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Question from William: I bought a Namco Time Crisis 2 machine. Neither monitor will turn on. We are missing the 2nd player foot peddle (blue). We have unhooked the TVs and hooked up computer monitors and still don’t get a signal. The TVs on the arcade just wont turn on, but keep making a clicking sound like they do want to turn on. I’m not sure what to do or how to fix this issue. Please call me. We have a party coming up and have kids that are very interested in this machine. I can’t seem to find any solution to this anywhere. Again, this issue is with both the player 1 and 2 sides. Thanks.

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Jonathan Leung Jonathan Leung Staff April 4, 2017
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Response from Jonathan: William,

We have a saying here at Arcade Repair Tips: ASAP (Always Start At Power). We recommend starting off this repair by making sure that your power supply is working properly. More specifically, use a multimeter to make sure that the correct voltage is getting to the board. Check out our post on Checking And Replacing A Power Supply for more information. Keep in mind that since Time Crisis 2 is a two player game, you may have two power supplies to check (one for each side).

Now, it could be that your Time Crisis 2 machine has ATX style power supplies in it which are a little different that the one we talking about in our post. In this case, you will need to check the power at the output connector instead of the screw contacts. On these ATX style power supplies, the red wire is typically your +5 VDC and the yellow wire is typically your +12 VDC. All you need to do is unplug the connector from the game, turn the game on, insert one probe into the pin where there’s a black (or ground) wire and insert the other probe into the pin of the voltage you want to check. If the voltage is low, you should be able to adjust the power supply up/down as needed using the knob on the power supply. Keep in mind that if you cannot get the +5 and +12 both in range (typically within a tenth of a volt) then you may need to replace the power supply.

Since you seem like you’re new at arcade repair, we highly recommend checking out all of the posts (along with the videos) on our web site to get a better overall idea of the process. You might also listen to our Arcade Repair Tips Q&A Podcast. On this podcast, we go through and answer some of the questions that we receive from our website. We always get a LOT of questions on power supplies and some of our answers might just help you out with your particular issue. We also sell DVDs that have additional videos that you won’t find on our YouTube page or website. You can check those out at our online store.

Hope that helps. Thank you for your question and good luck with your repair.

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