HI all I am new to working on games and I am new to owning a Sys 1 Genie. I am having 2 main problems. So first off when I turn the game on sometimes it does not fully turn on and then after a few off and ons it will fully come on. My second and most frustrating problem is my damn drop targets. When I have the 2A fuse under the playfield in, The drops will not come up, sometimes the front 4 will but then the fuse blows. If I manually put them up and turn the game on then knock them down, the score perfectly but will not come back up. Now I do not know how bad of an idea this was but I was told that SOMETIMES you can put a 2.5A or even a 3A. I put a 2.5A in and all the drops came up and the back ones worked almost perfectly but the front 4 were locked up so the coil was locked I am assuming. Any help would be fantastic and thanks in advance. By the way I suck at reading the switch matrix, since I am relatively new but have been doing a ton of research and watch videos etc. These are pretty much the only 2 things I have left to have the game working 100% (I did do the ground mods on all 3 boards)

I think I have figured out the drop target problem but wont know until I get my Marco order in. so I am really looking to figure out the inconsistent power up.

Can someone with a fully working genie please post a photo of their A1-J6 card connector I think I am having a problem with it since it looks pretty hacked.

Yes thanks but it turns out it’s not my problem. I can’t figure it out. My drops don’t work and and my 2A Fuse blows every game. Sometimes the back drops work but once and that’s it. I’m now thinking it’s either the CPU or the 4 drop bank coil. If that could is bad enough to blow the fuse would it stop the 2 7 drop bank coils from working?!