PCE not working. Need advice.

[Tararaboom]

Hi everyone,

I have a PCE Core 2 and I was testing out a repair job I did with a joystick. Unforunately when I plugged it in and turned the console on, the console failed. I believe I mustn't have grounded a wire in the controller so I must have blown something in the console itself but I have no idea on where to start to try and recover my poor Core 2. Any advice on what to try first would be appreciated

Thanks everyone!

[Sensato Black Lion]

I've never really fiddled with a Core Grafx II but have you checked the fuse (if there is one, which I believe there is)?

[Tararaboom]

Here is a pic of the board new the power input. I'm not sure what the fuse looks like I'm guessing its the clear thing here. (Excuse my noobness, only a novice with electronics most I've done with this machine was remove the RF unit and replace it with the five pin din)

Looking at that if it is the fuse, it does look like its burnt in the inside.

[Sensato Black Lion]

Yep, that's the fuse and it definitely looks like it's burnt.

This could be all you need to replace to get your system working again. One of the metallic ends should have the fuses' ratings. It should read something like 125V 1.25A (that's what I have in a US TG16), meaning 125 Volts, 1.25 amps.

From what I know, the voltage rating doesn't really matter here but the current rating (amps) is important. Find a replacement fuse with the same amps and you should be good to go.

[Tararaboom]

Yep, it says 1a instead of 1.25 I'm guessing its cause there isn't a disc drive on the system just the hu card. Hopefully that
s all it is. 40c is cheaper than buying a new PC Engine