London, ON
It is a newer lcd version not the crt one. It was working but simply will not power on at all now. Tried changing the power cord and other outlets and no luck. The journey begins!!! Any suggestions?
(Topic ID: 144317)
Paradise, NV
There were some TSB's for the ion Series. One of them involved a jumper wire on the power supply to assist in resetting when powered on.
IIRC, when the power supply is defective, the bill acceptor and GI (Merit Logo on the taller/non-Elite Edge Ion version) still illuminates when powered up. Make sure 115vac is getting inside the game (outlet, line cord) and check the main fuse.
and if mother board is bad nothing will come on except whatever is hard wired to 120 v (bill acceptor, etc).
power supply goes to mother board and mother board must turn everything on. even if power supply is perfect, still need mother board to boot. same with all the pcs in raw thrill games etc.
ok well I tried it in an outlet in my house and it is working now. I had it in a pool hall and the owner said she tried it in another outlet and it still did not work. So do I suspect her outlets or the machine? Or both?
Also this has been a thing since I bought it a month ago. Once you turn it on the screen freezes after about 10 minutes. If you power it off and on again it seems to not freeze again. I guess it warms up. Is there something I can do to fix this?
There is another TSB where Merit gave you (at no charge) a larger CPU fan/heatsing assembly. The symptom described is game freezing after 10 minutes on. Then no powering up until cooled off. Since Merit is out of business, you'll have to ask distributors if they have any laying around or fabricate something on your own.
Ok thanks. I do get the freezing after 10 minutes but I just turn it off and on right away and then it works fine after. I don't have the "Then no powering up until cooled off." symptom.
What platform is it, Force or Ion? Should say when it boots up with the progress bar.
Either way, it's probably the motherboard. They're all going bad. I repair a couple of these a week for machines that I refurbish/sell. I don't really do it as a service but would consider it if you want to send it (just the board, not the game) my way.
Ryan
(jestersamusementsllc.com)
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