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**Video Poker, Keno, Slots, 21** Gaming machines => WMS Williams Video => Topic started by: junkyardjockey on January 30, 2018, 09:09:39 AM
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I finally was able to have my ‘new’ WMS 550 money groove slot moved to its new place in the man cave, but when I plugged it in ,it would not power up. It worked perfectly fine before it was loaded into my vehicle. I did notice the door to the ‘card house’ is missing(was like that when running), a little white push buttton unit under the card house is loose in the housing, and it appears a harness plug ‘maybe’ came unplugged; this harness plug looks like a double ended piece. What else should I check? Pics of the insides available when I get home. If this post needs to move to a different area please let me know; and where to find it. Thanks in advance!
Ken
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For whatever reason there isn't as much activity for the WMS-550 machines as the WMS-40X and the Bluebirds models. I've not had my hands on a WMS-550 so can't give much advice, sorry. Hopefully someone that knows about WMS-550 can offer some ideas.
Since the machine was working before it was moved the obvious thing to check would be all cables and connectors, power supply connections, power cord coming into the machine, etc. You can remove the circuit boards from the card cage and reinsert them. Sometimes when machines are transported they are laid down on the back or side. This allows any loose stuff inside the machine to jumble around and land anywhere. If that loose stuff is a metal coin, screw, washer, etc then it can cause an electrical problem by shorting something out. That stuff can get underneath or on top of circuit boards and inside power supplies. If the machine has fuses they should be checked.
You can post photos of anything you have questions about, or if something doesn't seem right. The card cage is the metal box that contains the main circuit boards for the machine. These boards slide into the card cage and plug into a backplane board behind the card cage. There is a door on the card cage, and originally the door would have a security switch so the machine would know and record when someone opened it. This is a security thing required by the casino. Also on the card cage door is a pushbutton switch. This is for getting into the machine's builtin Test/Diagnostic menus system. Do you have a manual for your machine?
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There are some lights on the two boards that are inside the cage. take a photo of those lights and post it. Does the machine do a "bong" sound when you power up? It could be that the boards came lose as well. So pull them out and plug them back in.