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Getaway help - I fried something . . .

By Hammerhead

7 years ago


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#7 7 years ago
Quoted from Hammerhead:

So I've reseated the ICs the ribbon cables and the IDCs and Getaway now lives again. Not sure which of those three was the ultimate culprit.
The only thing is when it starts from cold, it takes about 1 minute before the flippers will actually work. Until then they are weak to the point of not working at all and garbage is displayed on the DMD everytime you flip. After a ball or two everything starts working as it should.

Probably time to replace the ribbon cables if you are having scrambled DMD and non working flipper issues.

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#15 7 years ago
Quoted from johnwartjr:

Wholesale replacement of caps and bridges is never a good idea. Replace parts if and when they are bad. Otherwise, you're wasting money, time and risking damage of delicate electronic circuit boards and traces.
I don't mean to preach, but I spend probably as much time cleaning up others work as I do actually fixing boards - and I fix a LOT of boards. Diagnose the problem properly, and then repair it, and only it.
The problem you describe is strange. The safest, most logical step IMO is to replace the ribbon cables. On a 20+ year old game, original ribbon cables are ready to be replaced. Plug and unplug cycles wear them out. They stop being flexible. And all it takes is 1 open pin to make a game misbehave and have you pulling your hair out.

Have a look at post #7 - 16 days ago.........

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