Tech: Millipede PCB Help Needed

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So my brother came over for Easter this weekend, and had some boards
with him that he wanted to test out for a friend.

I have almost no room to work on games, so stupidly, I placed the edge
connector on my PCB at an angle without noticing. As soon as the game
was fired up, there was a huge pop and smoke. I am guessing that the
harness got misaligned on a couple of the contacts.

I managed to completely blow up cap C39. The cap guts were everywhere!
I pulled a spare off a dead Millipede board, but it still will not fire
up. When I turn it on, the led on the board is lit, and the one and two
player buttons stay lit. I get nothing on the monitor.

So, anybody know what else I blew up? Please help.

If it matters, I am running a Millipede PCB (with Multipede kit) in a
Centipede machine with the adapter from Arcadeshop.

Thanks,
Kevin

 

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Did you take the Multipede kit off and try the Millipede board with
just the original chips?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
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Kevin Rhinehart wrote:
> So my brother came over for Easter this weekend, and had some boards
> with him that he wanted to test out for a friend.
>
> I have almost no room to work on games, so stupidly, I placed the
edge
> connector on my PCB at an angle without noticing. As soon as the game
> was fired up, there was a huge pop and smoke. I am guessing that the
> harness got misaligned on a couple of the contacts.
>
> I managed to completely blow up cap C39. The cap guts were
everywhere!
> I pulled a spare off a dead Millipede board, but it still will not
fire
> up. When I turn it on, the led on the board is lit, and the one and
two
> player buttons stay lit. I get nothing on the monitor.
>
> So, anybody know what else I blew up? Please help.
>
> If it matters, I am running a Millipede PCB (with Multipede kit) in a
> Centipede machine with the adapter from Arcadeshop.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin