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Flash Dead On arrival Progress but need a little Help!

By McPin54

3 years ago

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#1 3 years ago

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McPin54

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Massillon, OH

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Need a little help here.

I have repinned the 40pin and every header on the MPU. Power board is measuring with all the correct voltages.

By repinning mpu and 40 pin I now have displays and the leds on the mpu flash once and remain off, Indicating the MPU is good according to pinwiki. I am not well versed in the coin door diagnostics but was able to fool around and get the coils to cycle. I do however have numbers displaying in the player one display as shown in the picture. Do these numbers indicate on what could potentially be wrong. Any help on where to go next is much appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

#2 3 years ago

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McPin54

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Massillon, OH

10y 103K 1,818 50 22

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Quoted from McPin54:
Need a little help here.
I have repinned the 40pin and every header on the MPU. Power board is measuring with all the correct voltages.
By repinning mpu and 40 pin I now have displays and the leds on the mpu flash once and remain off, Indicating the MPU is good according to pinwiki. I am not well versed in the coin door diagnostics but was able to fool around and get the coils to cycle. I do however have numbers displaying in the player one display as shown in the picture. Do these numbers indicate on what could potentially be wrong. Any help on where to go next is much appreciated.
Thank you in advance!

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#3 3 years ago

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frunch

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Point Pleasant, NJ

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It looks like it might be in audit mode, which usually happens after replacing the batteries or ram. On those games, you turn the game on, and then turn it off and on again in quick succession in order to get past audit mode and into attract mode. If the batteries and ram are good, it should boot to attract mode any time you turn the game on from that point forward (until the batteries are removed again). If it continues to boot to audit mode there may be a problem with the batteries or ram or something else perhaps.

#4 3 years ago

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McPin54

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Massillon, OH

10y 103K 1,818 50 22

Quoted from frunch:
It looks like it might be in audit mode, which usually happens after replacing the batteries or ram. On those games, you turn the game on, and then turn it off and on again in quick succession in order to get past audit mode and into attract mode. If the batteries and ram are good, it should boot to attract mode any time you turn the game on from that point forward (until the batteries are removed again). If it continues to boot to audit mode there may be a problem with the batteries or ram or something else perhaps.

Frunch, YOURE THE MAN!

That worked. Plays 100% once I adjust some switches.
Sound board will need some love, no sound yet.

THANK YOU!

#5 3 years ago

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frunch

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Point Pleasant, NJ

11y 135K 3,642 10

Woo hoo!

I'll always remember when that happened on my Black Knight (my *first* pin, bought non working with no pinball knowledge)...i finally got my boards back from the coin op cauldron and was so hyped to see if the game would work. Finally hooked everything up and...it went to audit mode. Just gi lights and the numbers up on the displays similar to your game. Took me a little while to finally discover the solution (same as you just found) and man was i excited when it worked!

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