I've finally finished my games room at home and have now got machines set up at home rather than in storage.
Some of the machines work, but some were bought years ago as projects to give me something to do in my spare time and keep me out of the pub. It hasn't worked very well as they haven't been touched since I bought them.
So now the games room is ready, I want to get the project machines up and running. What I'm looking for is a checklist to follow when you've got a machine that you know nothing about.
I'm quite happy tinkering with working machines, taking apart something that is working and putting it back together is one thing, but if you got a machine that hasn't been switched on in years, what steps should you follow?
I can take it to bits and polish stuff up (I'll do separate shop logs for each machines when I get started) but there's no point doing that if I cant ever get the machine to work.
So... What do I do first?
Plug it in and see if anything goes bang?
or is there a more sensible methodical approach that other people take?
Some of the machines work, but some were bought years ago as projects to give me something to do in my spare time and keep me out of the pub. It hasn't worked very well as they haven't been touched since I bought them.
So now the games room is ready, I want to get the project machines up and running. What I'm looking for is a checklist to follow when you've got a machine that you know nothing about.
I'm quite happy tinkering with working machines, taking apart something that is working and putting it back together is one thing, but if you got a machine that hasn't been switched on in years, what steps should you follow?
I can take it to bits and polish stuff up (I'll do separate shop logs for each machines when I get started) but there's no point doing that if I cant ever get the machine to work.
So... What do I do first?
Plug it in and see if anything goes bang?

or is there a more sensible methodical approach that other people take?