Lawrence, KS
i just ordered a new playfield from planetary pinball, I was thinking I would get a cpr or micro. but I don't think I have either. i have this sticker on it. Is this a NOS playfield?
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i am going to add a stern c shaker motor to my whirlwind. My understanding is the motor runs on 12 v DC which I was going to tap from P1 on the main power supply board. attach that to a relay:
and attach the 24 volt DC from Sol 24 so that the shaker activates when the fan activates
Does anyone see a problem here that I have not considered?
Quoted from pencilneck:At face value, it seems like it would work. But as I recall, when the fan comes on, it just stays on. I'm not sure I'd want the shaker motor to do this (personal preference IMHO). The spinning disc do pulse on and off and I think that would be a better option to trigger the shaker motor.
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Good point looks like it runs off the same 25 volt, so I can go either way. i have had the game apart for over a year so I haven't played for a while to remember when it would be best. i can try it both ways I guess.. will let you know.. just finishing the playfield now. i have to redo the cabinet, so will be starting that soon............
4 months later
Need some help, finished swapping my playfield, and apparently did not take good pictures of all the connectors. i have this connector between the CPU board and the aux power driver board that I cant find a connection for, and I don't have a label on it. not sure if the label came off or is a connector that is just not connected. can someone tell me where or if this even plugs in?
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Quoted from SilverUnicorn:Having a sound issue on my Whirlwind I just picked up.
Worked ok when i picked it up. Worked fine once home for about 4 hours. Now it is missing some speech / sounds but does have some working .
I can get a video, but the female voice is definitely missing (the "Uh Oh, Looks like rain!" and the call outs from the cellar shots are missing). I get nothing when I run the sound test. I replaced the ribbon cables with ones that were working in my Earthshaker, and that made the Whirlwind machine make some really odd screaching noises. I replaced the originals and it went back to the same condition I had originally. I have included some photos of the sound card(s). I removed and re-seated the Roms that I could as well with no change.
Will poke around later today but just thought I'd toss it out to the experts. I really don't want to have to replace any ROMS or chips as they are prototype and the serial # decal is on the one chip. Willdo what is needed though I guess.[quoted image][quoted image]
you replaced all the ribbon cables or just one? i rebuilt my machine and this problem was with bad ribbon cables. Cheap fix to order new ribbon cables off of amazon, these cables are like 30 years old, they are just waiting to go anyway......
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:Do you have a link to the ones you got off of Amazon? There are many and if someone has already verified quality and correctness that'd make things easier.
Chris
you need both.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NASIBZY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JNY42J3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s01
2 months later
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:Can anyone confirm my ribbon cables are connected in the correct spots? I think they are but want to verify everything before sending stuff for service.
Chris[quoted image][quoted image]
what problem are you having. are those new ribbon cables? If not, and you think there is a problem with the ribbon cables i would replace the cables, lots of problems with these cables going bad.....
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