Golden Tee Red Board vs. Green Board

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I know the red and green versions have differences in the power supply, but are there any other compatability issues?

I have a red board that was working in a game until the hard drive crapped out (kept failing detection and was making a recurring grinding noise). The header said 2005 (and like a dummy I didn't verify with the security chip) so I got my distributor to send me a cloned 2005 HD. Well, after having it hangup on boot, I checked the security chip to find it was a 2004, no matter what the marquee said.

Well, just to be sure, I sent the hard rive AND red board to my distributor so they could verify it working before sending it back. However, they could not get it to boot up with a 2004 HD, nor a 2003 or 2005 (all the HDs work with a green board, though). They verified with IT that it was a 2004 security chip, but IT just said they could send the board in and let them do it (for a fee, of course).

So, what I want to know is - is there a difference between the HD images for red and green boards? I saw this working the day before, so I'm 99% sure the red board is fine. I'd just like to get it to work with a HD....
 
Yes Red board and Green board drives are interchangeable.
 
So then, why would a drive work with a green board, but not a red board, when the red board was working fine before the drive died?
 
I've been scratching my head on this one since a HD should work with either board. Who knows, maybe something did go wrong with the red board. That would be the only thing that I would suspect. I dunno. :confused:
 
Well, is the security chip the same? I'd expect so.

I have a good working '03 version at home that I'll try to swap to the red board to see if it works...
 
The HD version has to match the security chip. The security chip is unique to that PCB (not drive). When the board was activated through the old IT network, that security chip was "assigned" to that board.

I know drives are interchangeable. I have used the same drive to boot a green board and red board. Hell I've even used a drive from a US red board and ran it under a Canadian green board.

What would you be trying to swap to the '03 board?
 
I'm pretty sure the chip is matched to the software version on the HD, which is why you need a chip when you do a software upgrade. I've taken a chip and HD off of one board and moved it to another board and had it work....
 
Double check the HDD jumper settings. If it is set as slave I don't think it will work. I had a drive that did the same thing for me and that was all it was.
 
Tried the swap between 2003 and 2005 versions on a red board here:

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=63015&page=3

One other thing, the board you had running, was it registered to a location through the old IT call in system?

I've got 1 in the shop that is still registered to a location and can't get one of the image copies I have to work in this particular machine. Works in other machines we have, but they had been unregistered before the IT lines closed down.

Called IT about clearing it out and was told to send the board and HD in so that they can do it, for a $ervice charge of course!
 
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