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Article #8711Re: HELP - Nintendo on the blink
From: Gordon Vickers
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 17:30
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 17:30
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>In article <48191@prls.UUCP> gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) writes:
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- The power ON light blinks even when no game has been inserted. I've
- tried cleaning the contacts on the game connector and have done a
- visual inspection. I have not checked the 7805 voltage regulator yet.
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- Would I be correct in assuming that the blinking light indicates
- an overload ?
In article <10478@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> robin@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Robin Amano) writes:
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- I thought it was normal for the power light to blink
- when no cartridge is in the machine? Mine works fine
- with a cartridge in and blinks with no cartridge.
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Thanks Robin, that's nice to know. However .....
It also blinks when any cartridge is inserted.
Gordon Vickers 408/991-5370 {mips,pyramid|philabs}!prls!gordon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!prls!gordon From: gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: HELP - Nintendo on the blink Message-ID: <48236@prls.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 90 17:30:32 GMT References: <48191@prls.UUCP> <10478@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Reply-To: gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 23