Golden Tee 3d stuck in service mode

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My friend picked up a Golden Tee 3d machine It worked in the guys garage then he drove home and it's stuck in service mode test show okay can't get out. Any suggestions?
 
Noob question here... What's the edge connector? This is a conversion by the way
 
The harness that plugs into the edge of the PCB (Big Board with stuff on it). Just pull it off and put it back on nice an snug, maybe it wiggled loose on the drive.
 
The long plastic piece that connects to this part of the board, has a lot of wires coming from it.


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Ahh the jamma connector.. Yeah its been cleaned with rubbing alcohol. Dip switch on has been moved back and forth repeatedly. There has to be something else... Like a cabinet door switch or something.. There is no visible switch.
 
You did look for the service switch right? Follow the wires from the jamma harness and see where the test/service switch wires go.
 
Unfortunately I am having to do this proxy my friend where the cab actually is,

but I did test/check the service switch. I believe that is for just adding credits.

I have not been able to locate any test switch thus far.
 
Have you talked to the seller? He might have experienced this before and have an idea.

That said, I would check the test line and make sure it did not shorted in the move. If no test button is hooked up, it might be loose. That said, I have 0 experience with Golden Tee machines, so I am not sure.
 
The test/ service switch is often a green or yellow button. You can usually only get to it from inside the cabinet. Follow the wires from r or 15 on the jamma connector. This should take you to the switch http://www.jammaboards.com/jcenter_jamma_pinout.html

Check the wire for cuts or places where it could be shorted. At the button make sure the wires are connected to just the connectors and not touching anything else.

Make sure the black is on the common and the other is on the open. See picture ImageUploadedByTapatalk1359217913.797812.jpg

Sounds like your switch is activating as soon as you get out of your boot sequence
 
The test/ service switch is often a green or yellow button. You can usually only get to it from inside the cabinet. Follow the wires from r or 15 on the jamma connector. This should take you to the switch http://www.jammaboards.com/jcenter_jamma_pinout.html

Check the wire for cuts or places where it could be shorted. At the button make sure the wires are connected to just the connectors and not touching anything else.

Make sure the black is on the common and the other is on the open. See picture View attachment 131890

Sounds like your switch is activating as soon as you get out of your boot sequence


Ok so this is my Cabinet; finally got on with an account and everything.

http://www.jammaboards.com/jcenter_jamma_pinout.html > According to this layout I followed the test and the service cables.

Service > not connected to anything at all, nice clean cut on the wire, looking like it was never connected to anything before.

Test > Was connected to switch but is now disconnected from it.

I pulled both wires out of zip-tided bundle and pulled them both all the way back to the JAMMA connection to make sure they don't cross anywhere or short anywhere else.

In theory the switch that it was connected to is just a momentary switch so by default it is open and when you move the switch it'll close momentarily. Thus being disconnected (open) should be the same as if normally connected to the switch and this should rule out the switch being faulty and staying closed inside or something.

I have unplugged all of the connectors basically in the whole cabinet including the buttons and reconnected them. Cleaned the contact area on the JAMMA Board. Moved wires around that were all crossed up through out the cabinet, moved the ground cable around untwisting it from the all of the wires inside, separating it off to the side away from all of the wires.

Any other suggestions would be grateful. As my buddy said early the guy had it plugged in his garage and was able to play it, he even had the back off at that time. We loaded it onto my trailer on it's back and took it home. And now it's stuck in this Operator Mode. I called the guy that I got it from and he said that he never seen that before but knew about the switch up in the front by the coin door area but that is all he knew about it. He did not build the cab, he had bought it off of someone else.
 
Another detail that warrants mentioning, is that while in operator mode selecting exit on the menu simply makes a sound effect and restarts operator mode. It will not exit to the game.

All board and CMOS tests show OK.
 
I would say take a DDM to your power supply and jamma connector, test your DC volts. Eliminate that, then work from there. Also try looking at any of the rom chips on the board, either pull each out and re-seat, or just push them down carefully so that they are secure in their sockets. I have had that happen before, game had a resetting issue, come to find out it was a chip that came loose during transport just enough from it's socket, to cause that issue.

If all else fails, I do have a working GT 3D board for sale, $40 shipped & insured., if you feel you need to go that route.

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=256537
 
I read on another post that a chap's TMNT Turtles in time was doing the same thing and it was due to a faulty electrical outlet putting out just under the correct amount of voltage. 108 vs 110. I have ask my friend to try another outlet but he was at a movie. I'm curious ;)
 
Sorry if this sounds dumb but have you put your Dmm on continuity and touch the solder points on the on the back where the switch mounts to ensure the switch is working properly. I had a golden tee 2k that had a bad switch and I ended up just bridging the contacts with solder since its only needed if you don't have a test switch on your jamma connector. Again I only mention because you didn't state that you tested it in this fashion.
 
First thing I did for him was removed the wire from the switch. :D
 
Actually I meant on the sw1 dip switch on the pcb its self. Not the jamma connector. If the sw1 is open and not closed it will not come out of service mode so even though you made sure it was set to one doesn't necessarily mean that it's closing the circuit. Sorry I didn't clarify better.
 
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