Michael Jackson Icon on Bally Alpha 2 Pro V22/32

[alfa75]

You need to have open door M to get into the correct setup menu.  Also it takes more than 15 minutes to load.  I would leave it running for at least 45 minutes, your load time depends on mpu type and how much memory you have.  There's a red light for activity under the rightmost set of ethernet/usb ports on the MPU. The red light indicates SSD activity.  This light stays pretty much lit or quickly blinking during the load process.  As long as the light is lit, the game is still loading.  Also the screen will change from the Bally logo with the circles around it to a black screen and I believe the ideck will say (or maybe the v32 screen) select Denom on it, then you can enter setup.  Also while loading, if you press setup button on the mpu, you will hear a buzzard sound, like you did something wrong that you are not supposed to do.

I‘ve try it with the door M open, I wait about one hour, but nothing happens.

[rickhunter]

Post a photo of what your screen looks like after you have waited an hour.  What happens if you push the setup button on the mpu?

[alfa75]

Post a photo of what your screen looks like after you have waited an hour.  What happens if you push the setup button on the mpu?

I tested it again with the door M opened, the buzzard sound still comes after one hour waiting time. I added some photos of the screen after one hour.

[rickhunter]

Is the red hard drive activity light blinking still?  Are the circles still going around the "B"?  1 hour should be more than enough time.  Do you have 8GB of ram on the mpu (Although I think it works with 4GB, not 100% sure on that though).

I am assuming you have the topper wired right, otherwise you would have gotten the red square of death a long time ago.  If you have another MPU, I would give that a try.

[coolwavepic]

I have had the "hanging loading" on some Ultimate Firelinks. Sometimes it happens, other times it loads just fine. What I do to fix the hanging load time is either manually remove the previous games, or do a factory restore. Then the games will load just fine. I am not sure what causes some the newer games to hang up.

[alfa75]

Is the red hard drive activity light blinking still?  Are the circles still going around the "B"?  1 hour should be more than enough time.  Do you have 8GB of ram on the mpu (Although I think it works with 4GB, not 100% sure on that though).

I am assuming you have the topper wired right, otherwise you would have gotten the red square of death a long time ago.  If you have another MPU, I would give that a try.

Yes, the red hard drive activity are still blinking and as I rember the circle doesn't turn at the beginning or after an hour. I tried to install another game (MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRE), there I entered the configuration mode and was able to adjust everything. Unfortunately the topper doesn't work there, although I checked several times that it is plugged in correctly. At startup the Bally character is displayed correctly, but when the game is started it stays black and as soon as a bonusgame appears it gets stuck in this bonusgame, respectively it doesn't go on anymore. I will check how much ram I have and post this here.

[alfa75]

I have had the "hanging loading" on some Ultimate Firelinks. Sometimes it happens, other times it loads just fine. What I do to fix the hanging load time is either manually remove the previous games, or do a factory restore. Then the games will load just fine. I am not sure what causes some the newer games to hang up.

Thanks for the hint, I tried several times in different ways (factory reset, just reset the game, OS and game reset), unfortunately with the same result.

[alfa75]

Is the red hard drive activity light blinking still?  Are the circles still going around the "B"?  1 hour should be more than enough time.  Do you have 8GB of ram on the mpu (Although I think it works with 4GB, not 100% sure on that though).

I am assuming you have the topper wired right, otherwise you would have gotten the red square of death a long time ago.  If you have another MPU, I would give that a try.

I've checked the size of the ram, it's about 4GB (image of the ram attached). I want to replace this ram with 2x4GB or 2x8GB (16GB, is this useful or unnecessary?), what do I have to pay attention to when buying a ram? Would these type of ram also work https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KVR13N9S8HK2_8.pdf or this https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KVR13S9K2_16.pdf?

[rickhunter]

To the best of my knowledge 8GB is maximum RAM, If you have the MPU with the audio jacks you will need to buy 4GB sticks 2Rx8 configuration (8 chips on each side), if you have the mpu without the audio jacks, you can use either 1Rx8 (4 chips on each side) or 2Rx8 configuration ram sticks.

[alfa75]

I've installed the 8GB and successfully installed the Michael Jackson Icon software (see also picture), I am very happy about it, I thank you a thousand times for your help, without those I would never have made it. Unfortunately it wasn't enough for the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRE, I read that this requires the CPU version 2.1, I have one last question, would it be theoretically possible to change the CPU? My issue in this article is solved.

[kclements]

You can definitely change over to a 2.1 CPU.   It slides right on the tray where the 2.0 CPU goes.

[rickhunter]

I've run monopoly millionaire on a 2.0 box without issues.  It just needs the k2000 video card.  The topper needs to hang off the video card's display port with an adapter and it should work.  You also need to set the settings like wonka or dragon spins since it is also one of those "carousel" games.

[alfa75]

I've run monopoly millionaire on a 2.0 box without issues.  It just needs the k2000 video card.  The topper needs to hang off the video card's display port with an adapter and it should work.  You also need to set the settings like wonka or dragon spins since it is also one of those "carousel" games.

I have the k2000 video card, do you have any helpful links? The only settings I wasn't sure about are these 5 settings (see photos), I guess it has to do with that. There you can also see the current settings I have set.

[rickhunter]

You also need to set the serial and the asset number under Machine info setup.  I usually just set both to 1 as well there.

[alfa75]

You also need to set the serial and the asset number under Machine info setup.  I usually just set both to 1 as well there.

It was exactly these two settings that were the problem, the game (photos attached) is now running as well, heureka. I don't know how to thank you for your support, but I would like to donate something because I don't take it for granted, can I send you a donation in one way or another?