Phetishboy
Well-known member
I have a switcher in this machine. I have the switcher set at 5.01 V at the screw terminals. Every time I turn the machine on, it won't boot right away, instead I get a white screen. 1-10 minutes later, it will boot up. Now I recently noticed that the coin door lights are dark until it boots up as well. I started fiddling with the bulbs in the sockets, and started getting funny sounds, resets on the board, dimming marquee light, etc. Now if I push on the first bulb in the daisy chain, the game will boot right up, but now the second socket won't light up, even though the bulb is good. Both sockets measure 4.89V. WTF is going on? Electrical short, 5V being overtaxed by the bulbs? Should I try the -5V line for the bulbs, or will that screw up the audio?