silverfox0786
Beware the Hillman
nice one
F355 Restoration
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Not a particularly exciting update but another job done....
I noticed that the fans were pretty noisy before I stripped the machine down. Decided give them a bit of TLC.
You can see the amount of cr*p clogging this fan up, no wonder it was noisy.
Scraped out most of the crud
All re-assembled and lubricated. I've re-tapped all of the mounting holes so that they now take M5 button screws, much nicer than those horrible hex self-tappers:
I noticed that the fans were pretty noisy before I stripped the machine down. Decided give them a bit of TLC.
You can see the amount of cr*p clogging this fan up, no wonder it was noisy.
Scraped out most of the crud
All re-assembled and lubricated. I've re-tapped all of the mounting holes so that they now take M5 button screws, much nicer than those horrible hex self-tappers:
silverfox0786
Beware the Hillman
i got one of those fans
how do you open em up like that
how do you open em up like that
silverfox0786
Beware the Hillman
corn said:
ah, so thats the secret
Grrrr - put the cab pretty much back together. Powered it on and the motherboard refuses to boot into the game, just a grey blank screen. Game test mode refuses to load but Naomi RAM test and ROM test report fine. Really really frustrating.
I've lost patience now .. expect to see this in the For Sale section shortly :-(
I've lost patience now .. expect to see this in the For Sale section shortly :-(
which boards have you got in it, get some pics of the pcbs dude
Have you put the original Bios in as well, swap the pcb need the original Multi Board Bios as they have to talk to each other, if you leave a standard Naomi bios in the one with Cart, you should see the game start but slow with no soundBods2016-02-12 17:45:25
Have you put the original Bios in as well, swap the pcb need the original Multi Board Bios as they have to talk to each other, if you leave a standard Naomi bios in the one with Cart, you should see the game start but slow with no soundBods2016-02-12 17:45:25
Bods said:
Its exactly as it was when I had it working here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOT8M698WJY
I've not done anything with it other than plug it in the driver cab (instead of the Naomi). Can't really understand why, it was working fine a few days ago and not now. Definitely has the Multi-bios in.
I checked voltages in the F355 base before I plugged the motherboard in. 5.00v, 3.31 and 12.2v. Given there is no adjustment for the 12.2v there was little to change there.
I took the game board out the other day to take some pics. Other than that, I've not touched it since I tested it. I'll re-seat the gameboard next I guess.
I would check interconnections of all the boards - I've experienced odd non-booting issues and strange graphic behaviour a lot when swapping out ROM/CPU/Video boards in my Model 3 driver. You think it's fine, but then go back and remove and press in again and ping it's up and running fine again.
Hope it is this as I'd feel bad as you did those board photos for me
Outrun22016-02-12 18:52:20
Hope it is this as I'd feel bad as you did those board photos for me
Outrun22016-02-12 18:52:20
AndyGeezer
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Make sure you plug the vga in the right connector, otherwise you do get a grey screen.
terminator2k2
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corn said:
no longer going in the for sale section I take it
congrats on getting it up and running
corn said:AndyGeezer said:
Wooohooo. Could have sworn I had the VGA cable in the same place as last time. Seems not!
Thanks Andy
Nice one mate.
Have a nice weekend without that dark cloud hanging over the cab!
This is why Andy is 'The One And Only' Geezer.
Andy and also Craig don't have to help us out at all, but they do, and without any other motivation other than to see us revive and then enjoy these games.
The side panels on the cab have some hefty holes that need sorting. I guess I'm going to have to spray the panels which is a real shame. Can't be helped though I guess.
I've made a start on filling them. Just plugged the hole with paper and then filled with "Sticks like sh*t":
I'll get it filled with car body filler/cellulose stopper and sanded over the next few days.
In the meantime, the cab is partially back to together (somewhat ghetto I know):
I've made a start on filling them. Just plugged the hole with paper and then filled with "Sticks like sh*t":
I'll get it filled with car body filler/cellulose stopper and sanded over the next few days.
In the meantime, the cab is partially back to together (somewhat ghetto I know):
terminator2k2
Active member
ouch that side panel has seen better days...couldn't see that or I missed it on previous photos.....
loving the progress so far...wasn't the plan to turn 1 of these into a 2nd outrun 2 for a twin outrun 2?
loving the progress so far...wasn't the plan to turn 1 of these into a 2nd outrun 2 for a twin outrun 2?
Outrun2 said:Vamino said:..
This is why Andy is 'The One And Only' Geezer.
Andy and also Craig don't have to help us out at all, but they do, and without any other motivation other than to see us revive and then enjoy these games.
I 3rd that
Get a fibre glass kit from Halfords, you'll not break it again after that, it's ace for repairing this stuff, I've got another one of mine to doBods2016-02-17 10:56:53