Path: 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 >In article <48191@prls.UUCP> gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) writes: - - 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. - - 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: - - 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. - 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 Signetics in Sunnyvale,Ca (USA) Earth is a complex array of symbiotic relationships: Every extinction, whether animal, mineral, vegetable, or cultural hastens our own demise. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com