I am a completely new pinball owner with a Cirqus Voltaire. I've noticed that the machine is not saving my settings between being unplugged. I had assumed that was what the three double A batteries in the back box, but that doesn't seem to do it. Is there a coin battery somewhere?

Sorry if this question has been asked/answered. I couldn't find it .

Wow! Awesome help here! Thank you so much!

I got a multimeter on it today and sure enough, one of the matters terminals was reporting voltages all over the place. I looked very closely and saw a super tiny amount of corrosion. I used some light sand paper and alcohol to clean it off and now it seems to be working flawlessly.

I didn't realize you could put nvram in there, idk why I didn't, but that is a great idea. I'll check out the link…I could totally do that myself, I have a fairly nice desoldering setup from arcade repair.

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HAHAHAHA! Too late! It's on my wishlist. I think my wife might appreciate me waiting seeing as I just got the machine itself .
I also really like these GameBlades http://www.tiltgraphicsinc.com/product-page/cirqus-voltair-gameblades.

I totally agree...anything I take out of older machines I socket. The only thing that seems like a minor annoyance with the NVRAM is the loss of the real-time clock. I don't think it matters in CV, but it is a little annoying.

HAHA, you're evil!

Yeah, before I bought it I read every post in there! I've asked some questions in there, but they seem to get really delayed responses. I figured that it was kind of an old thread and maybe it's not the place to go.

This forum has been completely fantastic so far. I even like this modern forum engine .

Yep, basically I played it at an event in town and immediately decided I had to own it. I've wanted a pin for a while, but I just don't have the room for it . I have a couple of arcade machines, and two kids which pretty much consume my entire house . I wasn't going to buy this straight away, but I saw one on eBay which looked to be in really nice condition. Long story short, I negotiated the price and now I have a pinball machine in my master bedroom :/.

Oh well, my wife and I will have a bigger house soon enough . At least I got the machine and was able to get it back into working condition.

Do you know if my game has a 6264 RAM or a 62256 RAM? Is this something where I have to actually look at the game, as they were interchangeable at the factory? The manual just says "IC RAM 8K x8 Static Cmos 100ns."

It seems incredibly easy to do this mod, assuming you don't have to mess with the extra resistor because of the jumper settings.

I always loved pinball, but come on...Atari Food Fight is just a perfect game! I wouldn't be surprised if once I move into a new house I find myself some beat up old machine and try to restore it. I like the old electro mechanical ones too.

OK, thank you. I ordered one. That will be nice to have.

I actually like that a little better. I kind of wish I hadn't ordered the NVRAM . I think I'm just being overly sensitive to the concept that the time/date will stop working. I don't know why...but it annoys me.

Why the hell do they put the batteries in this location to begin with?

Closing off this thread, I installed the chip PinballManiac40 recommended and it works perfectly. No batteries . It didn't even take very long to do the installation.

Thanks again!