ArcRevival
Well-known member
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
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