After I installed the new ROMS I can't seem to play a game.....all the GI stays on and none of the insert lights lights want to come on. And I can get into the service menu but it will not allow me to run any tests......clear ball trough, test flashers, etc. Nothing. Anything I am missing here??

I got the game to play but on ball 3 all the lights froze up again and it repeated 2 call outs over and over. Than it couldn't find all 4 balls in the trough.....now every time I turn it off and back on its doing a ball search. Something fishy is going on here.

And towards the end of this post now the DMD won't come on after I power on the machine now. All the GI still stays on tho....that hasn't changed.

Not bad. They fired right up and I seen ROM version 7.01 on the DMD before the DMD stopped showing. JohnW on here hooked me up with them.....im he sure he's solid on those. Nope all installed exactly as they should be....as I said I even played almost a full game.....all was fine until ball 3. Yes I tried the old ones just to test that theory out. Same issue as with the new ROMS.

Still stumped on what this could be....any ideas or help is appreciated.

Thanks markmon I'll see what reseating the connectors and ribbon cables does. I can't test anything until I get the DMD back up and see an actual screen. I didn't think the ROMS had anything to do with it....the game was working 100% before I installed these so.....pulled the board....put in the new ROMS...blah blah blah. I muffed up something somewhere it seems. I'm just looking for ideas to try since looking at what could be wrong has left me clueless.

Ok mini update....reseated all the connectors and nothing. Than I started fiddling with the ribbon cables and this small ribbon cable (picture) when slightly pulled out made all the lights/sounds come on, and would let me go into test mode. But the DMD was still non existent. I turned the machine off and on a couple more times though and now when I jiggle that cable it "clicks" all the existing powered items (lights....including GI which stays on still when I fire up the machine, sounds, etc) off.

Weird and I'd never seen this before.....that other cable pictured to the right (you see a glimpse of it) had some kind of clear silicone hardened glue around it on the board and the connector itself where it connected. This is the plasma controller cable.....and the silicone junk was on either end.....CPU and DMD driver/rom board.

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So you are asking me to to put the old 4.0 CPU ROM back in, leave all the new ROMS in and fire up the game? If so will that make an issue somewhere else on the pin?? I'll try that but I don't want to dig myself a deeper hole here.

Ok so I tried adding the old CPU ROM and it didn't change anything. Anything else here to try?? I'm looking for some ideas/help here soon.....not many responses since I posted this.

I have checked all the fuses and they are solid. Where do I check for power at the DMD.....haven't thought about doing that? I agree it might be the ribbon cables as I pulled the board 6 or so times putting in and replacing ROM chips. I am going to order new cables and report back....seems like the next step. Thanks.

Yeah pins are in my unfinished basement.....not the best lighting. Plus I felt more comfortable getting the ROMS in and out without bending up the legs on the ROMS which are easily bent....and getting them back in 100%. I apparently messed up something else in process buuuuut this stuff happens even when you are trying to be cautious about something else.

Let me get a good look at the pins on the boards themselves and see if I bent something up there.....quite possible. I thought I could have damaged the cable itself.

Ok so taking what markmon mentioned I pulled and inspected the board a lot more closely. The connector in question that seems to be causing me an issue (the CN1) had one header pin sticking up that had some type of white dust on it....and when I cleaned it off it seemed dark and dingy....as compared to the other ones which were golden and shiny.

Keep in mind I'm no board guy at all so not sure if it's anything but it definitely doesn't look like all the other pins coming up off the connector on the board. Here is a pic of said pin...not the best pic I know but if you look closely (third pin in from the top row if you are counting from the left) you can see it's not like all the other kids. I also took a pic from the back of the board just to show that all the solder joints are solid and clean......

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Thanks Chris!
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Yes sir!! I replaced the whole lot of them....speech ROMS too. I hate knowing I have old azz ROM codes in any game.

Well you have been having a blast with your machine

I have yet to get the game running since I switched ROMS now that I am running into board issues which are in the process of being resolved but I bought a set of updated sound/speech ROMS so I'm assuming yes.

Are posting MODS somewhere here on the forums?? I haven't noticed anything RCT related since it doesn't get a ton of love on here. If so link me! I'd be interested to see all your MOD ideas. The one thing I'd like to change out is that boring troll......neat toy but not really interactive and needs some future styling up there

I am still not up and running here. I had the board connector replaced and I pulled all boards and the ribbon cables and had it tested in another machine and it fired right up. Not with my RCT. As before it powers on and all the LEDS on the boards light up but I get no DMD, no GI, no inserts....nothing. Yet it's still "on".

What is my next step here??

Yeah 20eyes my boards are solid tho....like i stated they were gone over and tested in another machine and were rock solid.

Well it looked as tho I had them in properly but I switched it around and it fired right up and is playing fine now?! The only cable i switched was the one going from the back of the DMD board to the CPU. Was it that simple

Pinball. Yeah.

Yes! I think Scasey nailed it. I switched around that ribbon cable and voila....it fired right up and was played all day. Go figure

If that was my main issue all along than I am as clueless as ever. Crazy.

Apparently

Live and learn. That I did. At least I got that toasty looking connector fixed and batteries off the board. I'm back in business....all that matters!