Asteroids audio hum shown on an oscilloscope

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  • Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
  • Video shows the 10.3 v unregulated supply and speaker outputs measured with a volt meter and with an oscilloscope.
    UPDATE: I finally got around to ordering the TDA2002 audio amps and replacing both of them on my Asteroids AV board. The new amps made a huge improvement in reducing the persistent hum. Before changing the amps, when the machine was turned on, I would hear a loud hum for a few seconds along with the crackling sound of the fluorescent bulb turning on. The hum would then get lower but was always present. After changing the amps, I still hear the crackling sound of the fluorescent bulb turning on but that loud hum is gone! There is still a little hum with the machine turned on, but it is the normal, acceptable hum of the machine.
    I purchased 10 of the TDA2002 amps from China for around $6
    www.aliexpress...
    When using an ohm meter on the 2M scale and measuring the TDA2002 out of circuit from pins
    1 to 2
    2 to 3
    3 to 4
    4 to 5
    the new amps read OL (open)
    one of the original amps also reads open across those pins
    the bad amp reads
    1 to 2 = 260k
    2 to 3 = 48k
    3 to 4 = 22k
    4 to 5 = 20k
    Here is the link to the Vintage Arcade Forum where I discuss problem solved with my Asteroids machine...
    forums.arcade-...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 4

  • @JeffFriedrichs
    @JeffFriedrichs Рік тому +1

    Did you ever figure this out? I am having a similar problem

    • @georgeterbush2976
      @georgeterbush2976  Рік тому

      Yes. The hum in the audio turned out to be a bad TDA2002 audio amp on the Asteroids AV board. I replaced both just to be on the safe side. I just updated the description above with the details. Good luck!

    • @JeffFriedrichs
      @JeffFriedrichs Рік тому

      @@georgeterbush2976 Thanks - sadly replacing the TDA2002s did not fix my problem

    • @georgeterbush2976
      @georgeterbush2976  Рік тому

      @@JeffFriedrichs That's a shame. Before changing the amps, I spent weeks going over and cleaning up the ground connections on all of the boards, power brick and monitor. Nothing helped until I changed the TDA2002's.