Mario Carts - Occasional Hangups

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I have two Mario Carts games networked at the arcade I work for, and one of them is occasionally locking up.

The connections between the two machines are solid. The unit locks up on a random screen, and won't respond to test buttons or coin ups. I usually reset it by downpowering just that unit, and powering it back up.

I suspect it is talking to me - something is starting to go wrong. I know the top fan is working - I'm going to replace it in the near future like for like, and plan to clean out the backplane / pull / clean the CPU power supply, and do a quick test on it.

Any suggestions on what would cause this lockup (specific focus areas from experience) would be appreciated.

One last thought: Now that it is getting cooler, it seems to lock up less.
 
I dont recall if Mario Cart is PC based hardware or console based. If PC based I'd look at the video card fan and look for any bad caps on the video card and Mobo.

If console based then the best you can do is clean it out.

Oh, I think that camera and steering pot issues will cause random lock ups too.
 
It's been 5 years since I've had one, but from what I can remember, both ToplessZ and gamefixer are right.

The power supplies were flaky and the steering pot would cause issues. Also the harness for the steering wheel button would always break, short, disintegrate.
 
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