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Re: Wattage in arcade boards
07/30/13 03:58 AM


> With standard Jamma arcade boards the general rule of thumb is get an adjustable
> arcade power supply and a digital multimeter and set the 5V out to 5.1V. That will
> run 99% of Jamma boards including every SF2 I've ever tried. Some huge boards need
> more, like Midway boards from the 90s that supply power into hard drives and a lot of
> IT boards sucked the power too, and stuff like System 246. Those might need 5.35 or
> so, but use that info at your own risk.

Judging amp draw by the voltage required is a dirty method of adjusting power...icky icky icky....







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* Wattage in arcade boards DaRayu 07/29/13 10:18 PM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards SmitdoggAdministrator  07/29/13 10:29 PM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards italieAdministrator  07/30/13 03:58 AM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards SmitdoggAdministrator  07/30/13 04:18 AM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards italieAdministrator  07/30/13 09:26 AM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards SmitdoggAdministrator  07/30/13 02:46 PM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards italieAdministrator  07/31/13 04:16 AM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards DaRayu  07/29/13 11:27 PM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards italieAdministrator  07/30/13 03:56 AM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards DaRayu  07/30/13 09:32 AM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards SmitdoggAdministrator  07/29/13 11:49 PM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards DaRayu  07/30/13 01:46 AM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards Vas Crabb  07/30/13 12:17 PM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards DaRayu  07/30/13 12:27 PM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards Vas Crabb  07/30/13 01:38 PM
. * Re: Wattage in arcade boards DaRayu  07/30/13 10:04 PM

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