This post is a major shot in the dark, but I'm crossing my fingers in hopes that someone knows what I'm talking about.
I recently purchased a Merit Scorpion DX (2000/2001) dart board in great condition, running software revision 6. At first it seemed like the sound on the machine did not work at all, but I later noticed that it does work, but is extremely quiet no matter how high the volume is set.
I connected a known working speaker from a Scorpion 9000 board and had the same issue, so it is definitely not a bad speaker. There also appears to be nothing wrong with the wiring whatsoever, and all other mechanisms which are connected to the same harness as the speaker work fine.
According to Merit's limited FAQ, this is a known issue, but the solution seems very vague. If I'm reading it correctly, it sounds like they started installing a different sound chip in DX machines starting with software revision 3, and the volume issue can happen from either having a new chip with an old software revision, or an old chip with a new software revision. During boot, a message along the lines of "New sound chip detected" briefly displays, but I cannot tell what the problem is beyond that. I believe I have identified the chip on the mainboard, but it doesn't look replaceable, nor would I likely be able to find a replacement chip anyway.
If anyone has any experience with Merit Scorpion dart boards and is familiar with this issue and/or knows a possible fix, I'd really love some help. Merit's support seems non-existent in 2011.
I recently purchased a Merit Scorpion DX (2000/2001) dart board in great condition, running software revision 6. At first it seemed like the sound on the machine did not work at all, but I later noticed that it does work, but is extremely quiet no matter how high the volume is set.
I connected a known working speaker from a Scorpion 9000 board and had the same issue, so it is definitely not a bad speaker. There also appears to be nothing wrong with the wiring whatsoever, and all other mechanisms which are connected to the same harness as the speaker work fine.
According to Merit's limited FAQ, this is a known issue, but the solution seems very vague. If I'm reading it correctly, it sounds like they started installing a different sound chip in DX machines starting with software revision 3, and the volume issue can happen from either having a new chip with an old software revision, or an old chip with a new software revision. During boot, a message along the lines of "New sound chip detected" briefly displays, but I cannot tell what the problem is beyond that. I believe I have identified the chip on the mainboard, but it doesn't look replaceable, nor would I likely be able to find a replacement chip anyway.
If anyone has any experience with Merit Scorpion dart boards and is familiar with this issue and/or knows a possible fix, I'd really love some help. Merit's support seems non-existent in 2011.
