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**Video Poker, Keno, Slots, 21** Gaming machines => BALLY Game Maker => Topic started by: startek2 on October 30, 2015, 12:36:19 PM

Title: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: startek2 on October 30, 2015, 12:36:19 PM

hi gang,
i replaced a dead battery, installed a clear chip, put the dip switches 7&8 on dip switch bank one to on......

after the safe ram was cleared i got this message:(see image 1).....then i went ahead and put the game chip in, reset the dip switches, then i get image 2....i have tried to follow to the letter the instructions here but no luck.....any suggestions??

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: erbs on October 30, 2015, 12:53:50 PM

Check to see if on dip switch bank 2 all are in the off position. That is how they were on the one I had worked on just yesterday. Also after clear dip switch 1 should all be off also.

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: startek2 on October 30, 2015, 02:05:24 PM

yup they are all off....i am wondering if there needs to be a proper config of the dip switches...actually i have a working game maker up front i'll take a quick look/...

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: ricker on October 30, 2015, 04:22:08 PM

Some info from old site.

http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=9190.0 (http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=9190.0)

http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=6901.0 (http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=6901.0)

Richard

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: startek2 on October 31, 2015, 10:50:07 AM

the screen i get after doing the reset is simply turn the switches (7&8) back off and remove the clear chip.......if i understand the process, I should have instead gotten an options screen......so when i did that and off/on the game i get the second screen shown above....if i close the key switch i get a statement in red underneath this screen saying illegal jurisdiction 0......before i go messing with the jurisdiction chip can someone verify that this is the screen i will see for a locked jurisdiction chip?  fortunately i do have a programmer and an eraser........i am thinking maybe i will burn me a set of mains from my other game and try that first......any thoughts?

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: ricker on October 31, 2015, 12:24:51 PM

Try new(to machine) mains. Can't hurt and I think that is mentioned in the above links.

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: startek2 on October 31, 2015, 04:18:52 PM

ok i will try that....do you know offhand what the chips are? i could copy a set from another machine and try that.....i don't have a manual for this and would rather not rip the tape off of them if i don't have to....

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: ricker on October 31, 2015, 05:11:13 PM

Newer mains(20-24) use 27C4001 or equiv. I use that one. Don't know about the older mains but prob. the same, but why use.

Richard

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: startek2 on October 31, 2015, 09:08:47 PM

sweet! i have a ton of them laying around!

Title: Re: i am fighting a game maker setup problem please hepp me!
Post by: startek2 on November 06, 2015, 08:06:42 PM

I am happy to say the problem is solved.

I replaced the 2 "main" chips and moved a jumper and the game came up properly and is now 100%

Thanks Richard and all you other folks.  Another old slot is back to life!