Road Show
Williams, 1994Recently my RS had an EOS switch issue. Wire broke off a flipper. Resoldered it. Good stuff. Broke my record at 6 Billion+!
Now it's resetting when I hit both flippers at the same time.
I know there's a bit on this, but figured someone could steer me in the right direction if they've had this before.
Thanks guys.
There is a guide that covers WPC resets at pinwiki... I suggest you take a look.
It could be several things.
As bigd1979 said, you could try ribbon cable reseating.
I had to do a lot more to get my RS working. But even after that, it is sensitive to line voltage... You might also want to check how many volts are coming out of your outlet.
Clay's guide is an amazing source of info (which appears to be referenced above). However, in the case of resets I'd follow pinwiki
http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Williams_WPC#Game_resets
It has you checking things in a different order and may well end up saving you from replacing a bridge rectifier or cap.
Quoted from altan:Clay's guide is an amazing source of info (which appears to be referenced above). However, in the case of resets I'd follow pinwiki
http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Williams_WPC#Game_resets
It has you checking things in a different order and may well end up saving you from replacing a bridge rectifier or cap.
Agreed
Start in the middle right of the WPC board. There's a connector there with gray and black wires. Follow those wires. If they lead to an "inline splice" connector, reseat both sides of it. See if that fixes it.
Quoted from cody_chunn:Start in the middle right of the WPC board. There's a connector there with gray and black wires. Follow those wires. If they lead to an "inline splice" connector, reseat both sides of it. See if that fixes it.
Yep check the Z connector that goes between the CPU and driver board. Voltage leaks there because it goes through to many connectors.
Quoted from TomGWI:Yep check the Z connector that goes between the CPU and driver board. Voltage leaks there because it goes through to many connectors.
Whether this is the problem or not, the Z connector needs to go. Cut the wires one at a time on either side of the connector, strip, twist, solder and heat shrink until the whole connector is gone and replaced by solder splices. Those connectors are nothing but a liability.
Quoted from John_I:Whether this is the problem or not, the Z connector needs to go. Cut the wires one at a time on either side of the connector, strip, twist, solder and heat shrink until the whole connector is gone and replaced by solder splices. Those connectors are nothing but a liability.
Very true.
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