Asteroids issue

playpin35

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I have a problem with one of my asteroids, worked fine and doesn't now. When powered on the player 1,2 buttons flash very fast. Whats strange is the power supply, regulator board and the board work fine in my other cabinet. In its home cabinet, all voltages are there and the board has 5 volts but wont boot. Any ideas?
 
Well, first try swapping the ARi board in from your other cabinet. Then try swapping in your power brick.

I remember seeing this once, and I think it ended up being a power issue. Maybe a connector issue....
 
Game board and AR board have been switched and work just fine. Working on the power brick today. If it checks out and I was getting 5 volts to the board before, what connections would you check? The 5 volts was checked on the board.
 
Game board, AR board and power brick all work fine in the other cabinet. Back in its home cabinet it has correct voltage at power brick, AR board and 5 volts on the game board and still nothing. If voltage is where it needs to be, what wiring is there to check? Self test mode has no beeps, but displays test screen. But again works fine in the other cabinet. Any ideas?
 
I figured out the problem. Makes no sense to me, but it was the rom sockets that were the culprit. The board would work fine in another cabinet, but would not work in its home cabinet unless you pushed firmly against the roms and then the game would come up and play fine. Never seen this one before.
 
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