"Cabinet Over heat" error (Emergency Call Ambulance)

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"Cabinet Over heat" error (Emergency Call Ambulance)

Hi, I'm looking to purchase a "newer" game called "Emergency Call Ambulance". From the pictures I've been given I can see an error being displayed that says "Cabinet Over Heat". Now my common sense of course knows what this means, but I'm wondering how "bad" this error might be. (ie, faulty temp gauge, serious issue that will stop the game from running, easy to fix?). From what little research I've been able to do it seems to be a Sega Model 3 (Naomi?) board and all the PCBs are installed under the seat... if old internet forum posts can be used as "research", lol... I've read that these run hot anyway... is this true?

I've contacted the seller and they say that it's a "non problem" (hmmmm) and it doesn't effect gameplay.... so they say.

I guess I'm looking for the best case and worst case senarios here as I've never had to deal with that type of message before. I've already searched the E.C.A. manual I found here: http://www.segaarcade.com/archive/emergencycall.aspx ,but it doesn't even list the "over heat" as an error any place I can see.

I guess I see best case as I need to replace a fan.. and worst case the PCB is cooked and I'll need to find a replacement. Thoughts???

Thanks!
 
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easy fix: the fan under there is locked up or missing..

sucks balls fix: pcbs..

non issue huh? so why are they selling it again?

make sure you get a good buy and youll do alright. Great game. wish i could get my hands on one.
 
Hi, I'm looking to purchase a "newer" game called "Emergency Call Ambulance". From the pictures I've been given I can see an error being displayed that says "Cabinet Over Heat". Now my common sense of course knows what this means, but I'm wondering how "bad" this error might be. (ie, faulty temp gauge, serious issue that will stop the game from running, easy to fix?). From what little research I've been able to do it seems to be a Sega Model 3 (Naomi?) board and all the PCBs are installed under the seat... if old internet forum posts can be used as "research", lol... I've read that these run hot anyway... is this true?

Thanks!

Hmm, never saw that error before. I doubt it's as simple as a bad fan. I've
seen lots of Model 3 cages with bad fans that never came up with that error.
If the error appears as soon as you turn on the machine, then you've got a
board problem.

JD
 
Thanks for the info... I already passed on the machine. It was on eBay and in one of the pictures it said "Cabinet Over Heat". I called the seller and they said they put a tech on it and they couldn't figure it out, but that it didn't stop the game from playing. They really didn't say much more than that.

Figured I'd rather have a game that doesn't show an error message from the day I purchase, so I passed.... and my wait continues.
 
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