Ozfer
Experienced Member
I recently picked up a c64. I have the main unit and a power supply. When I go to turn the power on the first time I got the blue box but no words appeared in it. After that I just get a black screen of nothingness when I turn it on but the light does appear on the unit.
The first thing I did was check the power supply. It seemed to be putting out only like 1V ac and no DC so I think the power supply is why it was not working. Now I am having a hard time deciding what to do with the power supply. I cracked it open but as others on the forum have stated its 100% full of epoxy and there is no way to get to the components. I read another website that said you could combine a 9V Euro Snes wall wart with a 2A phone usb charger and that could work but the problem is I live in USA and no one sells European SNES power supplies and even a ebay search didn't find much other then a few CHEAP reproduction psus that cost almost as much as a secondhand c64 psu and only put out like 350mA, and wall wart that don't have the right prongs for USA.
Am I stuck just biting the bullet and buying another secondhand c64 psu or is there a better way to do this?
The first thing I did was check the power supply. It seemed to be putting out only like 1V ac and no DC so I think the power supply is why it was not working. Now I am having a hard time deciding what to do with the power supply. I cracked it open but as others on the forum have stated its 100% full of epoxy and there is no way to get to the components. I read another website that said you could combine a 9V Euro Snes wall wart with a 2A phone usb charger and that could work but the problem is I live in USA and no one sells European SNES power supplies and even a ebay search didn't find much other then a few CHEAP reproduction psus that cost almost as much as a secondhand c64 psu and only put out like 350mA, and wall wart that don't have the right prongs for USA.
Am I stuck just biting the bullet and buying another secondhand c64 psu or is there a better way to do this?