I have had my addams family 15 years, but have bought my TZ, Vector and Shadow in the past three months.
For those who are not repair gurus, might I share my experience. In 15 years of addams, I never had to touch a board. It required nothing more complex than flipper rebuilds, new fuse, new plastic link, new slingshot cover etc.
I have already had board and bad connection issues with my vector and shadow. And TZ had had other issues due to missing parts, corrosion to ferric structures etc
It is hugely helpful to have same generation games side by side. Being able to compare physical components (ie, what might be missing?) and swap boards and dmds between my three wpc game has saved me loads of aggro. It means you can rapidly ascertain where a problem is located in your game. I replaced two transistors on a dmd driver board today which was blowing fuses. I could identify the right ones by using the diode test function on my multimeter side by side on a known working and known defective board. Where there was a difference, I knew there would be a problem
I think having two same generation games should enable fellow amateurs like me to do far more maintenance on a DIY basis than would otherwise be the case.
For those who are not repair gurus, might I share my experience. In 15 years of addams, I never had to touch a board. It required nothing more complex than flipper rebuilds, new fuse, new plastic link, new slingshot cover etc.
I have already had board and bad connection issues with my vector and shadow. And TZ had had other issues due to missing parts, corrosion to ferric structures etc
It is hugely helpful to have same generation games side by side. Being able to compare physical components (ie, what might be missing?) and swap boards and dmds between my three wpc game has saved me loads of aggro. It means you can rapidly ascertain where a problem is located in your game. I replaced two transistors on a dmd driver board today which was blowing fuses. I could identify the right ones by using the diode test function on my multimeter side by side on a known working and known defective board. Where there was a difference, I knew there would be a problem
I think having two same generation games should enable fellow amateurs like me to do far more maintenance on a DIY basis than would otherwise be the case.
