What happened to my Master System?
So that Master System I got a couple weeks ago? I just got to it, and lo and behold...there's a problem. It doesn't seem to be quite like any that our search engine came up with. Upon fire-up...
There is NO:
Audio
Video
Green power light
There IS:
Heat from the Model 3025 AC adapter
Heat from the unit itself
Heat but no power must mean something's going on somewhere in there, yeah? I did see a thread about a bad voltage resisitor in the guys. Does that sound like the deal here?
It may the voltage regulator. I had the same problem with a famiclone and member ooxxoo or whatver helped me fix it. Later that day same thing happened to my MS. Heat but no power. Check the regulator with a multimeter.
Ooh boy! First time with a meter. Anyone got whats and wherefores on how to use it this way?
know how to use a meter? open the MS up and locate the regulator. It will look like this attacthed with a screw to a heat sink : http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2062599
turn your meter to the 20vdc setting and place the negative on the center pin, and with letters facing you the positive on the left, it should read 9v. Place the positive on the other side and it should read above zero.
Yeah I just checked mine and its 5v out, seeing as how it is a 5v regulator. Myself or im sure someone else on here would be happy to do it for you if you dont like soldering.
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