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Quoted from Bill62:

Purchased both the Rottendog 327 and 9211 boards at considerable expense to upgrade two working great and no issues Firepower and Space Shuttle games. The logic and rational for me was to replace the old boards with something that would allow potentially years more of enjoyment since the original boards are 40 years old and have probably seen a lot of banging around and use. Both Rottendog boards have completely failed to perform as described/sold, and after 72 hours of waiting for a response, all I get is "did you check the dip switches" and "try the opposite switch setting" (!). Come on. Seems like the response could of been a more inquisitive or maybe more helpful at best. Both games are now with the Rottendog boards playing erratically, scoring incorrectly, and function/system menus are unattainable.
Knowing that there are a countless number of negative posts about these boards as well as the lack of support for them once you buy/pay them, should I just send the working original boards out for reconditioning now that they are out of the machines? Who is best for this? Appreciate the guidance. I just want to play my favorite games!

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Quoted from Bill62:

Thanks pindel for the reply. I had the 9211 board built with all new chips. I was told that you could not use the original, at least in the Space Shuttle system. FP, I would love to get into the test/function setting mode, but that is the main issue. The coin door Advance only works up to the bookkeeping settings, then (I think at function 18) it won’t advance to the test or game settings. As I try to advance, the ball kicks out like starting a game and game resets back to function 00 as I recall. Otherwise, it pretty much plays great, (sound, lights, coils) except 2 small abnormalities. FIRE can light with only 3 letters completed and the Shield comes on with only 5 of the 6 targets hit. After this happens, it plays normal again as far as I can tell. It’s only a one time “error” per startup.

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Quoted from Bill62:

For starters someone put a toggle switch in the middle and not the normal push button, but I don’t think that’s the issue as it all worked with the original boards. So following the manual (and what you said) I put it in manual down and depress Advance. I do get all displays going blank for about 2-3 seconds and then it goes right into audit mode (04-00 and the games ID in player 1). If I restart the machine again and start over, quickly try to beat the blank displays to get it advanced to diagnostics, it does the same thing. Goes to Audit Mode.
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Quoted from Bill62:

Purchased both the Rottendog 327 and 9211 boards at considerable expense to upgrade two working great and no issues Firepower and Space Shuttle games. The logic and rational for me was to replace the old boards with something that would allow potentially years more of enjoyment since the original boards are 40 years old and have probably seen a lot of banging around and use. Both Rottendog boards have completely failed to perform as described/sold, and after 72 hours of waiting for a response, all I get is "did you check the dip switches" and "try the opposite switch setting" (!). Come on. Seems like the response could of been a more inquisitive or maybe more helpful at best. Both games are now with the Rottendog boards playing erratically, scoring incorrectly, and function/system menus are unattainable.
Knowing that there are a countless number of negative posts about these boards as well as the lack of support for them once you buy/pay them, should I just send the working original boards out for reconditioning now that they are out of the machines? Who is best for this? Appreciate the guidance. I just want to play my favorite games!

OP

Quoted from Bill62:

For starters someone put a toggle switch in the middle and not the normal push button, but I don’t think that’s the issue as it all worked with the original boards. So following the manual (and what you said) I put it in manual down and depress Advance. I do get all displays going blank for about 2-3 seconds and then it goes right into audit mode (04-00 and the games ID in player 1). If I restart the machine again and start over, quickly try to beat the blank displays to get it advanced to diagnostics, it does the same thing. Goes to Audit Mode.
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