ROOP Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 hello - can anyone help me? when i turn on the 2600 the screen is blank - briefly i see the game - just a quick flash - it was working ok before. - it's not the psu/tv/tv lead or games. it's something inside the console. where do i start!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcurrie Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 After reading the title of your post, I was going to recommend Viagra but.... Try this, it worked for me! http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36558 Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Defiantly the power supply inside the console. A shorted cap, burned resistor, or bad voltage regulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Primus Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Well, with Redcurrie's Atari, it was a blown TIA. Take the Atari apart, and measure voltages at the regulator and at the cart slot. (read my earlier instructions in this post http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36558). If they check out, then it's probably the TIA. You can swap with a working Atari to verify that it is indeed the problem. Ian Primus ian_primus@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROOP Posted November 7, 2003 Author Share Posted November 7, 2003 thanks for your help so far - what's the TIA by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 There are three chips on the motherboard at the heart of the machine. One of them is the TIA (Television Interface Adapter), one is the RAID chip and the other is the CPU I think. Not quite sure of what order they go on the board. I had a machine with a bad RAID chip and just ended swapping the entire motherboard from another machine. (Couldn't find the chip by itself) The one that I fixed was a heavy sixer and the one I robbed the motherboard out of was a horrible looking lite six switch. Good motherboard though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcurrie Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 There are three chips on the motherboard at the heart of the machine. One of them is the TIA (Television Interface Adapter), one is the RAID chip and the other is the CPU I think. Not quite sure of what order they go on the board. This might help. I'm assuming that yours is a PAL console.... http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/sche..._pal/index.html Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 topics that make you double over in pain 101.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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