Genie
Gottlieb, 1979When Genie is turned on and game started it will not play any tones when scoring points and the game always has 5 balls per game and seems to be on free play all the time. I have set the dip switches to the right settings but nothing ever seems to change. If I set the dip switch to have 3 balls per game, it still has 5. Audio board plays a series of musical tones when reset button is pressed and capacitors have been replaced and the ground is connected. Any ideas?
Do you have the original MPU still in the game?
Any alkaline corrosion on the board?
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DIP sw's sometimes goes "bad"
Some question(s) ... do you have HSTD (high score to date) displayed in attract mode ? (DIP sw 21)
... how many credits (max) you can make ?
....do you hear credit (coin SW) tune ? ( DIP sw 23 )
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Quoted from cro_pinman:DIP sw's sometimes goes "bad"
Yep -- seen it.
Most DIP switches are not sealed. Somebody washes their boards using a hose, dishwasher, whatever... A few years later, one or more of the DIP switches will no longer function properly. A switch that had been open for years will remaining registering as open after being closed and vice-verse.
I say just get that new all in one replacement board. I think it is like $260 shipped from Europe. I hear it is very convenient.
Quoted from chuckwurt:I say just get that new all in one replacement board. I think it is like $260 shipped from Europe. I hear it is very convenient.
But just a bit more expensive than replacing what could possibly be just a bad dip switch 
Quoted from woz:But just a bit more expensive than replacing what could possibly be just a bad dip switch
Just saying. Wont have to worry about future issues that might be close to occurring with an old game like that. But yeah, I definitely will spend some good time trying to repair before I replace.
Another thing you can try is to flip the dip switch back and forth a few times. I remember I had a Sinbad awhile back that wouldnt display the number of credits(dip 13). I had to flip it on/off a few times for it to start working.
Metering them would be best though.
Thanks guys for all the replies. This is not the original CPU, I bought one that was in better shape. This board did have some battery corrosion. I cleaned off what I could and repaired solder connections. I'll check the dip switches with my meter and see what they read. I don't have a replacement battery in it so it will not keep the high score to date. The status display is messed up (another issue) so I never know how many credits it shows. It does not have any coin credit tone.
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