Ah, any "turnkeys" on the outside of the cabinet won't get you into full setup mode.  That's limited access for slot attendants to clear jackpots, change volume, that's about it.

To get into the full setup menu there's no "key". gaining access to that metal door on the brainbox and putting in the ekey is your "key". 

With the machine fully booted normally, and no credits on the machine.

You just open the main door, open the lower door, and open the metal door on the front of the brainbox.  There's a latch switch there, but usually the physical latches that close the internal switch are removed from the metal door and it's just a hole there, so the switch is closed to indicate the door is secured by putting a wad of paper in the latch switch.  That must be removed or the machine won't accept your ekey.  It will just pop up with "Out of Service" and "Remove ekey" if something has that latch switch closed and you plug in the ekey.

When you plug your ekey into a USB port behind that metal door, that's all you have to do.  It detects the ekey and the screen should change and say "verifying ekey".  And then displays the full system menu with all access to load and enable/disable games if the ekey is indeed an ekey7.

When done, you exit the system menu, pull the ekey, put the paper back in the latch switch again, and close up the doors and you're in normal mode again and games will play again, and any games you loaded/enabled will now be there as well.

Looking for a titanic topper insert.

I might have it tnx ALI

Hi all,
I was poking around at a few different thread to gain some information however I would like to hopefully get a more definitive answer and an easier compiled topic for others if they are looking to do the same as me:

I have an S2K with a 502 Rev A board. I am looking for the options to upgrade my board to the better/best one I can reasonably get my hands on. From what I have read, I can get a 504 Rev B and put an MML2 sound board on it for really good sound quality and I shouldn't have to replace the backplane?

What about a 1270? Can this be easily done? What would I need, just a backplane and a main board?

Are there any better options or are these my best ones?

Hey everyone recently I installed hot shot blazing 7s on my alpha and sometimes the reels are extremely noisy is there a possible fix for this?