The "I hate Namco/ Mario Kart Arcade GP thread"

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The "I hate Namco/ Mario Kart Arcade GP thread"

Working on a pair of these for another operator. Are these steaming piles of crap or does he have a couple of lemons ? Or both ?

Dealing with lots of intermittent problems that seem i/o board ( or possibly harness) related. Camera is ok on one boot-up then fails the next. Called Namco, not much help. Couldn't answer a question about what the voltage should be on one of the input wires going to the camera since it was different on each game. Force feedback steering works, then doesn't work. One of them has a shorted transistor on the i/o board that looks to be camera related.
Can't get a new i/o board from Namco, they force you to go through Betson or another distributor. The board is $400ish or $200ish if you send in old one. Notice I said "ish", that's because the guy in parts at Namco couldn't give me an exact price. Dealing with Betson sucks.

/end rant
 
We did talk once when I asked if you work on the Triforce and you said yes. I spent a few hours on these yesterday and now have one booting up consistently. It appears the issue was where the wires come into the connector from the Triforce right at the I/O board.

I think the issue with the other one is a bad motor. It boots, tries to turn the wheel but cant and then errors out. If I disable the force feedback it boots and plays fine. I will spend more time on it next Wednesday.
Thanks,
Dave
 
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