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WPC DMD- Strange, almost arabic characters

By btw75

8 years ago



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#1 8 years ago

A friend sent me this picture today asking for help- I feel like I've seen this type thing before but could find it in pinwiki or through searching.

Is there an obvious diagnosis before I go try to troubleshoot?

If not, I assume troubleshoot procedure would be:
1) Test Voltages
2) Reseat/fiddle with ribbon connectors
3) Swap known good DMD (I have one a spare I think)
4) Swap known good board (then go after RAM)

I don't have much DMD troubleshooting, so appreciate the thoughts.

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#2 8 years ago

I would reseat the ribbon cables first.
Also, check settings.

#3 8 years ago

first see if the game boots correct, possibly the cpu is locked up

#4 8 years ago

Easiest solution possible. The ribbon cable had come unplugged from the DMD. He had never opened it up, so it must have just vibrated out of place.

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