I have 2 pinball machines, Cleopatra and Blackout. As an owner I cut my teeth on the Cleopatra when I won it at an auction for 100 us. I was warned after the purchase of the issues I would encounter and I did. Thanks to Ace @Niwumpf the problems were short lived.
The Blackout has been a different story though. I've had it almost 2 years now and I can't figure it out and 2 self professed pinball repair people have failed too.
I got a refurbished MPU board from a place in the mid-west and tried that. No dice. No boot routine. The voice works, the lights light but no boot. My thoughts were that it was the master display board because I only got an occasional flicker from all 4 but they never displayed anything sensable.
Then I thought, contacts, so I repinned ALL the harnesses from board to board and checked for continuity. All connections good. I had the FLIPPER ROM's replaced....no change.
Noow it's sitting in the last attempted repairman's garage awaiting pick up by me. IF any of you reading this no a really good, really smart, repair person in the central Calif area would you let me know.
You can't say I haven't been persistant!
Mudge
The Blackout has been a different story though. I've had it almost 2 years now and I can't figure it out and 2 self professed pinball repair people have failed too.
I got a refurbished MPU board from a place in the mid-west and tried that. No dice. No boot routine. The voice works, the lights light but no boot. My thoughts were that it was the master display board because I only got an occasional flicker from all 4 but they never displayed anything sensable.
Then I thought, contacts, so I repinned ALL the harnesses from board to board and checked for continuity. All connections good. I had the FLIPPER ROM's replaced....no change.
Noow it's sitting in the last attempted repairman's garage awaiting pick up by me. IF any of you reading this no a really good, really smart, repair person in the central Calif area would you let me know.
You can't say I haven't been persistant!
Mudge

