Sold my Maverick a few months back and the gent that bought it said the DMD stopped working yesterday.. Well after having him check boards etc, he sent me these pics.

Not sure what could've caused this, but does it look repairable? Hopefully it is, those are pricey!!

Thanks

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I will have to direct him to that. (is there a complete kit available?)

Sucks tho, this DMD was bright with no dots or lines out.. Guess it just wanted to take a wild sh!t randomly.. Toasty.

Will check it out, thanks.

Yeah, it looks bad.. Damn.. Hopefully someone can answer that!

I don't have the DMD in hand to check the brand, just the pics. Sold the machine months ago, worked perfect for him till the other day, then POOF! - Was hoping I could find a fix to save him some $$$.

I sent him links and info on the DMD extender along with PBL's new large DMD (once the site is back). Or I could look for a used DMD for him..

Sucks, that DMD costs basically 1/3 of the entire machine!!

No work done. I sold it shopped fully functional. He said he's been playing it daily with no probs until this. Said he hasn't even taken the glass off.

Not that I give a warranty, but I will do my best to help him out. (He's not a pinhead/collector, just has this machine)

Hope so too.

If not he will have to grab a new one.. Ouch!

Yep, can still play blind.

Crash - It's a Babcock. - Doesn't PBL sell them? Their site is down but here's the cached version.

Not sure what a Mav would go for without the DMD? - And the guy really likes the game. What a shh!tty part to take a dump.. Rather it be any other board..

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I have no problem doing all the work to get the DMD extender functional. Only issue is that the machine is 4hrs away. Can it be tested on a LOTR or Road Show so it's plug and play for him, or is Mav necessary to do this?

And not 100% sure PBL has them in stock. This all happened right after Wed when PBL went on shutdown. I can ask Terry.

Thanks fellas

Nice, will relay all this info.

Hope all the goods are available to build it up like that.. The search begins..

Thanks again y'all

I'm getting this fried DMD in the mail this week. Going to see what I can do.

I didn't even think about the WMS Dotmation machines! I'm in the slot hobby and know plenty of people... gonna make some calls!

Thanks

Ok, have the DMD in hand. Does anyone happen to have a Babcock DMD laying around that can take a pic of what was here in the pic?
(Z2 - Zener diode I assume.) Or does anybody have a schematic of some sort on this toasty thing? (Babcock GD-064D192-01C)

Thanks for any help!

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Was going to try that 'off board' repair. A clear pic of what a good board looks like, the schematic (hard copy, IPDB zoom doesn't do much) and I can fire up my welder! Worth a shot I think?

This thing did take a massive dump though, stinks!

That trace from the pin is completely toasted, it melted away. All other burnt traces are toasty but are making their connections/runs it seems, just started to check.

After a little cleaning it looks like maybe the cap closest to P1 leaked and shorted + (on P1) to - on that cap. That entire area is melted away, same with the Z2 diode. - I'm no guru with this so I apologize for my terminology.

C46 (upper left cap) has leaking going on also, and it was not in direct heat from this. Almost looks like it rusted the trace a bit underneath.

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Ohms - 00.5 on the 2 center pins, 152.2 on the far right pin.

I took the DMD to a friend that has worked with electronics for years.. He said the burns went through to the other side and looks to have messed up those traces as well. Only way to really see how bad is to remove the board from the glass..

Moving on to another option.

Thank you and everyone else for the tips.

Well, I picked up a Cherry DMD from a WMS slot, no luck. It has a dark corner as seen and this is all I get when tested in a Batman.. If anyone is interested in buying this DMD let me know, I give up on trying to fix another..

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I had gotten 2 DMDs from WMS slots, 1 works enough (lines out, slow refresh?) for now. Sad part is these POS DMDs cost $150 a pop "TESTED WORKING 100%", and the guy that sold them disappeared, joker..