Phetishboy
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This issue is happening in my newly restored Playchoice 10. When the bulbs were both dead, the game worked fine. I tried new 1813's in the coin door first, they didn't really light up. So then I tried 44s figuring the coin door must be supplying 5v for the lights. Now, when I try to power the game up with the bulbs in, the board won't boot. If I pull one of the bulbs out of circuit, I can then power the machine up just fine. I then put the bulb back in and the game still works fine (though it sometimes resets as the bulb is installed), and the bulb also works fine. Turn the game off, and then try to power back on, and again the game won't boot til I remove the bulb. It just makes a weird buzzing noise and the only things that power up are the coin lights, but only at half capacity. Also, if I unplug the coin door molex while the machine is on it will reset, if I plug it back in while the game is on, it will go dead. Why would a bulb in circuit prevent the board from booting? Too much of a power draw? Is there a short somewhere? What bulbs should I be using? One other thing to note is that I am using a PC-10 kit harness, meaning this harness came with a PC-10 kit that was meant for DK cabs - which do NOT have coin door lights. Could that be the issue?
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