Sad Story

[Genjackson]

I completely broke down a Crazy Taxi arcade. I packed it piece by piece upstairs to my gameroom. I killed my back in the process. I put it all back together. It worked for a week before a mouse chewed a wire. I have no Idea how to fix it.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Ouch..

[Genesaturn]

Can you identify what wire was chewed? Depending on if its internal or just the power cable would make a world of difference.

[markusman64ds]

If you ever get it working again, remember to outfit it with lots of mouse traps.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/398272693_b8676920af.jpg

Would have been a much more ironic story if it was one of those.

[Genesaturn]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/398272693_b8676920af.jpg

Would have been a much more ironic story if it was one of those.

That just made my whole day lol

[Genjackson]

Can you identify what wire was chewed? Depending on if its internal or just the power cable would make a world of difference.

I haven't even tried to fix it yet. I'm still a little too angry. I did kill the mouse I think. I surrounded it with 4 mouse traps (no not the arcade Mouse Trap LOL). I also put a whole bag of mouse poison blocks (like 8 maybe) around it. It's in my gameroom, so I also kept a bb gun beside me while I was playing games up there just in case I saw the little bastard. In the end, it was like the part in The Great Mouse Detective where they are tied to the mouse trap and there are like 15 other things to make sure they die. The only difference is, my deathtrap worked.

[Compute]

Unless the wires are all the same color, fixing a chewed wire shouldn't be too hard. You just need to find which one and patch it. Is the game getting power? Does the monitor turn on? Is there a problem with the controls?


EDIT: Post #400!

[InsaneDavid]

EDIT: Post #400!

Since I'm sure at least one person is waiting for it.

Oh no, now you've done it...


Any progress on the repair?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Clearly the mouse was not a fan of The Offspring.

[Genjackson]

Unless the wires are all the same color, fixing a chewed wire shouldn't be too hard. You just need to find which one and patch it. Is the game getting power? Does the monitor turn on? Is there a problem with the controls?


EDIT: Post #400!

It's the steering wheel panel. It's a real pain to get to the wires on those which is why I haven't gotten to it yet. I do hope they are color coated when I get to them.

[jb143]

What is it doing? If it's a wire in the steering wheel panel then I'd guess it's still powering up, letting you start games, etc... just not letting you steer or otherwise enjoyable play the game.

I'm also curious how you know it's from a mouse chewing through a wire if you haven't gotten in to look yet?