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Gottlieb SS Sinbad Help *SOLVED* Partially...
To summarize:
Got a SS Sinbad pin at an auction 2 years ago. Needed some work, thought I could do it myself but I couldn't so I took pin to a reputable pin guru in the area. Was told I needed major work done on the CPU board so I made it easy on him and bought a Ni-Wumpf replacement board. He installed the CPU and the pin has been playing flawless for 1 1/2 years until...
Last weekend my family were over and the game was on for a few hours. All of a sudden when I pressed the start button (on freeplay) nothing happened. I opened the backbox and noticed a broken wire on A1-J6 on the CPU board. I shutdown the game and ordered some new crimp terminals (.156") for the A1-J6 connector. Yesterday I replaced the terminals and inserted the connector and turned on the machine.
The lights turn on, the display works, but I do not get any sound from my chimes and when I push the start button the game does not start. I ran a coil test from my Ni-Wumpf CPU and all pass except my Knocker, and the 3 other chimes. I'm not sure where the problem lies.
I checked the other connectors on the Power and Driver boards but all seem intact. I also checked the TILT switch and Slam Switch but those are OK too. Not sure if this is a Driver Board issue or something relatedto the CPU however the CPU is a Ni-Wumpf and is only 1 1/2 yrs old. I want to try to fix this problem myself before I look elsewhere and I don't want to haul the machine to someone so if I cannot fix it I think I'll be making a house call.
So any thoughts or suggestions on how to move forward with this?
To summarize:
Got a SS Sinbad pin at an auction 2 years ago. Needed some work, thought I could do it myself but I couldn't so I took pin to a reputable pin guru in the area. Was told I needed major work done on the CPU board so I made it easy on him and bought a Ni-Wumpf replacement board. He installed the CPU and the pin has been playing flawless for 1 1/2 years until...
Last weekend my family were over and the game was on for a few hours. All of a sudden when I pressed the start button (on freeplay) nothing happened. I opened the backbox and noticed a broken wire on A1-J6 on the CPU board. I shutdown the game and ordered some new crimp terminals (.156") for the A1-J6 connector. Yesterday I replaced the terminals and inserted the connector and turned on the machine.
The lights turn on, the display works, but I do not get any sound from my chimes and when I push the start button the game does not start. I ran a coil test from my Ni-Wumpf CPU and all pass except my Knocker, and the 3 other chimes. I'm not sure where the problem lies.
I checked the other connectors on the Power and Driver boards but all seem intact. I also checked the TILT switch and Slam Switch but those are OK too. Not sure if this is a Driver Board issue or something relatedto the CPU however the CPU is a Ni-Wumpf and is only 1 1/2 yrs old. I want to try to fix this problem myself before I look elsewhere and I don't want to haul the machine to someone so if I cannot fix it I think I'll be making a house call.
So any thoughts or suggestions on how to move forward with this?
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