Fast & Furious Deluxe - Multiple Issues

[r3v]

Trying to help a local get their Fast and Furious Deluxe machine back up and running, came across a few issues and was wondering if anyone else who has knowledge of these cabs and/or parts might have insight on the issue.

For reference, this is what the game looks like. Owner picked it up from another local in town, at the time working, took time to label all connections, removed PC, transported to home, and now stuck with an IO board error as shown below.


This was the initial issue reported by the user:


Checking the IO board, only see the LED from the USB connection to the PC. From the board layout, looks like it should have multiple LEDs lit up. Previous owner tried to help troubleshoot, thought the IO board was bad so they swapped it out. Still same issue.


Decided to just stick to the basics, check power coming in everywhere. It's got this distro block that everything connects to inside, however the setup was connected to a power strip outside the cab. Measured voltage here, was something around ~40v.



Stepping back a bit further, looks like the power switch (right side of the pic) has issues. Checked the fuse and it looks/tests great. Wiggling the power cable changes the inside voltage (even at the terminal block on the inside of the switch) anywhere from 25~80v. Red light flickers as well. For whatever reason this thing is dropping voltage.


Ok so back to the IO board, figure it's a voltage issue there since it gets power from the harness. Owner says they replaced the old PSU when they swapped the IO board, so this is supposedly a brand new Peter Chou. I noticed the fan seems to work intermittently, but from past experience the fan has always been 100% on and a good indicator the PSU is turned on. I check voltages at the Peter Chou connectors (4-pin) and it's 5v. I try to measure at the test points on the IO board, voltage for 5v tests something like 8v and 12v is around 18v. Doesn't seem right why it'd be higher here than the harness.

I pull the harness off the IO board and test the harness edge connector, voltage seems to be around ~4.6v. Within maybe 10 seconds or so of pulling the jamma harness off the IO board, I feel a few cables in the harness start to heat up so I kill the power and reconnect everything. Wait a few minutes, turn everything back on, still back at square one but I'm no longer seeing the Chou fan spinning up and voltage output still weird. Checked the Chou fuse and it's still good.

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So you made it this far, questions for the audience:

1. I'm guessing most obvious thing is the Peter Chou likely has issues. Should the fan operate 100% when the Chou is turned on? Did I likely kill this thing testing it without the jamma harness connected to the IO board ? Any reason why part of the cables heated up when the harness was disconnected? (cables that heated up seem to run from the main cab to underneath the chair component.)
2. Trying to rule out if it's a PSU issue or something is causing the PSU to fail, any ideas on how I can test the PSU out of the system?
3. Since they used a power strip to bypass that internal distribution block, could that have caused issues since none of those grounds were in circuit?
4. Back of the cab power supply switch, any idea where to buy a replacement switch?

 

[r3v]

Wiring connection between base station and chair, aka the shit show.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

You have multiple problems. Start with the easy one.

Why is the voltage at the block 40 v?

Back track that, find the bad wire, fuse holder or switch and fix it. Then move on.

Until your power is stable, you're chasing ghosts.

To my knowledge, the Peter Chou power supply fan runs when energized.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

And that 4 outlet power block is unsafe. It is not allowed by the NEC code to use a knock out box for stuff like that. If something pushes a knock out in, it can make direct contact with the sides of the outlet and BAM - arc flash. They are only supposed to be used in walls / static situations where they are covered and there is 0 chance of a knock out being pushed in.

 

[r3v]

And that 4 outlet power block is unsafe. It is not allowed by the NEC code to use a knock out box for stuff like that. If something pushes a knock out in, it can make direct contact with the sides of the outlet and BAM - arc flash. They are only supposed to be used in walls / static situations where they are covered and there is 0 chance of a knock out being pushed in.

Do you think the power block is an aftermarket modification? It looks like it was designed into the cabinet, particularly how the power switch energizes it upon turning on the machine. The machine has two separate power blocks, one unit powers the motion controls for the chair and the power block provides power for the television, PC, and an AC duct fan on the back. We're tracking down replacing the switch that energizes it as that's the culprit killing the voltage to the outlet around 40v.

I was pretty confident the Chou fan should be on when it's running so I'm guessing he either purchased a defective unit or it was damaged during shipment. Going to have him return it for a replacement as I don't have anything that will connect to the two adapters it has.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

I really can't be sure as to whether this is original or not. I just know that it's improper to use a knock out box in that application, and don't remember seeing one in other similar games. A power strip would be acceptable.

 

[leond]

THAT IS A RAW THRILLS PARTNERED WITH TSUNAMI TO BUILD A DELUXE MOTION FAST AND FURIOUS DRIVING GAME.
THEY ALL COME WITH A 4 OUTLET POWER BLOCK.

SINCE YOUR LAST POST HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO GET IT FIX?

IF NOT MESSAGE ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU MY NUMBER AND WALK YOU THROUGH