Hey all... I bought my system like new in the box locally back in the summer. I brought it hom and tested it and everything was good in terms of the rom/ram tests and the sound tests. I had a mod on it (which everyone here determined to be a salt mod if I recall but it wasn't important) and at the time that's all I had so back in the box it went.
Anyway, since then I placed an order and got myself a reliable power supply and an AV cable from Best Electronics as well as a couple of carts (always wanted a Donkey Kong with all 4 levels!). Those all arrived and they stayed in the box as I was renovating my room.
Then a few weeks ago, I purchased an Atarimax cart and programmer to get more gaming goodness and when it arrived I was hell bent on getting my room finished. Then a few days ago, we put the finishing touches on my room and I started getting things set up. Adventure 2 for the 8bit is being shown in Portland and I thought tonight would be the perfect night to sit down and play on my new 130XE.
I set it all up and was excited to play some Donkey Kong... turned on the power and was greeted with the ROM RAM testing screen... I thought it was weird and when I started seeing alternating red and green squares, my heart sunk. What I was sooo looking forward to turned into a mess.
I know it isn't the end of the world but I thought I would post on here to see who can help and how much it'll cost me? I live in Canada but have no problem shipping it anywhere in North America (although keeping it in Canada would be most cost effective.).
Man what a supreme bummer. This post can be a call for help and I hope someone can direct me to someone who can fix this. I was soo excited to start gaming on my first Atari 130XE. sigh... have a great night everyone and perhaps I can try to find footage of Adventure 2 to soothe my disappointment with this debacle.
Anyway, since then I placed an order and got myself a reliable power supply and an AV cable from Best Electronics as well as a couple of carts (always wanted a Donkey Kong with all 4 levels!). Those all arrived and they stayed in the box as I was renovating my room.
Then a few weeks ago, I purchased an Atarimax cart and programmer to get more gaming goodness and when it arrived I was hell bent on getting my room finished. Then a few days ago, we put the finishing touches on my room and I started getting things set up. Adventure 2 for the 8bit is being shown in Portland and I thought tonight would be the perfect night to sit down and play on my new 130XE.
I set it all up and was excited to play some Donkey Kong... turned on the power and was greeted with the ROM RAM testing screen... I thought it was weird and when I started seeing alternating red and green squares, my heart sunk. What I was sooo looking forward to turned into a mess.
I know it isn't the end of the world but I thought I would post on here to see who can help and how much it'll cost me? I live in Canada but have no problem shipping it anywhere in North America (although keeping it in Canada would be most cost effective.).
Man what a supreme bummer. This post can be a call for help and I hope someone can direct me to someone who can fix this. I was soo excited to start gaming on my first Atari 130XE. sigh... have a great night everyone and perhaps I can try to find footage of Adventure 2 to soothe my disappointment with this debacle.