sugar_ray
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Punch-Out Filter board. Interesting issue. No filter = NO coin up???
Howdy gang!!!
A minor issue with a Punch-Out unit. Recently I noticed the opponents in the game (Glass Joe, Piston etc...) would blink, become invisible and blurry for a second every time they threw a punch!! First thought was bad Rom?? re-seated all chips etc. and nothing changed!!
I took a pencil eraser to the filter board's edge copper connector to clean it. This seemed to have fixed the problem as the game was flawless again. At least for a bout 2 days when the issue returned. Eraser to the filter solves the problem temporarily only to have it come back. WTF??? So I eliminated the Filter board all together and the game has worked long term. However.......when eliminating the filter board all together the machine will NOT credit when a coin is inserted!! WITH the filter board ON it DOES register coins.
Normally I would say leave it in free play mode and call it a day BUT this particular machine resides in a bowling center and does quite well during disco bowling weekends.
I am only guessing that the filter board may be causing a dropage in voltage at some point resulting in the problem because without the board the problem doesn't exist. What I am wondering is WHY does the machine REQUIRE the filter to accept coins? Is that normal or is my machine possessed??
thanks all!!
Howdy gang!!!
A minor issue with a Punch-Out unit. Recently I noticed the opponents in the game (Glass Joe, Piston etc...) would blink, become invisible and blurry for a second every time they threw a punch!! First thought was bad Rom?? re-seated all chips etc. and nothing changed!!
I took a pencil eraser to the filter board's edge copper connector to clean it. This seemed to have fixed the problem as the game was flawless again. At least for a bout 2 days when the issue returned. Eraser to the filter solves the problem temporarily only to have it come back. WTF??? So I eliminated the Filter board all together and the game has worked long term. However.......when eliminating the filter board all together the machine will NOT credit when a coin is inserted!! WITH the filter board ON it DOES register coins.
Normally I would say leave it in free play mode and call it a day BUT this particular machine resides in a bowling center and does quite well during disco bowling weekends.
I am only guessing that the filter board may be causing a dropage in voltage at some point resulting in the problem because without the board the problem doesn't exist. What I am wondering is WHY does the machine REQUIRE the filter to accept coins? Is that normal or is my machine possessed??
thanks all!!
