I have two San Francisco Rush the Rock machines and I am having trouble linking them. If I connect them directly with a crossover cable or crossover coupler, everything looks good on the first machine (cable OK and all four lights) but the second machine says cable ?? and only has the 3rd light. If I connect them to a network switch, I get the exact opposite results. Now the second machine appears to be fully functioning and the first one seems to be the problem. The switch gives me the additional information of no link/activity on the first machine, and normal flashing link/activity on the second machine. Kind of an anomaly, but during one session of switching cables around while on the test screen, I noticed 1 packet made it from one machine to the other with the correct car color.
Is there anything else I can try?
Some people have suggested that either the VALOR or SMC chip could be bad, but on which machine? What kind of fault would cause the behavior described above?
The issue sounds similar to this thread:
Seems like they never got to the bottom of the issue.
Additional information:
-They are both running on CF cards, but I tried their original hard drives with the same results.
-The car colors are different, and I have tried changing the car colors on both machines
-I have tried many, many different network cables
-They are both original rtr's, not upgrades
-I have not been able to try a network hub instead of a switch. Seems to be conflicting information on if this makes a difference.
Thank you for your time and any assistance with this issue.
Is there anything else I can try?
Some people have suggested that either the VALOR or SMC chip could be bad, but on which machine? What kind of fault would cause the behavior described above?
The issue sounds similar to this thread:
San Fransico Rush Linking
So I’ve had these 2 Rush cabinets for 10 years or so. Always had them linked and working but a few years ago one of the monitors went out and I never bothered to fix it. Finally decided to do something with it and put an LCD tv in it. It now works great but I can’t get them to link. Put both...
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Seems like they never got to the bottom of the issue.
Additional information:
-They are both running on CF cards, but I tried their original hard drives with the same results.
-The car colors are different, and I have tried changing the car colors on both machines
-I have tried many, many different network cables
-They are both original rtr's, not upgrades
-I have not been able to try a network hub instead of a switch. Seems to be conflicting information on if this makes a difference.
Thank you for your time and any assistance with this issue.



