Looking for a replacement ribbon connector that connects the sound board to the board below it on a Wipe Out. Turns out the ribbon connector has two parallel rows of 10 male pins on it (the female ends are in the boards and some of the pins are broken) and some of those male pins are broken. The part number that I can make out (some of the number is behind the connector housing) is AWM E53793.

Any help?

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Thanks latenite04 (PM sent) and matiou for the replies. Indeed, the connector suggestions you sent match visually. Thanks so much! Where would I be without pinside?

More System 3 questions related to my Wipe Out:

(1) Anyone know of a replacement resistor board available? Original part number is A13 26378. The one I have is pretty crisp and was jumpered by the previous owner--all lights are working well--but I'd prefer to add a replacement if I can.

(2) In the top right corner of the backbox of my Wipe Out there is a fan installed that looks to be factory and the fan spins by hand, but the wires to it were cut by a previous owner. Has anyone else seen this in system 3 games? Any opinions on whether the fan is needed? From the front, all the backbox boards and connectors look to be clean with no sign of heat damage.

Thanks!

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Thanks very much. I'll look into this. Much appreciated!

My Wipe Out sound problem described in post #649 is resolved thanks to a replacement ribbon connector from latenite04 and reseating all connectors on both the sound board and auxiliary sound board. Thanks, pinsiders for the invaluable help! As I get to know Wipe Out now with full sound, I'm realizing that it's a deeper and more fun game than I first thought. The same was true for my World Challenge Soccer that I previously owned. Well worth the money.

As noted in previous posts, I thought my sound issues on my Wipe Out were resolved, but I was incorrect. I sometimes simply lose half the sounds when I start a new game, and the only pattern I can establish is that it happens if I leave the game on and unplayed for a while. I can play for 30 minutes and the sound is fine, but then if I leave the machine running but don't play it for an hour, half the sounds are gone when I start a new game. If I turn it off and try again right away, the same problem remains. However, if I turn it off for as little as 10 minutes and then start a new game, the sounds all come back.

Any ideas? I have already re-seated every connector in the backbox. Could it be heat-related? It seems unlikely--the machine is in a garage where the temperature is currently 70 degrees. And there is a small fan mounted and running in the backbox, which looks to be factory. Any input is welcome. I'm stumped.

No, but thanks. I thought that might be a first step.

Thanks so much. Beyond my skills, but I can hire this done if needed. Sometimes the audio callouts disappear and other times the music, so it's very erratic.

Does this help?

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Going back a few months to problems I was having with intermittent sound problems on my Wipe Out, after ruling out other options I sent the sound boards to coin-op cauldron and, as with other boards I have sent there, they were successfully fixed at an affordable price. Now the game is 100% and some sounds that were also missing are back. Clive does excellent work and communicates well, which I really appreciate. Highly recommended. Here is a summary from Clive of the work he did on the two sound boards, at a cost of $90, including shipping:

Gottlieb System 3 Sound (MA1629) and Aux Sound (MA1770) boards (SN 118579. Wipe Out. Incorrect tones. Locks-up. Link ribbon cable not supplied): All four sound ROMs removed and internal data verified (Vcc +/- 0.25v). AROM2 legs straightened. Signals in, out and around both microprocessor systems and glue logic, -- new 74LS245 bus driver IC and 20-pin chip socket. 2x NOS 6116 Static RAM ICs and 2x 24-pin dual-wipe chip sockets. Signals in, out and around board re-analyzed. Reflowed I/O header pins. Board cleaned up. 3-tie testing (including final in-game 9 hour test).

Doing a maintenance visit for a World Challenge Soccer game tomorrow. The owner says that everything is working but that the game no longer awards extra balls when it definitely previously did so. The owner is an experienced player so I trust the comment, but it's not logical to me that just the extra ball feature would go away. Does anyone have any insight? Could it be a dedicated switch issue? Could it be that extra ball awards are not available as the high scores climb up and reach a certain point? Any ideas are appreciated.

Great advice. Thanks so much!

On a related note, I have never replaced a battery on a Gottlieb game. Can anyone tell me where I buy the correct battery for a World Challenge Soccer game and how and where to install it? I've heard that the machine takes a round five-year battery that installs somewhere on one of the boards, but I'm a noob to this whole idea.

Superb. Thanks!

Having some intermittent trouble with a Wipe Out. At the top of the slalom gate, the audio callout and other behavior repeatedly suggest there is a ball there even when there is not. It only happens once in a while during game play, but once it does it gets "stuck" in that repeated audio callout: "Use the flippers to ski," and the slalom gate pitches back and forth and the flippers shut down, but there is no ball at the slalom gate.

Any ideas? Can anyone verify if there is a physical switch at the top of the slalom gate or an optic sensor that detects the ball?

That's a great help. I'll take a good look at that issue. Thanks!

Thanks!