Atari Master Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 I really don't want to buy a new 2600 so i'm asking you if you could give me a few things that could be wrong with my 2600.When we hooked it up it was not dooing anything at all.It was like we never even connected anything.The Plug was getting hot and my dad said that it may ge that it's not getting any juice. Could somone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 What model of 2600 is it? Reason I ask is that I find it easier to isolate the problem bits in a non junior. The old big ones have 2 or 3 big boards all plugged together. I just borrowed a similar system from a friend, and switched around boards till it worked (in my case it was the TIA chip). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Master Posted April 11, 2002 Author Share Posted April 11, 2002 I have a Vadar 4 switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 Right, first thing - open it up and make sure the rf lead is connected inside. Then try it with another power supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 Or get a voltmeter and test the power supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelen Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 what do you mean by the plug was getting hot, you mean the connector from you adapter ?, then there must be a little short circuit. if you open you're atari, you can see the voltage regulator (in all versions) a 7805. it has 3 pins. you could look with a multimeter what voltage is comming out of it (black on wire on the middle, and red on the right) if the power circuit is ok then there should be 5.00 volt, if not you could look at the recistance between the left and the middle pin of the regulator. if this is ~0 ohm then there is a short cicuit..and if you're plug from the adapter is getting hot it could be in the power connector. Thelen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 Remeber PSU normaly get a little hot and if there was a short then you'd probably just blow the fuse in the PSU. Just check the obvious: RF leads, TV tuning, PSU is giving you 9V, getting power to both boards and everything is connected together properly (the two boards). If you check all that, and you still get nothing, then there is probably very little you can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 Ive been trying to help him for sooooooo long but he is never on the YIM account he gave me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 Save it for 'Ask Joe' then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 Yeah , are they gonna email the questions to me? or another account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Master Posted April 15, 2002 Author Share Posted April 15, 2002 Don't worry guys, I just got a 7800 with connections, a game, joysticks and all for $14.99! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 Im an idiot , i just thought of this , i understand you have a 7800 but that cant play all 2600 games but replace the 7805 volt regulator thats a very common problem in nonworking 2600s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 I have an atari 2600 that needed a new chip. There are 3. The problem is you need another good atari to borrow chips from to find out which chip is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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