Star Tech Journal

STAR*TEcH
October 1 995
Journal
FYI
DATA EAST
RoWE4900
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LETHAL WEAPON 3
COMMUNICATION
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Evan Wessel
Mercury Amusement
Havertown, Pennsylvania
George Nazarre
Arctic Music
Anchorage, Alaska
SYMPTOM
PROBLEM
Loud hum in this and other Data
East Games. All the obvious
things, i.e. power supply, ground
plug and speakers, have been
checked.
I've recently seen a surprisingly
large amount of my Rowe 4900's
display the error code 80-01
(OBA communication error).
SoLlITION
SOLlITION
Believe it or not, I've had more
hum problems with Data East
games from loose screws holding
the boards in the backbox.
So, before you look any further,
make sure the back of the boards
are clean and making a tight con-
nection against the metal mount-
ing.
The manual lists three culprits.
The OBA Controller, The Main
control board and the intercon-
necting wire.
After trying both boards and
checking the wire integrity the
best solution so far is ...
The Line noise reduction kit,
Rowe part no. 493-6026. Try it,
it works!
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PART NUMBER CORRECTION
Mike Sopher
Diversions Game Room
San Antonio, Texas
CORRECTION
SUBJECT
When ordering the belt needed
to perform the modification, use
Atari part =#= 178200-006.
Wrong part number listed on
Atari's Moto Frenzy Deluxe Exces-
sive Wear Modification published
in August '95 issue of STJ. Please
correct the chart on page 17.
(Thanks to Al vemon of Atari
Games for this update.)
Perform the modification in the
following order: Put the small
washer on the bolt and then put
both the large washers on the
bolt. Then thread the bolt into the
motor shaft to hold the pulley on .
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