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July_1999
Re: Battlezone Crapped Out!


From: Dan Todd ( )
Date: Thu Jul 22 1999 - 21:09:19 CDT


Sounds to me like the ARII is bad.

On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:29:42 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

>Damn,
>
>The other day my Battlezone crapped out on me when I turned it on. Did a
>little investigation and it appears that I'm not getting +5V on the AVG
>board. Instead, I'm getting about +1.6V. I disconnected both boards and the
>AR II is putting out what it should be...it's like +8V with nothing connected.
>Hook up just the AVG board...back to 1.6V. So it appears I've got a problem
>with the AVG board SOMEWHERE! Thing is that I have no idea where to even
>begin checking (I've cleaned and inspected the edge connectors).
>
>Any ideas or hints?


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