Gorgar (No Speech)

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#1 9 years ago

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PJB

paulywalnuts23

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Vincennes, IN

11y 56,900 1,173 26 11

Have a Gorgar and I get absolutely no speech out of it.. Sounds come out fine but it will not speak.. Speech Roms are fairly new… Have taken the speech board out and it appears to be in fine shape, no broken connections… Anyone have any ideas here?

Thanks,

Paul

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#2 9 years ago

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PJB

paulywalnuts23

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Vincennes, IN

11y 56,900 1,173 26 11

Also switches 1 and 2 are in the proper on off positions for the sounds and speech to work…

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#3 9 years ago

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kbliznick

Firebird Pinball

Phoenix, AZ

11y 63,900 2,437 5 4

Check the speech/sound balance trim pot on the speech board.

if that's OK most likely dead 1458 op amp at U3 on the speech board or a dead CVSD speech chip at U1.

Bad sockets on speech eproms, bad ribbon cable, bad electolytic caps on speech board are a couple other possibilities.

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#4 9 years ago

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PJB

paulywalnuts23

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Vincennes, IN

11y 56,900 1,173 26 11

I checked the pot and it works as it suppose to, when I twist it it lowers the sound of the sounds however since there is no Speech it doesn't do anything for it. Just raises and lowers the volume of the sound. So it appears to be working… I will start running through your check list of things and see if it is any one of those..

Thanks,

Paul

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#5 9 years ago

JON

Schwaggs

Gameroom Mods

10y 105K 4,760 10

Does it talk when you press the diagnostic button?

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#6 9 years ago

DLZ

SadSack

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10y 48,900 1,589

Cold solder joint on header pins.

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#7 9 years ago

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PJB

paulywalnuts23

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Vincennes, IN

11y 56,900 1,173 26 11

Quoted from Schwaggs:
Does it talk when you press the diagnostic button?

No it does not...

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#9 9 years ago

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w3ll3r33

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9y 1,250 1

I believe the problem is actually IC1 on the speech board. I am currently having the same problem and have come across a post that clearly explains what to do.

http://home.scarlet.be/~fb054529/soundwill/esoundwill.htm

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#10 9 years ago

KLB

kbliznick

Firebird Pinball

Phoenix, AZ

11y 63,900 2,437 5 4

Relooking at the schematic it can be IC2 or IC3. Both are 1458's and both amplify the speech.

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#11 9 years ago

MWS

mwsmith

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York, PA

10y 49,400 222 8

Check the dip switches with a meter to be sure they are working. Saw another post where a BK had a bad switch.

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#12 9 years ago

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CNKay

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East Aurora, NY

14y 72,050 3,452 12 10

spreading the threads i love it!

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#13 9 years ago

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PJB

paulywalnuts23

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Vincennes, IN

11y 56,900 1,173 26 11

Cool guys, I haven't been working on this as I have had some other pins come in that I have been working on. But I will be getting back on this here in the next couple of days so I will try out what has been suggested...

Thanks,

Paul

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#14 9 years ago

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80spit

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Morgantown, PA

11y 78,300 861 31

I had a gorgar with no speech or sound, turnS out the speech roms were bad, and in the wrong
order in their sockets. ordered new ROMs and now GORGAR SPEAKS