Phetishboy
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I have a Pole Position II board that I got repaired by Dick Millikan about 2 years ago. Has worked flawlessly up to this point. Now I am running my 5V from a newer switcher, and the edge connector has been bypassed and the 5V and grounds are going directly to the test point tabs. They measure 5.03VDC at those points closest to the edge connector.
When I start up the game, I get an explosion sound, but it seems to come to quickly and it is higher pitched than normal. When I go to the front of the machine, I get a brown 'splash' screen that says Pole Position II, Namco, etc. The screen is a large field of brown, with a small picture window in the lower center that looks like a crumpled Japanese flag. The game goes into test mode fine, but at the bottom shows 'manual start'. It should say 'auto start'. Now while the game was on I walked around to the back, pulled out the board a little ways and rapped lightly on the 2 socketed chips between the 5V TP and the edge connector. The game coined up. Then I played thru one race and it went into attract mode. Left it on for 2 hours no issues.
Turned it on the next day, same splash screen. Rapped on those 2 chips, the game coined up again, but froze at the track selection. restarted, went thru the process, the game coined up and played again. Anyone know what causes the splash screen and what I need to do to get the game into Auto Start mode?
When I start up the game, I get an explosion sound, but it seems to come to quickly and it is higher pitched than normal. When I go to the front of the machine, I get a brown 'splash' screen that says Pole Position II, Namco, etc. The screen is a large field of brown, with a small picture window in the lower center that looks like a crumpled Japanese flag. The game goes into test mode fine, but at the bottom shows 'manual start'. It should say 'auto start'. Now while the game was on I walked around to the back, pulled out the board a little ways and rapped lightly on the 2 socketed chips between the 5V TP and the edge connector. The game coined up. Then I played thru one race and it went into attract mode. Left it on for 2 hours no issues.
Turned it on the next day, same splash screen. Rapped on those 2 chips, the game coined up again, but froze at the track selection. restarted, went thru the process, the game coined up and played again. Anyone know what causes the splash screen and what I need to do to get the game into Auto Start mode?
