I recently picked up a TSPP, routed but in very good condition. I've been playing a lot of games and never noticed any issues until the other day. I put the game on Extra Easy mode so I could enjoy hitting different modes, and so my friends could have some fun with it as well. I am able to hit the TV constantly and I noticed that after the 5th or 6th consecutive TV mode starting, the game will reboot like i just turned it on. Im not sure if this is related to the code 2.07 that is currently installed, but I did not see this mentioned in the change logs for any of the newer versions. I am planning on upgrading to 5.0 regardless. Can someone else try activating all the TV modes and see if the game reboots?

Then last night I was playing the best game ive had on it so far, and i guess i activated too many things and it rebooted again mid game.

I found a thread talking about the 5v, i checked the test point on R115 and im getting 5.02v. The battery holder has already been removed and replaced with a soldered lithium battery, i plan on replacing that with NVRAM upgrade.

I re-seated the CPU/MPU connectors, and when i turned the game back on, it started to freakout, adding coins, popping the upper playfield VUK and starting multiple games and modes. I turned it off and re-seated the connections again and it seems to be normal again, minus the rebooting issue when activating too many modes.

Any ideas?

The connector on the board or the end of the wire?

checked my connections, didnt solve anything. I replaced the battery that was soldered in with an NVRAM that didnt make a difference (didnt expect that to).

Received my 5.0 ROMs and that fixed the issue. It was code related. Game is playing great now!