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If you know how to wield a soldering iron then I'd say go for it.
If it's broken already you can't do much harm by having a go.
Laughing

So that was very simple. Replaced the power transistor and it came back to life.

https://i.ibb.co/xscXqBx/IMG-20190209-WA0004.jpg

I went to the pound shop and bought four 9v PP3 batteries, so over the weekend I'll connect them in series with a resistor (and a 5th PP3 battery I already had) to generate 45v and test the zener that ...

Thanks Rik, I did order the new transistor straight away but I'm a curious guy so started investigating other options.

In the few minutes that I had spare last night I checked the 13v zener and it' ...

So I got a broken CGL Frogger and am hoping to get it running again.

Similar symptoms to the Astro Wars.

No life at all but a power transistor that gets very hot, very fast.

The PCB on this g ...

Thanks.
Yes I replaced all the transistors previously and so they're all working well.

It's definitely a problem with S06 because I have ruled everything else out. Also, when I take a working S0 ...

After dismantling the game again to record the fluorescent tube high voltage I discovered that my DVM reports it as "over range" - my DVM only goes to 600v. Shame because I have no way of fi ...

Good to know! Thanks Rik

Thanks guys.

After installing the 39v zener the unit powers up and the game appears to work fine, although the zener is getting incredibly hot (it shouldn't be), so I'm not quite there yet.

My f ...

Rik, we posted at almost the same time.

My colour filter was also not attached to the LCD. It was slid behind the LCD (between the LCD and the PCB) but stuck to the inside of the plastic front cov ...

Thanks for the info guys.

I've been looking around for replacement fluorescent tubes and haven't found the perfect size yet, but I think I can find something that'll fit well enough, I just need ...

Thanks Rik, have you ever removed the filters? I've never done it so wonder how feasible it is.

Just trying to get some info before I get stuck in on my latest project. Very Happy

I managed to pick up ...

Does anybody know what voltage supplies the fluorescent tube behind the display??

Also, does the BMX Flyer use a polarized filter on (or infront of) the LCD display??

Thanks guys!

Thanks for the reply TokyoBatman!

Yes it would have been a wrap but I jumped the gun with the 32v zener idea.

I connected it in circuit and nothing worked and the transitor D882 got very hot. Qu ...

Measured the zener voltage as 39v while in circuit. Already ordered a 32v zener so will try that when it arrives later today