Frogger wiring help needed please.

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I have a Sega cabinet that was converted to Gunsmoke. I believe it was originally an Astro Blasters. My plans are to move Gunsmoke into a different cabinet and turn the Sega cabinet into Frogger. I have been slowly gathering parts to do the conversion. I have a working 36 pin PCB, a nice original marquee, original joystick/buttons/control panel harness, and I just picked up a power supply and 36 pin harness. The power supply and harness supposedly came out of a working cabinet. They are both in great shape, and were the last pieces of the puzzle. I decided to grab all my parts last night and lay everything out. It appears I have some extra plugs on the power supply I'm not sure what to do with. I also noticed my control panel harness plug and what I assume is the corresponding plug on the main harness don't match. The main harness is a red 9 pin plug with 7 wires. The control panel harness has a 12 pin plug but has only 7 wires. The manual shows a different power supply than what I have.

Extra plugs:

2 pin yellow plug (2 wires)-?
3 pin yellow plug (2 wires)-?
9 pin dark red plug (7 wires)- control panel?

2 pin red plug (2 wires)-?
2 pin dark red plug (2 wires)-?
6 pin white plug (5 wires)-?

Can anybody confirm what the extra plugs do, or point me to a revised wiring diagram?

I'm including pictures of He power supply, harness, and PCB since I know there are variations of each.

Thanks in advance!
 

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Sega cabinet....converted to Gunsmoke. I believe it was originally an Astro Blasters. to move Gunsmoke into a different cabinet and turn the Sega cabinet into Frogger....have a working 36 pin PCB....original marquee, original joystick/buttons/control panel...just picked up a power supply and 36 pin harness....power supply and harness supposedly came out of a working cabinet....grab all my parts last night and lay everything out...appears I have some extra plugs on the power supply I'm not sure what to do with. noticed my control panel harness plug and what I assume is the corresponding plug on the main harness...harness is a red 9 pin plug with 7 wires. The control panel harness has a 12 pin plug but has only 7 wires. The manual shows a different power supply than what
2 pin yellow plug (2 wires)
3 pin yellow plug (2 wires)
9 pin dark red plug (7 wires)- control panel
2 pin red plug (2 wires)
2 pin dark red plug (2 wires)
6 pin white plug (5 wires)

what I do is turn the game on to verify and mark which pins are +5 volts
and which pins are -5
and which are +12

the grounds are easy as they are mostly black generally

or, you can go backwards
get the pinout of the game board and work backwards with your wires to the switching power supply or the transformer assembly
pinouts can be found online good luck
 
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I like your hitch hiking thumb
you look like a pro

you do that professionally or just in need

my girlfriend says you are giving a thumbs up to this site and is not a call for assistance
now she's telling me you could be a thumb model

me ? seems like I'm all thumbs sometimes


Consider it a thumbs up for the laugh you just got. Never thought of being a professional thumb model.
 
Consider it a thumbs up for the laugh you just got. Never thought of being a professional thumb model.

haha

all the game board just needs is the +5, +12 (and some need the -5), and ground wire to run and the video out so you can see it
make sure to have a nice big fat ground wire on there or a few smaller ones just to be sure

the other wires just make sure they don't short out on anything and just leave them

if you see a 6.3 volts, just leave it. it was for some lights and the 12 volt is unregulated so it can be 13 or 14 volts so don't worry about it being accurate
 
is the +5, +12 (and some need the -5),...
if you see a 6.3 volts, just leave it and the 12 volt is unregulated so it can be 13 or 14... about it being accurate

remember there are 2 types/kinds of ground
earth ground
and
logic ground

when I put the negative lead of my multimeter on earth ground, I would get all kinds of screwy numbers
but when I put it on the logic ground, I could see it clear as day
 
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