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The new SSD might have come with GPT partitioning; it needs to be formatted MBR. I consider it a bug in Raw Thrills' installer that it doesn't prep the HDD for what it needs. It will go through the whole install process then fail to boot. Windows GUI: open Disk Management, right-click on the...

You should be able to use a cell phone camera to see which, if any, IR LEDs aren't lighting up, then order new boards or solder new IR LEDs in. If all LEDs are working, then it's the gun camera.

Regarding HDD: no need to mess with partitions, but make sure the new drive is formatted with MBR. New SSD may come formatted GUID aka GPT; the restore disk will go through the whole process but the game will not boot afterwards. I have only gotten to play with the upright cabinets, but is this...

bigdenny would know if it's possible. I mention it because old serial stuff is rarely plug-and-play like USB is. Linux generally accesses the first serial port at /dev/ttyS0; if you add a new port it will be /dev/ttyS1, unless it's a USB-to-serial adapter, in which case it enumerates as...

Except... a TYG4110H BIOS is a DG41TY? https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel-dg41ty-trinity-valley#bios Still not sure what's going on there.

Wait, so does the I/O board have a known problem or not? It could still be bad port on the PC; I don't think either of these ☝️ would work without changing the internal address that the game software is looking at for the I/O.

https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/space-king Manuals I find labelled "Space King" are just Space Invaders "trimline" manuals, pinout looks like it may match...

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The game's fuses don't blow first? :oops2: It should have a 5A fuse on the AC input, 2A on the 5V line, and a 3A on the 12V line. Sounds like you narrowed the problem down to the DC section, you can try unplugging the guns but I'm guessing it's something blown on the I/O board. Regulator or...

I print and cut this out and tape it to the inside of the cover... Although, I think 16MB video RAM, AC recovery on, and Cool & Quiet off are the only important ones that don't default to what you want.

You would be correct. You replaced one of the two oldest motherboards that this game officially runs on... which means you may have the oldest software and the least hardware support. I've posted the official parts reference, FnF on page 3. What version of software do you have?

36-pin and an AC power filter box... Sega/Gremlin cabinet like Zaxxon? Edit: Sorry, Zaxxon appears to use a 44-pin edge connector. Konami used 36-pin... Frogger?

Oh, no! Well that is definitely a hardware problem of some kind. If you can get the PC running outside of the cabinet with just power and video hooked up, it could be that something is shorted in the cabinet OR the power supply is marginal, good enough to power the PC but dies when trying to...

Only having +5V SB is a common PC power supply failure mode, and some motherboards can be set up with jumpers or in BIOS to power the USB ports with that rail, even when the PC is off. Make sure the PC case power button is connected to the correct pins. Could be bad PSU or bad motherboard. ATX...

It runs on a 15-20-years-old version of Slackware Linux. There's a number of different motherboards that the restore CD has drivers for. See attachment. v1.25 is the latest offline version of Pro, I believe. The Optiplex 740 is a workhorse, but uses a different power connection for the I/O...

Find out what the actual error is. Dell Optiplex PC or Microtel (generic) PC? BSoD can mean any of a number of things. "Unmountable boot volume": almost certainly need new HDD. Something like "nvdisp": NVIDIA driver crash which could mean the video card has gone bad. Check for swollen...

This runs on a mostly normal PC, so you can take it out of the cabinet and just hook up 120VAC power and VGA to troubleshoot and repair, at least for the initial boot process. Replace CR2032 battery. Look for electrolytic capacitors with bulging tops. If fans aren't running when power is...

Oof. Good to know. I think I've only used a non-IT BIOS board once and had no problems. It's true that Intels of this era can be picky about RAM brand but I don't think we would even get past Power-On Self-Test (and into loading the game). Cross-tested, I think RAM can be ruled out. Maybe too...

Different mobo, different CPU, or are you swapping over the CPU? These older boards can get bad connections on the RAM slot... So you can have a good stick of RAM that acts up or doesn't boot in another PC. I use contact cleaner on the slot and reseat the RAM several times to wipe, or sometimes...

If you remove the video card and boot using the onboard VGA, it should get all the way up to the point where it normally changes resolution and starts the game. Instead, it will self-reboot and you might see a watchdog message. If it does that, video card problem. Caps look OK? 2015 version...