Zoo Keeper Issue... How big a problem?

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Well, I got around to firing up the games this weekend (first weekend of no travelling in a few months it seems) and had some issues with my Zoo Keeper. When the games were first turned on, ZK was nothing but a flickering white screen. I turned it off and back on and was greeted with this:

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I did like it said, opened the coin door, turned it off and back on, and it fired up to the test menu. ALL of my scores were erased, and my settings were set back to factory.

That being said, do I have a big issue here, or is this something that is easy (i.e replacing a battery somewhere, etc). Im bummed about the HS table being gone the most :( Im also worried about how the game first turned on (with the flickering screen).

Anyone else ever dealt with this? Suggestions are welcomed, and thanked in advance.
 

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First you need to close the front door and turn it back on. then see what it says.
if its memory failure, then just swap out the 4116's, zookeeper should have 32 of them. At this point install a new battery.

Jon
 
First you need to close the front door and turn it back on. then see what it says.

After that pic, I closed the door and turned it back on and it was fine (save for the scores being gone and the settings reset).
 
You simply need to replace the battery. You can change the battery or you can replace the battery with a NVRAM setup.
 
You simply need to replace the battery. You can change the battery or you can replace the battery with a NVRAM setup.

Is there a weird correlation with the battery, and the flickering white screen at first power up? I'm guessing no, but have no idea.
 
See if mark has his battery kits still in stock for ZK, that and burn z19 and get rid of the coin door board if you haven't already.
 
See if mark has his battery kits still in stock for ZK, that and burn z19 and get rid of the coin door board if you haven't already.

Will check, and haven't done anything with the coin door board. I didn't even know there was one? Apparently I have some research to do.
 
Will check, and haven't done anything with the coin door board. I didn't even know there was one? Apparently I have some research to do.

I heard Fritz is doing some sloppy 'research' in the back room right now. Care to join him? You never know what you 2 could come up with if you put your heads together.
 
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