Category: Repair Logs
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Frogger Problems
So I visited the arcade of someone I have come to know and while taking a look around and playing a few games, I stumbled across this screen on a Frogger: Not exactly playable, if you catch my drift. Went over the usual stuff, power, reseating, etc. Voltage was a little low, and the power…
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Dead Vanguard Board
So I came across a dead Vanguard that was for sale. Described as only producing a boom sound effect and then a rumbling/static-y noise. Bought the thing home along with 1.5 spare boards and did the usual checks: Power, Sockets (reseat), etc. Logic probe on the CPU indicated that it was briefly running and then…
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Watchdogging and Corrupted Centipede (Bad POKEY)
Got to work on a busted Centipede that booted to a white background screen that briefly showed the start of the attract mode (things drawn in green or purple) before crashing, watchdogging and doing it all over again. Test mode would do the same thing as well. Disabling the watchdog (by grounding the WDDIS test…
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Dead Gorf
So I found a dead Gorf on Craigslist. It was an older ad, but was still available when I inquired. Dude I picked it up from had done some pretty impressive restorations on some other games. Anyway – it was dead alright. Shows a blank screen that looked overly blue due to how the monitor…
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Bringing Joust Back to Life
So it came to pass that I ended up with three cabinets for $100 each. A Great Golf in a Midway cabaret, some Toaplan run-n-gun in a Taito Qix cabinet, and… A Joust(!) in its original cabinet. I agreed to purchase all three sight-unseen. When I get them all home, the golf game worked except…
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Joust Showing 1 3 5 and a REALLY Effed-Up Screen
[This was extracted from a large article about getting a dead Joust operational. I thought it made sense to put this part in its own post to help anyone else with a similar issue. This post may reference content from an earlier post, so keep that in mind when reading.] So at this point the Joust will…
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Joust With an Input Problem – 1st Player Always Runs Left
[This was extracted from a large article about getting a dead Joust operational. I thought it made sense to put this part in its own post to help anyone else with a similar issue. It may reference content from the previous two posts here and here.] …So now I have a Joust that boots correctly…
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Merit Megatouch 5 Issues
Offered to help out a friend whose husband had an upright Megatouch 5 (CRT-260 motherboard) that had some issues: Would randomly crash when touching the touchscreen Would randomly hang or crash even when left alone After left running for a little while (like, 15 minutes) calibration would “drift,” causing touches to track incorrectly After opening…
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Hopper Error (HE) on Sammy Aladdin Pachislo Machine
I picked this one up last year with a generic E1 error code for $50. Reseating all connectors and performing a master reset (reset key in and turned, internal power switch cycled, reset key removed) brought it right up. Been working fine for a little over a year then the hopper quit working. Display would…
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Dig Dug with Floating Pins
Going through my boards, I came across a second Dig Dug board. This one boots to static garbage and no sound. Watchdog is barking. Removing one of the CPUs gets different garbage. Tried replacing with a known good one, no change. Checking the pins shows me that a couple of the data lines, from…