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Author Topic: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?  (Read 1956 times)

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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2023, 12:22:32 PM »
NOTE: Attempted to clear the motherboard E2 - machine hangs at this point as well. From what I've read, it would seem that the backplane 8-pin eeprom could be the culprit. I've tried re-seating it, verified orientation, etc.

I only have this one machine, no other GK parts. Should I just order a 24c256? Any reason not to try the one from my 3902 backplane? (other than losing data)

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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2023, 01:04:22 PM »
Kinda looks that way.  When you say it won't step through it, do you mean it comes right back after turning the reset key.  You can't use one from a 3902 because they are 16kb and 044 requires a 256k backplane EEPROM. 

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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2023, 01:26:40 PM »
Kinda looks that way.  When you say it won't step through it, do you mean it comes right back after turning the reset key.  You can't use one from a 3902 because they are 16kb and 044 requires a 256k backplane EEPROM.

What I mean is that it "locks up" - that is, the touchscreen won't respond to "go back" or "restart".  It will just sit indefinitely on the screen until power cycled.

So when I go into the Green menu and try to reset E2 eeprom - as soon as I select that option - no more response from touchscreen (won't respond to 'go back' or 'restart').

When I go into Purple menu and choose NON-WAP; as soon as I select that option - no more response from touchscreen (won't respond to 'go back' or 'restart').


As both these options involve reading or writing to the EEPROM - my rudimentary troubleshooting leads me to believe potentially an eeprom issue.

As it responds fine to the Red bar ram clear command - I'm thinking the processor board is potentially OK.

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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2023, 02:53:03 PM »
Replacing it would be the next thing to do then.  If you have to order some get a few extra in case you get a couple of extra 044 MPUs and want to swap out games easy.  They're cheap and the shipping will probably the the same for 1 or 10.


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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2023, 03:30:05 PM »
I would like to add that I had his flash board here a few days ago. Installed it with my MPU in my machine and everything worked perfect. The 256kbit eeprom would be my next move then the MPU. I'm not ruling out a netplex issue either with the touch screen freezing.
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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2023, 04:02:24 PM »
I would like to add that I had his flash board here a few days ago. Installed it with my MPU in my machine and everything worked perfect. The 256kbit eeprom would be my next move then the MPU. I'm not ruling out a netplex issue either with the touch screen freezing.

Yep, many thanks to RB, fast help and turnaround.

Had 0 issues with the 3902 setup - and no issues with 044 functions that didn't involve access to the eeprom.

I've got (either 4 or 6) eeproms on the way, should be here by/on Monday.

Hate to say it, but might have to keep my eyes out for a spare 044 MPU...

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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2023, 04:19:43 PM »
UPDATE: New eeproms arrived this afternoon. Swapped out, booted, went to menu. Clear ram = OK, clear E2 Memory, OK!!! Rebooted, and it works. Went to keychip menu and setup accounting to test, all working (other than my mechanical meters are going nuts after putting in $100 bill - probably need to adjust the currency value).

I figured it had to be the eeprom when it would "hang" on functions that were reading/writing to it. Glad it was a cheap fix! Now I just need to play with the various denominations, games on each denom, and payout percentages.

Many thanks to those that assisted

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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2023, 04:30:51 PM »
You can bypass the meters but next time you are in the key chip menu, change the meters from AU to dollars. Big difference.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2023, 05:58:44 PM by RB »
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Re: IGT Game King 044 Upgrade - no video; Flashboard?
« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2023, 04:58:00 PM »
LOL, yeah, I had seen AU was the default when I went back into the menu after my "success" post. Saw that and already changed it to US$, still learning the setup on this. The new keychip is GREAT! Love not having to swap out chips! Best thing since cheese on a burger!

 

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