Turrican Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Hi i have an 6switcher and it is sick What happens is , I put a cart in the slot and then the game comes up for about 5-6 seconds then goes to black or that haywire screen I have the right power supply and i just changed the voltage regulator(just incase) and still the same thing happens. Do any of you atari experts out there know what this could be or have had a problem like this yourself ? So its not voltage and its not a dirty cart slot so what does that leave..? Help me ressurect this baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Flaky AC connection? You could always reflow the solder around the AC connector points. Does it worsen if you fiddle with the power cord? Move the console around? The cart in the slot? You could also try reflowing the solder around the cart port, too, or at the very least check for cracked solder points. Check the power switch, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turrican Posted September 8, 2004 Author Share Posted September 8, 2004 The ac connection is ok and when i do this i leave the atari still and it just does this by itself, The games are playable for 5-6 seconds then nothing. Solders look ok everything seems to be fine cosmeticly. Could it be a chip heating up and crashing? I have won another 6 switcher for $5Aus(console only working)on ebay. So maybey i could do a bit of chip swapping to see. But it would be nice to get this one working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 You could do the chip swaping, but it's not worth it if you've got a system that is coming to you thats going to be working just fine. BTW, This is post #: 1986 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Could be a faulty voltage regulator...could be a faulty 6507... Look here: http://atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46859 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 He just changed the Volt. Reg. and it could be the 6507. if you do want to swap chips, that the one to start with. BTW, This is post #: 1987 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Even better...here: http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36558 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 BTW this is post 14120 * thumbs nose at VGK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 BTW, I'm counting up to my 2000th post! A few years ago I saw all the guys who joined, not more than months before I did, and they had tons of posts to their names, I remember the big guys having no more than 2000!!!!! And then theres me, I post once or twice (usually) and so, it took me sooo freakin long to get up with you guys!!!!! Remeber the "catch up with Moycon thread" when Moycon was the dude with the highest post count? BTW, This is post #: 1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I remember when 1000 posts was just a !!!!!! in StanJr's eye. #14122 here, small fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Check out this post count... http://boards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=24938550 Now there's a guy whose family has left long ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 LOL!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Some people have no lives. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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