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NLG Users Repair Logs and Other Ramblings. Request your very own topic. Just ask any site staff. => Channelmaniac's Arcadecomponents' Old School Repair Logs => Topic started by: channelmaniac on May 04, 2014, 08:13:41 PM
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Model: Foxy Lady by Game Plan
Symptom: Dead
MPU board was damaged beyond repair by a leaking battery. Replaced the board with an aftermarket MPU board may by Echo Lake Pinball and tested.
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Model: Xpin display
Symptom: Pinball will not boot with board attached
Reflowed surface mount IC to fix a solder bridge across three pins. Tested.
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Model: Williams Diner
Symptom: Bad sound (sputtering)
Recapped the audio board and replaced 2 TDA2002 audio amp ICs and tested.
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Model: Williams Diner
Symptom: Bad sound
Diner sound board went bad again. Replaced it with one from an NBA Jam arcade game with the following jumper settings: W1, W2, W5, W9, and W10 and ROM images from IPDB.org burned onto replacement 27C512 EPROMs.
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Model: Blackwater 100
Symptom: Ball missing
LED lighting upgrade was causing intermittent problems with the ball trough sensors. Fabricated a cover for the trough and tested.
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Model: Close Encounters
Symptom: Dead. One cut cable harness.
Replaced the battery damaged CPU boardset, driver board, power supply board, and the sound board with a PI-1X4 aftermarket replacement board. Repinned all the connectors, fabricated the missing one, and attached them to the new replacement board. Adjusted the spinner switch and cleaned and lubricated the roto target. Replaced missing under-playfield lights with LED bulbs and replaced one bad GI bulb on the playfield with a standard bulb.
Tested and found one display was extremely dim. Applied 24v to the filament leads to rejuvenate the display and retested the game.
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Model: Indiana Jones
Symptom: Many lights and switches not working
Patched multiple traces damaged by battery acid and tested.