04084: skimaxx: Original PCB videos

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
04084	Original Reference	Minor	N/A	Oct 17, 2010, 02:27	Oct 17, 2010, 19:10

Tester	Smitdogg	View Status	Public	Platform
Assigned To		Resolution	Open	OS
Status [?]	Acknowledged			Driver	misc/skimaxx.cpp
Version	N/A	Fixed in Version		Build
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	04084: skimaxx: Original PCB videos
Description	Original PCB running attract mode and a short game through an RGB board and into my PC. http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/mametesters/skimaxx.wmv http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/mametesters/skimaxx-take2.wmv
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information	This board's video comes out really dark. The first video is the PCB running at the default RGB levels and the second is it running with the levels adjusted. Aslo the second video has the dip switches in a slightly different position. I don't have proper controls for the game so the in-game part of the video is just the game running and no movements. The player just sort of leans to the left. It still shows a lot of interesting things about the graphics and I got a good stereo recording of the sound.
Github Commit

Flags	Verified with Original
Regression Version
Affected Sets / Systems	skimaxx

Attached Files

No.06764 Smitdogg Senior Tester Oct 17, 2010, 19:10 edited on: Oct 23, 2010, 19:41	I got the color/brightness corrected and made another video that I'll add to the report later today. BTW I think the Dallas chip works as a suicide device. I had it removed (to dump it) and ran the board without it to see if it would work and after a while it died and now it won't run anymore even after I resoldered it back onto the board. Edit: After leaving the board powered off for a few hours, it works again. Really odd. I have no explanation. Edit #2: I found the problem. It's a broken connection somewhere on the main board. Depending on how the board is flexed, it either works correctly or doesn't. I haven't been able to trace it out and I think it might be internal and not fixable. Anyway, I can get reference videos of any of the stages but it won't be much of a re-seller pcb.

No.06764

Smitdogg

Senior Tester

Oct 17, 2010, 19:10

edited on: Oct 23, 2010, 19:41

I got the color/brightness corrected and made another video that I'll add to the report later today. BTW I think the Dallas chip works as a suicide device. I had it removed (to dump it) and ran the board without it to see if it would work and after a while it died and now it won't run anymore even after I resoldered it back onto the board.

Edit: After leaving the board powered off for a few hours, it works again. Really odd. I have no explanation.

Edit #2: I found the problem. It's a broken connection somewhere on the main board. Depending on how the board is flexed, it either works correctly or doesn't. I haven't been able to trace it out and I think it might be internal and not fixable. Anyway, I can get reference videos of any of the stages but it won't be much of a re-seller pcb.