, it was very easy to pull off so I figured it couldn't hurt. Tried 3 other displays and none of them worked.

Checked all of the voltages,
-100v was -91
-110v was -94
68v was 76v
12v was 13.32v
5v was 5.01v

Replaced the rottendog with an original power supply and the voltages are back to where they should be and the display works fine again .

Anyone ever have problems like that with the rottendog? Is there any adjustments? I had to leave for work so I didn't really get to look at it yet.

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#2 9 years ago

Possibly bad negative regulator.

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#3 9 years ago

Thanks Ed. I did do a search at lunchtime and found out what was going on. I also read your article regarding the HV power design. Doesn't make much sense to overload them like that.... Is there any substitutes that could be retrofitted into place?

So I guess now I'll have to find an original and rebuild it. We got the game with the RD board in it already so I've got nothing to work with.

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