Buck Hunter Pro DISCONNECT error msg

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Big Buck Hunter Pro giving me problems, plays fine for awhile then I get this error message, red and blue boxes with the word disconnect floating around. (See attachment) Any ideas? Any help greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
 

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I don't know what's wrong, but I think that message is from the monitor indicating that it's inputs aren't there anymore. I'd look at any indicators on the main boards, the power supply, and I'd check the monitor to board connections on the unlikely possibility that's cable related.
 
thanks, I'll take a look at it tomorrow and let you know if I find out anything, thanks
 
I have had problems with these in the past. The motherboards are crap. They came with cheap capacitors that swell, and the power supplies fail prematurely.
If it's running for a few minutes and then quits, check the fan on the processor. Make sure the heat sink is not clogged up with dirt. Also make sure the other fans are working in the power supply and case. If you see any swollen caps, replace the motherboard. Here is a good link for sources.

http://www.vendoramusements.com/bbs/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1270739220

Clay
 
mhkone is bang-on saying that's the monitor's way of telling you it's not getting an input signal.

When it does that, flick the coin switch a buncha times and hit Start. Does it make any noise? No? Then the computer is shutting down or freezing for some reason. Bad PSU, bad caps, overheating, GPU failure... post back if that sounds like gibberish to you.

If it DOES play blind, you've got a video cable issue or a failure on the monitor chassis (I've seen a D9204 fail that way, although, it was smoking too), although GPU failure can do that as well.
 
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Game isn't playing blind. Plus now it doesn't even start up... Goes straight to error msg, and doesn't recognize coins. All 3 fans in computer part seem to be functioning. And jamma board has bunch of red lights on it, anyone know if they are supposed to be red? thanks.
 
Game isn't playing blind. Plus now it doesn't even start up... Goes straight to error msg, and doesn't recognize coins. All 3 fans in computer part seem to be functioning.

The fact that it turns on at all tells me 5vsb is good, so power supply is most likely good. 9 times out of 10 this means motherboard caps are shot. As a result, the CPU vregs go apeshit and it gets stuck in reset.

And jamma board has bunch of red lights on it, anyone know if they are supposed to be red? thanks.

EVERY LED on those boards are red, so I wouldn't worry about it. You've gotta fix your PC. You can test it out of the machine by plugging it into the wall and hooking a computer monitor up to it. Once it boots partway and you get a connect I/O message, it's time to try it in the cabinet again.
 
Claysred- cannot register for that site for some reason... it says invalid email, eventhough my email works fine (do I maybe need some special vendor email?)

Next question to roothorick- whats the next step assuming it is caps/motherboard? Ran it awhile yesterday, played fine, then froze with same graphic. Pulled out CPU felt around, no caps seemed swollen or excessively warm (as I have had with my pins in the past). wondering what to check next? Or do I just start shopping for a new board?

Thanks again for everyone's help
 
Next question to roothorick- whats the next step assuming it is caps/motherboard? Ran it awhile yesterday, played fine, then froze with same graphic. Pulled out CPU felt around, no caps seemed swollen or excessively warm (as I have had with my pins in the past). wondering what to check next? Or do I just start shopping for a new board?

Interesting... usually when caps this new fail they're kinda obvious. Do you have an ATX power supply on hand to swap in? These PCs don't need a whole lot of juice so any well-made retail unit will suffice. Newegg has an excessively wide selection, or if you it working TODAY there's always Best Buy or your friendly neighborhood computer shop. If the new PSU fixes it, well, there you go.

Bad RAM can sometimes do this too. If you haven't already put Ultimate Boot CD on something, now is the time. Make a USB stick or burn a CD. Boot up memtest86+ on the machine.
 
i appreciate all the help but am out for work until sunday, hopefully be able to swap out the power supply then, let you know how that goes, thanks again.
 
Just a followup and related question, so I thought I'd post it here. I'm looking at one of these for a neighbor. His PC won't power up at all when you turn the switch on, but it WILL power up and play fine when you reach in and use the button on the front of the PC. I checked the BIOS and the power up settings are correct. Is this a PS issue or motherboard issue?
 
Just a followup and related question, so I thought I'd post it here. I'm looking at one of these for a neighbor. His PC won't power up at all when you turn the switch on, but it WILL power up and play fine when you reach in and use the button on the front of the PC. I checked the BIOS and the power up settings are correct. Is this a PS issue or motherboard issue?

This can be caused by a bad 5vsb (pin 9 on motherboard power connector, usually a purple wire but not always, 5 volts, should be up even if the computer is off). BBHP computer's stock PSU is notorious for blowing caps related to 5vsb. Also, a borderline CMOS battery can do it sometimes too. The only other thing is, if you remove power before the BIOS hands off to the HDD, it'll refuse to turn on on its own, some kind of "safety" feature.
 
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