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How bad is it? Ribbon cable in wrong slot when turned on!

By SkillshotExhibit

5 years ago

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HI all, I have a Totan and made a terrible mistake. Ive been trying to fix a number of issues and I reseated the ribbon cable that connects the CPU (?) board at connector J202 to connector J601 on the PCB Audio Visual board. I had the ribbon cable on the CPU oriented with the red strip on the left and on the PCB board the red stripe was on the right. I turned the game on and everything flashed and went dead, I turned the game off immediately then switched the cable orientation and now the game does not power up at all.

How bad is this? What should I check, I can't get the game to power on at all, I have no idea where to start.

Thanks for your advice.

Ribbon cables carry data, not voltage. I would check fuses and see if something simple went poof

Check the main fuse.

Oh, so good to know they don't carry voltage, I was afraid I burned up the whole game.

Quoted from Gunnut40:
Check the main fuse.

Where would the main fuse be located? I did a visual inspection of all the fuses on the WPC and PCB board and they look fine.

You should check with a DMM. Use the continuity function.

Quoted from FatPanda:
You should check with a DMM. Use the continuity function.

And you will have to remove them

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Quoted from SkillshotExhibit:
Oh, so good to know they don't carry voltage, I was afraid I burned up the whole game.

Where would the main fuse be located? I did a visual inspection of all the fuses on the WPC and PCB board and they look fine.

Unfortunately, you can't just do a visual inspection of fuses. It's common for them to blow, but still look fine. You have to test then with a meter to see if they still work.

The main fuse on TOTAN is up front on the right by the service outlet.

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Quoted from Goonie:
Unfortunately, you can't just do a visual inspection of fuses. It's common for them to blow, but still look fine. You have to test then with a meter to see if they still work.
The main fuse on TOTAN is up front on the right by the service outlet.
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Excellent, thank you! Ill check them with a meter.

The main fuse fixed it, thanks so much everyone!

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Quoted from SkillshotExhibit:
The main fuse fixed it, thanks so much everyone!

No problem. Let's just hope it was a tired old fuse, and not indicative of a bigger problem.

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How bad is it? Ribbon cable in wrong slot when turned on!

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