its working now, no idea why. when is messing up, when the mpu red light flashes 5, 12, and -12 volts all drop very low, then come back. they stay up till the mpu resets( red light) and they drop again. they will stay down for a sec or 2, them they are back. its hard to tell if the board is pulling them down, or the drop is resetting the board. they dont drop at all with the mpu out. i hooked an external supply( 5 and pos 12v) to the backplane and the mpu seemed stable, one flash on the light, then out. i pulled the power supply, no bad solder joints, no bulging caps. sometimes right after a clear i get an 88, so maybe its a bad board. i dont have a PS or other board to swap. i have it on now, will leave it on all night and see what happens. anyone ever see this?
thanks