(Topic ID: 225133)

Bally Lost World randomly rebooting

By pinballpicker

5 years ago



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#1 5 years ago

I have a Bally Lost World that reboots at anytime during a game, not in attract mode. I have re-pinned connectors going to CPU (new Alltek board) and driver board. The 5V was around 4.9V so I installed a new regulator and the voltage read 5.01 after that. At first I thought it may have been a pop bumper coil causing it because it seemed that when the pinball was around the pop bumpers the game rebooted. Sometimes you can play two games or 40, it doesn't matter. I have not been able to cause the reboot to happen by moving wires, connectors or activating coils over and over again. I'm stumped at this point. I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks.

I also resoldered all the male connectors on driver board.

#2 5 years ago

using the test points on the MPU, what does the 5v read there? I have seen where the 5v is good on the driver board but you get enough v-drop through those 0.100" connectors that the MPU can reset on current spikes and/or vibration from coils like flippers.

inspect the flipper coil diodes too. gentle tug usually reveals a busted lead which can cause resets.

Rectifier board in good shape?

#3 5 years ago

I had reset issues on my Space Invaders. It was suggested that I replace C23 on the power supply section of the driver board. That fixed it and it has been running strong since. Good luck.

#4 5 years ago
Quoted from barakandl:

using the test points on the MPU, what does the 5v read there? I have seen where the 5v is good on the driver board but you get enough v-drop through those 0.100" connectors that the MPU can reset on current spikes and/or vibration from coils like flippers.
inspect the flipper coil diodes too. gentle tug usually reveals a busted lead which can cause resets.
Rectifier board in good shape?

I measured the 5.01V on the CPU board. I went through every coil and diode and switch on the playfield to see if I could trigger a reboot and could not.

10 months later
#5 4 years ago

I discovered that whenever the ball was kicked out of one of the left or right saucers, the game suddenly rebooted, not every time but most times. Replacing the saucer coils seemed to have eliminated the issue. It has never done it since.

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