k i just picked up this tommy the game boots up it will take coins and add credits but when you hit the start button to play a game i kicks the ball out then all pop and sling and hole kicks like its looking for a missing ball and thats it no game tobe played like the game is over ? any help ?
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Sounds like a switch in the trough or in the shooter lane isn't detecting a ball. I'd probably tend towards the switch in the shooter lane because you wouldn't be able to start a game if it didn't think all the balls were in the trough.
Look at the switch in the shooter lane for broken wire, broken diode on the switch or the wire actuator bent or missing. That switch takes a beating. That's where I'd start. Then if that switch seems ok, then go into Diagnostics and start testing the trough switches and the shooter lane switch with a ball to make sure they all register.
Does it ball search instantly after kicking the ball out or wait a while?
Shooter lane switch is definitely the thing to check. The trough ejector switch isn't needed for the game to play. Even if the shooter lane was broken though, if you just plunge the ball the game should manage
it searches instantly. it has auto plunger so it kicks it out to the play field as soon as you hit the start button b4 the ball even drains the game is allready in atract mode like game over . but i will check them switches thanks for the help. let you know on what i come up with
Quoted from sorcserercomet:it searches instantly. it has auto plunger so it kicks it out to the play field as soon as you hit the start button b4 the ball even drains the game is allready in atract mode like game over . but i will check them switches thanks for the help. let you know on what i come up with
When you hit the start button, if all six balls are in the trough (not the kicker to the shooter lane) it should play a little animation before releasing one ball to the kicker and kicking it to the plunger. If all six balls aren't being sensed (including if one is already in the shooter) it'll instead just trigger a ball search attempting to get all six into the trough.
Do all six trough switches register in the switch test when it's ready to start a game?
well thats the second problem with it the dmd is not working i prolly should get that working first b4 this but i got new roms on the way to see if its that
will the cpu make this problem happen i check all the through switches with dmm and thair all good is this a cpu problem the dmd dont work cuz of driver board is bad i think iam getting the rite power to it but its just dead?
Quoted from sorcserercomet:will the cpu make this problem happen i check all the through switches with dmm and thair all good is this a cpu problem the dmd dont work cuz of driver board is bad i think iam getting the rite power to it but its just dead?
Without the screen it could be a lot of things.
South Park has a DMD controller board that will work in Tommy. I think there was a jumper change though for 1 vs. 2 display ROMs. Can't recall if both games had only 1 display ROM.
ya i was going to do that but when i looked at my sp the controller board has some acid damage and its works so i dont want to touch till it dies if you know what i mean i did get rid off battery and put the nevram in it i dont like messing with my pins but i do clean and wax them every 2 months no matter how much thay get played change battery out every year no matter what cuz it seem to me that every pin that i got had acid damage just to be safe more privet pin owners need todo this cuz its a big pain in the butt to deal with like the three pins i just got in the last month thay have problems cuz of acid damage 250 miles for the closest pin repair man to me so
Go into switch test. Switches 9-15 working properly? Ball trough area. CN8 or CN10 at the CPU unplugged?
yup thats the problem column 2 and 4 transisters are bad i think q52 read 593 q54 read 618 and the rest of them read 678 my multimeter is set on diod test is that rite ???
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