Ok, I've completely restored and reassembled my Pinbot. It took a few months but it's beautiful. Now I need it to work. It's never worked since I bought it. The guy told me it needed board work. When I power it on I get nothing. It's completely dead. No flashes from the board at all.
I did buy a logic probe and Leon's test chip. I put it Leon's test chip and nothing changes. It's just dead. I did buy new U26 @U27 game rom but I didn't get the sound rom. My mistake. I'm ordering it today. Will new game rom and old sound rom cause a problem? Even if it did it should still work with Leon's test rom in, right?
To start with, I reflowed all the connector solder joints. Checked all the fuses for correct value and continuity. The only thing hooked up is the cpu 1j17 connector. All other connectors are unhooked. Below are my tp and pin voltages. I need some help. I'm in Panama so sending this board out is not a good option. In no stranger to electronics but I'm stuck here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a wife constantly asking, Are you done yet? And a daughter who wants to have a sleepover tonight so her friends can play pinball.
On my powder distribution board I have as follows,
Tp1-4.98v
Tp2-Grnd
Tp3-11.42
Tp4-15.20
Connector 3J6
Pin 1,grnd
2-14.86v
3-14.2v
4-4.94v
5-0
6-14.11v
7-4.94v
8-0
9-0
10-4.9v
CPU 1J17
1,2,3- grnd
4-4.92v
5-4.92v
6-4.92v
7-0
8-15.12v
9-11.88v
I did all this and it all checks good.
"Test for Proper voltage on the boards.
Your game will never run if you don’t have +5 volts on the CPU board. But first you must test for ground on the CPU board. To test for ground, turn the game off and set your DMM to “ohms”. Make sure you get zero ohms from the ground test point TP1 (to the left of the batteries) on the CPU board, to the metal shield or ground strap in the backbox.
Next set your DMM to DC volts. Turn the game on, and test for +5 volts at TP2 on the CPU board (TP2 is to the right of chip U21). Make sure the black lead of your DMM on ground (backbox grounding strap). Now test for +5 volts right at the chips themselves. For example, test for +5 volts at U15 (the 6808 CPU) at pin 8. The 2764 EPROM at U26 and the 27256 EPROM at U27 will have +5 volts at pin 28. The 6821 PIA’s at U10, U38, U41, U42, U51, U54 will have +5 volts at pin 20. Remember, pin 1 of all chips is by the “notch” in the chip. Also there is usually a white “dot” printed on the circuit board to show pin 1."