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**Video Poker, Keno, Slots, 21** Gaming machines => IGT PE and PE Plus Poker Games => Topic started by: danatlvc on July 27, 2016, 11:53:09 AM
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I have a PE board that has always worked super. Recently I tried a different hopper in the machine & when I slid it in got a coin error that would not clear. I pulled the game chip out & turned it on & then put the game chip back in & now the screen says CALL ATTENDANT with no error message? The test button aslo will not work. I've tried a different set of game chips & still no luck. I tried another board with this software in it & the game came right up, so it's not the software or the machine itself. Is there a Clear chip for PE or a way to clear the board? I have a Clear for PE+ but not for PE & have never seen one if they exsist? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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This game is usually cleared by removing the RAM chip and setting it, legs down, on some bare metal for a couple of minutes (hold in place with slight pressure) then re-installing it in the board.
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Thanks, I tried that several times this morning & the only difference is it says RETART on the lower part of screen pictured. No test button, door switch, reset key etc. The RESTART goes away after I power the machine back up. Could the RAM chip possibly be bad? I would take one out of my working PEs boards, but I don't want to risk losing it if something is possibly turning them bad on this board?
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Try pushing in the white test button and holding it for a while then close the door and see if the game comes up.
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I tried that several times with no change. I also took a RAM chip off a working board & installed it on this one with no change.
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I know this is a stupid question, but have you checked your battery voltage at the connection points of the battery box leads on my MPU?
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Yes, all is good. I've also tried removing the battery & powering up & then installing it back both with the same result. I 've tried different software sets all with the same result. If I put another board in the machine it works perfect so I know it's in the board. I have a feeling this is a simple fix & the board is still good if we can ever figure it out ... lol. These boards are getting hard to come by unlike the easy to find PE+ boards, so I'd really like to try & save it. This board has worked super for years in my game room until I slid a different hopper in it that I had just refurbished. That hopper works in all my other PE & PE+ machines, but it put this board out of service for some odd reason in the one machine? All traces & solder joints look good
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Does the MPU have any Capasitors that could have failed when you tried the different hopper? Did that new hopper ever attempt to run on a payout or did the error just apear when it was powered on?
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Just a suggestion, you could send the board to Larry. I have fixed many of those PE boards and we have spares.
702-363-9998
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The capacitors all tested good with my capacitor wizard, but this doesn't mean they are all good as I've found using it over time. I slid the hopper in with the machine on and got a coin error like you are suppose to, but it wouldn't clear when I shut the door. I do not plug in hoppers anymore with PE machines on due to this recent issue. It shouldn't make a diffence, but it did on this old board and machine & I learned my lesson ... lol
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Yea that power surge took something out?