Hey everyone, so I turn my genie on and the game turns on and goes into attract mode but I cannot start a game. After trying things it seems all coin door operations aren't working... I can not add credits, the start button doesn't work... And I cannot access the test functions. Has anyone heard of this happening... I checked all the connectors and everything seems good there.... I am stumped ....

Awesome thanks guys... I will look into it after work tonight. Thanks for the reply !!

Ya thanks I just found your thread and man what a help... I am definitely not as knowledgeable as you guys but I am not afraid to tackle it

Ok so time for some catchup .... I tried using used connectors and soldering them on.... But it turned out too painful so I placed an order with GPE and just received my package today .... Hooray!!! So first thing I did was replace the pins in the connector to the coin door and what do ya know... The game will know start.
Sadly there is a but..... I have no sound once the game starts, I have sound when I hit the credit button and can hit the test button on the sound board without fail... But when I am playing a game flippers and all switches work but no sound, and when the ball drains it doesn't register.... All I can think of is more connectors need to be changed.. But I don't know which one? Does anybody know?

I have a Ni-wumph system 1 CPU board installed in my gottlieb Genie. I had an issue a year ago where I was in the middle of a game and the game would reset and the next game had no sound. Later when I attempted to look into it the game would turn on and start up and play the attraction sound but I could not start a game with the credit button. I redid the pins on the harness pin connectors on both sides of the sound board and A1-J7 harness. This repair aloud me to start a game however no sound during game in play. I hit the reset button on the board (initialization) and the sounds during game play came back. HORRAY!! Now my only issue with the game is this; switch 3 ( I think is ball in trough switch) shows closed ( in the switch test) the only switch that is not functioning is the "ball in trough" switch. If a ball drains into the trough during game play the game does not recognize the ball in the trough and does not go to ball two. I have shorted the trough switch to see if it changes anything; and it doesn't. I have also disconnected the switch and did a switch test and the the test still showed switch three as closed.... Hitting the tilt will display tilt on the back glass and kill the flippers, but the game is still waiting for the switch in the trough to be initialized. I am very confused but cannot think of it being anything else other than a board issue. Does this sound correct? Is there a chip I could replace to check or confirm this?

solved it was the connector from the trough to the board. put new pins in the connector and good as new.