(Topic ID: 34484)

TAFG Trouble

By Pinhead1982

11 years ago



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#1 11 years ago

TAFG was delivered today from Germany. Whoop whoop!

However it has several problems:
1 left sling wont fire. The swithches both register, the Colin has power but nothing happens. I will have to get another in, but does anyone have an idea of what to look at.

2. Got a string of lights out, found out that its yellow-blue string on J138. Bad bodge on connector. Several other lights are out aswell that the other lights on the string are working namely THE POWER insert- have tried new flasher but no luck, the 2 lighting bolts light tho. Cousin IT insert by IT targets doesn't light from circuit board but the rest do on that sting. The Backbox Clould flashers don't work
The G in THING on DMD doesn't work either. Definately got GI problems!

3. THING magnet is not working, thing comes up to take ball but doesn't happen, then goes in and out a few times then stops with thing out of the box.

4. THING FLIPPER doesn't work, have reset the game so needs to learn shot again, but should the game at least attempt the shot? all switches work and opto above the flipper but nothing!?

Any help appreciated.

#2 11 years ago

1 - does the coil fire in coil test ? If not ground the tab of the transistor that drives it, if it doesn't fire you have a break from transistor legs to the coil - and carefully go over coil lugs for broken wires and bad solder joints - or try the right sling coil.

3- check for broken wire from connector to magnet - can be inside casing where you can't see it.

4- reseat ribbon cable from CPU to Fliptronics board a couple times. Clean the optos on the path right before the small flipper. Then in Utilities.12 set for new location. Then see if it learns it in 12 to 15 games. I don't think it will try until it knows.

2- check AC power leaving board to GI lines, should be around 7 volts AC, check wires -example - solid brown wire to white wire with brown stripe, check every color your game has that way.

Flashers - check 20 volt test point on power driver board, then if you can check power at sockets - if no power figure where it stops, if power then bad socket or bulb.

Insert lights - any on a lamp board - see where the connector plugs onto the board ? The pins it plugs onto, reflow the solder on those pins and then see if things improve - otherwise you likely have some bad twist in sockets.

LTG : )

#3 11 years ago

Thanks,
Will try this tomorrow.

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