wontwa
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I know, I know...a lot of you don't feel that it's a pin. Neither do I, but since the guts are System 7 - figured I'd ask here. Picked this game up recently, and (supposedly) the only issue was that it wouldn't credit up. Had it plugged in for about 10 minutes - all the playfield lights were in attract mode, scoreboard was on, then at some point all of the playfield lights aside from the outer left perimiter, the energy center, and the digital panel went out (it still tells me to spell things, etc.)
Reseated all of the edge connectors on the control board and the game now credits up and plays "blind" - the previously mentioned (energy center, scoreboard, etc) + sound still work, and act as if the game is still playing. The key issues I'm left trying to solve are - half of the playfield isn't illuminating, and the auger and "shooter" don't do anything. Purchased a new known good "insert board" as I know that controls the auger, and that didn't change anything. Replaced both sides of the 40 pin connector between the CPU and control board and everything is still the same. The sound is good and the CPU board is showing that it's working fine when I press the test button.
Any suggestions as to voltages I could check, etc? It's going to get expensive if I just buy a new power supply and control board and hope for the best.... Thanks!
Reseated all of the edge connectors on the control board and the game now credits up and plays "blind" - the previously mentioned (energy center, scoreboard, etc) + sound still work, and act as if the game is still playing. The key issues I'm left trying to solve are - half of the playfield isn't illuminating, and the auger and "shooter" don't do anything. Purchased a new known good "insert board" as I know that controls the auger, and that didn't change anything. Replaced both sides of the 40 pin connector between the CPU and control board and everything is still the same. The sound is good and the CPU board is showing that it's working fine when I press the test button.
Any suggestions as to voltages I could check, etc? It's going to get expensive if I just buy a new power supply and control board and hope for the best.... Thanks!