(Topic ID: 58331)

JP CPU weirdness. Gremlins? Magic?

By stangbat

10 years ago



Topic Stats

  • 3 posts
  • 3 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 10 years ago by PEN
  • No one calls this topic a favorite

You

Linked Games

#1 10 years ago

Here's one that has me stumped. My JP was on location for over a year, no problems, tons of play. I moved it home, it sat in the garage for about 3 weeks, moved it into the basement a couple days ago. On the first game after setting it back up on ball 3 all coils go dead, CPU controlled lamps go dead.

Power off, game will boot, no CPU controlled lamps. Go into diagnostics, switch test works. I can start a game but T-Rex won't move, no coils, no CPU controlled lamps.

I check all the usual suspects. Fuses all good. All voltages good. Voltage present at all coils.

Then I notice that when booting the blanking LED never comes on. The PIA LED flashes, 5v LED comes on and stays on, the blanking LED never comes on.

Swap in a different JP game EPROM. No change.

Swap in good RAM. No change.

Take out the CPU board. Put it on the bench with Leon's test ROM, get out the logic probe. PIAs test good. Everything looks good. Put the game ROM back in and boot it on the bench. Boots fine, blanking LED is on.

Put the CPU board back in the game. Boots fine, blanking LED comes on and stays on. Start a game, plays fine. This is with the same game ROM, same RAM, same everything. Only thing I did was take out the game EPROM, run it with Leon's test ROM, then put the game EPROM back. Any ideas? Pinball gremlins? Magic?

#3 10 years ago

Bad connection of one or more of the components you removed and reseated. Maybe from moving the game or condensation from the garage.

Promoted items from Pinside Marketplace and Pinside Shops!
$ 89.99
Cabinet - Decals
Maine Home Recreation
 
$ 15.95
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
ULEKstore
 
$ 9,499.00
Pinball Machine
Classic Game Rooms
 
$ 25.00
Playfield - Protection
UpKick Pinball
 
$ 1.25
Lighting - Led
Mitchell Lighting
 
Trade
Machine - For Trade
Needville, TX
From: $ 20.00
Lighting - Led
Mitchell Lighting
 
$ 30.00
Playfield - Other
YouBentMyWookie
 
$ 79.99
Cabinet - Armor And Blades
PinGraffix Pinside Shop
 
$ 130.00
Gameroom - Decorations
Dijohn
 
4,500 (Firm)
Machine - For Sale
Ronkonkoma, NY
$ 1.00
Lighting - Other
Rocket City Pinball
 
$ 10.00
Playfield - Other
Loop Combo Pinball
 
$ 29.95
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
ULEKstore
 
$ 10.00
Playfield - Protection
UpKick Pinball
 
$ 185.00
Cabinet - Toppers
Sparky Pinball
 
From: $ 33.00
Gameroom - Decorations
Rocket City Pinball
 
$ 18.95
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
ULEKstore
 
$ 12,999.00
Pinball Machine
Classic Game Rooms
 
$ 27.95
Eproms
Pinballrom
 
From: $ 35.00
Cabinet - Other
Rocket City Pinball
 
$ 49.99
Cabinet - Toppers
Lighted Pinball Mods
 
$ 29.95
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
ULEKstore
 
$ 50.00
Playfield - Protection
Duke Pinball
 
From: $ 9.99
Eproms
Matt's Basement Arcade
 
4,400
Machine - For Sale
Livermore, CA
$ 99.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Loop Combo Pinball
 
7,000
Machine - For Sale
London, ON
$ 45.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
G-Money Mods
 
Great pinball charity
Pinball Edu

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/jp-cpu-weirdness-gremlins-magic and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.