Quoted from SunKing:Unfortunately, that's the good news. The bad news is that the game locks up randomly, and occasionally will not boot at all. Sometimes I can get a few games in without issues, and other times it may lock up on ball one. Based on what I'm seeing, it's most likely the 40 pin enterconnect (most everything else including power and ground mods were already 'bullet proofed'). I want this game to play rock solid for many years to come, so I went ahead and purchased the Rottendog replacement MPU/Driver. Hopefully it will arive soon, and I can wrap up this project and move Black Knight into the house.
Check the power supply voltages. That sounds like very unclean power, probably fluctuating between normal and way too low.