JODY
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Have had this Joust about a month. Have had some issues during that time and they have gotten worse. It may be more than one issue so I'll list everything I've noticed in hopes it can help trouble shoot it.
About once a week the high scores are lost. A couple of times, I've seen the error saying there was an adjustment problem and that I would need to open and close the coin door and reset it. The other couple of times the scores have all come up the same (think it was 4000 and without any initials). After that I would reset the high score table.
I removed the main board and resoldered the battery holder as the connections looked suspect. The same issues have occurred just as often as before. It has a lithium 3 V battery & holder. It checks as 3 volts. These games originally held 3 1.5 V batteries for 4.5 volts total. I guess it is supposed to work OK on 3 volts?
For the first few weeks I noticed it not coming on OK a couple of times. 131, 135, or similar errors but they always went away before I could really check on them. RAM, CMOS, etc. tests would come out OK.
A few days ago was playing a game when the machine reset and it would not come back on without some sort of 13X error. Tried checking the power supply and some things the last few days and no luck. Then today it powers up with a 0 and works except the high scores were all 4000.
Seems like there must be a bad connection or solder point(s) around the power supply is my guess but would that impact the high score saves? Do I have multiple issues?
About once a week the high scores are lost. A couple of times, I've seen the error saying there was an adjustment problem and that I would need to open and close the coin door and reset it. The other couple of times the scores have all come up the same (think it was 4000 and without any initials). After that I would reset the high score table.
I removed the main board and resoldered the battery holder as the connections looked suspect. The same issues have occurred just as often as before. It has a lithium 3 V battery & holder. It checks as 3 volts. These games originally held 3 1.5 V batteries for 4.5 volts total. I guess it is supposed to work OK on 3 volts?
For the first few weeks I noticed it not coming on OK a couple of times. 131, 135, or similar errors but they always went away before I could really check on them. RAM, CMOS, etc. tests would come out OK.
A few days ago was playing a game when the machine reset and it would not come back on without some sort of 13X error. Tried checking the power supply and some things the last few days and no luck. Then today it powers up with a 0 and works except the high scores were all 4000.
Seems like there must be a bad connection or solder point(s) around the power supply is my guess but would that impact the high score saves? Do I have multiple issues?
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