Tales of the Arabian Nights
Williams, 1996did some research last night seems to be a somewhat common problem????
anyone else have this happen, have had issues where machine would shut off during gameplay after about 30 minutes of playing. then reboot then could play fine again for a bit.
i am guessing the main driver board has issues? looks like there was some work done it to before. will post pics up tonight if i get a chance.
also is there any vids on troubleshooting these wpc95 boards?
There's a good chance your blown fuse and resest are two different issues. When does the fuse blow?
If F103 blows you prob. have a bad coil or diode on one of the coils. Could also be a transistor that drives one of the coils. First step is to figure out which coil is blowing that fuse.
did change out 2 switches but didnt change any coils except for the vaniishing magnet coil and that has a plug on the end so know that one is done properly unless it is defective out of the box.
yeah now with led's i really notice that i am getting pulsating out of the lights really bad to the point when doing the flash and lamp test before the unit reboots itself the flashers will quit working all together until i reboot it again then the flashers work again for a bit.
Several things can cause resets....
Bad Bridge Rectifier and/or Capacitor on the 5V supply
Bad 5V regulator
Switch matrix issues (where machine is detecting Tilt or Game Start)
Bad diode on a Coil
MPU battery corrosion
Failing IC chip
Low Power from your wall outlet
Eliminate the easy ones first and then go from there
Did you check the interconnect cable between the MPU and Driver board sometimes those can cause some issues, I would recommend changing all the ribbon cables with new ones, GPE carries them.
overnighting a power driver board from baa just incase it is the board. can send my old one off to get repaired if it has problems
going to check all suggestions though still once I get home since I want to play totan!!!
Quoted from robertmee:I would swap your MPU from SS first....That will eliminate half the sources of reset errors.
Try this first as Robert has suggested or follow what he mentioned above,Ordering a new board doesn't sometimes solve the problem.It could be other things.
Quoted from dvandentop:except for the vaniishing magnet coil
Where exactly is this coil located on the playfield?,I'm not too familar with the lay out on TOTAN.
Did you check in the manual to see what drives the F103 fuse?
magnet coil is in the middle upper playfield. there was a louder humming noise which sounded like a magnet was stuck on when I 1st started getting the blown fuser problems. (this was after the new coil was instaled) so I rebooted and found out non of the magnet coils or the shooting start orb coils were working either. even in test mode after replacing the fuse.
headed to radio shack on way home to get fuses.
Quoted from dvandentop:magnet coil is in the middle upper playfield. there was a louder humming noise which sounded like a magnet was stuck on when I 1st started getting the blown fuser problems. (this was after the new coil was instaled) so I rebooted and found out non of the magnet coils or the shooting start orb coils were working either. even in test mode after replacing the fuse.
headed to radio shack on way home to get fuses.
If you replace the fuse and it blows again then your problem is mostly the Transistor that drives the magnet.
I already replaced the fuse once and it blew again last night.
I will replace fuser and disconnect that magnet totally and see if problem happens again. otherwise we know magnet is faulty if it goesnt pop with mag unplugged
Quoted from dvandentop:magnet is faulty
Transistor on the driver board is what drives the magnet.If you look in the manual it will tell you which transistor it is.
I am on the road now with now way to get to manual before getting to radio shack. can anyone get me that transitior # or rating?
I will buy one while I am there getting fuses.
otherwise will have to go later on I guess.
ok got home everything looks ok but it kills everything on the j116 terminal so i am guessing i possibly got the wrong magnet shipped to me?? just remembered got 1 more place to go for work still arghh!
i will have to tear it apart to check the part # on magnet since one ends in 79 and the other ends in 97.
not sure if that would cause a problem
well somehow in hell the pin gods musta been looking down,
anyways i put in old magnet after i verified the new one was correct and then also put in a new fuse from radio shack and i have played about 10 games no issues and everything in working great! damn this mofo is fast especially the swirl ramp after a good cleaning!!
well looks like i will have spent $50 overnight shipping for nothing but i guess i will send back or keep the board. not sure yet.
Quoted from pinmike:Why did you change it in the first place if there was nothing wrong with it? [
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kept getting error on startup saying it is broken but others have said they have same error but works fine. i figured while i was shopping it out might as well put a new one in, not so sure new one works though
Quoted from dvandentop:kept getting error on startup saying it is broken
I see,Any errors popping up now?
Quoted from RawleyD:Maybe one of those coils/magnets were causing a short last time you had them installed?
yeah not sure i did reconnect the magnet connector and tried again, been working great so water under the bridge
Quoted from pinmike:dvandentop said:kept getting error on startup saying it is broken
I see,Any errors popping up now?
it says vanishing magnet broken when starting up, otherwise no issues.
Hey guys new to forum and need some help with my TOTAN. Brief history on the machine is Santa brought it in 1996 and has been in my possession for the past 5 years. Has never had any major issues and has only needed general maintenance through the years. A few weeks ago my nephew was playing (6 year old) and said there were no more balls. So I opened her up to find all the balls in the bazaar and f103 blown. So check my switches replace the fuse and on start up f103 blows. So I replaced the bazaar solenoid and still blowing. So here I am now. I found this thread and it has opened a pinball door I did not know exists. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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