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A New Frontier (pick up/please help me fix this broken Frontier)

By grantopia

5 years ago


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#16 5 years ago
Quoted from grantopia:

I'd hate to buy it if I don't need it. I'll see if I can figure out why it's hacked and what the hacks are doing...bypassing a burnt connector pin or something and maybe the original one can just be repinned. Just haven't had time to sit down with it this week yet but I'll take a look.

I would suggest replacing the rectifier board, too. I'll bet I have replaced two dozen of those boards in the past 15 years or so. Also, don't look too hard at those wires soldered to the test points looking for a reason. Bally issued a Service Bulletin suggesting the "fix" to solder those wires directly to the test points when the connection had failed, and those connectors failed quite a bit in use.

#18 5 years ago
Quoted from grantopia:

It looks like that's what it was, they clipped the wires from the connector and soldered them directly to the test points. All the voltages are good still...could that board be causing issues upstream?
I need to spend a bit more time trying to recreate the reset issue. I have a steady 5.25 on the mpu and the driver board but I need to measure while activating stuff. I'm starting to wonder if I have a switch issue...once in a while the game will reset all the drops during an active ball or double fire the drop reset when you start a game, but not consistently. I'll give the start button and trough switch a better look.

I would suggest checking the diodes on the flippers for the reset issue, if those are okay check the other coil diodes. Whenever I find a reset issue on an old Bally, it always seems to point at a cracked diode somewhere. These days when I go through a classic Bally I replace all diodes and switch capacitors as a matter of course, along with a lot of other stuff.

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#29 5 years ago

Given just the normal problems associated with lamp sockets on a classic Bally, I wouldn't add a damaged lamp driver board to that equation. My guess is that if you just repair the components on that board you will still be chasing lamp problems from here on out. As pinfixer said above, just find a used LDB and be done with it. Then when a lamp fails you can figure it is just the socket or a burnt out lamp and you won't be pulling that LDB to check it.

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