MrAtari2600 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Alright I picked it up investigated and hookedup an AC to it. The AC made it power on to a blank screen so i was like HORRAY! Slap in few batteries after searching my entire house, well they dont do squat blank screen.... DONT THINK its dead batteries but i am not 100% sure has anyone encountered an issue like this with their atari Lynx? Mine is a version 1, I have carefully dissasembled the *CRASH* haha kidding lol. I dissasembled it all to take apeek and it all hookedup correctly, The power input for AC adaptor is loose and worries me but besides that everything is fine and untouched can tell this wasn't opened before me this is the system, hey for free good deal Edited February 18, 2008 by VintageGameCollectorKid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) aswell its not a PROBLEM but!!!! I need an AC adaptor wondering if i could get a price check etc on one Edited February 18, 2008 by VintageGameCollectorKid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimid2 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Get batteries you know are new and give it a try... if it doesn't work then it's probably not going to work on batteries... As for official Atari Lynx AC adapters, you can get them on Ebay for peanuts (like, less than $12 + shipping) if you can't find a cheap one in the Marketplace here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Battery power has to flow through a switch in the adapter socket. If the socket is loose from the board, this could cause the batteries not to work. Also if the switch contacts are dirty, the batteries won't work, either. Cleaning them involves taking the jack off theboard, at which time you may as well just replace it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 I got to reset the uhm power adaptor piece because it has come loose Im just worried ill somehow make it not work at all haha, It seems these things are troublemakers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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