IGT S+ Strange Issue

[Straycat]

I keep getting a 61code that wont clear. Push button, no ding, nothing. However, Since I have a few of these ( 3 slant tops and 1 upright ) I pulled a board out of another machine and it did the 61 code with a successful Ding and went to play like normal. Any ideas guys?

Thanks in advance.

[RB]

Try a different but compatible SP chip or use a clear chip.

[jay]

You might try taking your mis-behaving board and try it in another s+ and see if the problem follows the board.

The clear chip would be my goto.
I might also suspect that one of the pins in either the game or reel is bent under or simply not in the socket properly.

Since you have several S+ s I would also swap in a different set of game/reel chips and see if it works as it is possible that you have a bad chip.

[Stayouttadabunker]

Although you were successful once, I am suggesting holding the little white Test button in for about 3 seconds....not just a momentary "push"?

[Straycat]

Sorry for the late update, I did pull a board from another slant and it worked no problem, dropped the other one back in and tried all the game chips I have and still 61 wont ding press button ( white ) count to 5, and it just stays on 61. Did a RAM clear and ended up with the same results. Used other reel chips I have and still the same thing. I do have a 16MHz board` (Bran stinkin new, I bought it way way back when I first started fixing slots to be used as a backup. Ebay seller didnt list the MHz but back then I probably wouldnt have noticed anyways, I did some reading an found it the 16's used a special SP chip, I found one but but my bubble was quickly popped when none of the games Im running now and 2 in boxes ( glass, reel strips and chips but nothing I have was listed ) would with the chip I have,  and if its the board like I thought it might be,  cant be shipped where I live now. At least that was the " rules " in Ebay 3 years ago. Does anyone here have a 10MHz they wouldn't mind shipping here? Been here since 6/20 just when all the covid crap began and so far, there hasn't been any house to house search warrents looking for illeagal slot machines but yet they have 4 differen dailyt draw number lotterys 3 to 4 time EVERYDAY.  Tennessee.... /me screams.

[jay]

Slots are illegal - not boards, Simply ship it as electronic board. Even a slot running on tokens or free play could be called an animated lamp, no accounting for taste.

People get past gun laws by shipping parts around all the time. Not that I recommend nor condone it. BTW I am Canadian and we have strict gun ownership laws here (no handguns allowed).

16mhz uses a different game chip, as the volume control is software and not a physical dial like on the 10mhz boards.
The other thing to note is that the chips - both the game and SP chip have to be faster.
The "original" SS (reel chips) are usually too slow and you had to get special versions for the 16mhz board.

If you burn your own chips - all the modern blanks are about 2x-3x faster than the min required by these things so that is never a worry.

[Straycat]

Well it been weeks since I messed with it but today, however, it went a little farther. For some reason I was finally able to get the ding which set a 61.1. now since all my craptops are set or freeplay, I had to enable the optics on this one and when i turned the, holding my %&**&%% breath, it hits a 53-3. Now the strange thing now it, no matter what reels or game chip I used, it did the exact same thing everytime. I was never worrried about the laws here but in Ebay's case, if a seller does do it, he/her will have to answer to it. Ebay's always been good to me as far as getting what I needed.  Thanks for the input all. Hey Jay, I have 4 skill slots ( grand kids love ummmm, but not so much when they hit a bonus mode.)

[Stayouttadabunker]

Going to this link I've attached for you below, will give you an idea what SP chips your 16Mhz board can use...>>>

https://newlifegames.com/nlg/index.php?topic=303.0

SP1272 was a popular choice among members here, for a 16Mhz... it needs uses a SET88 though - for enabling the DBV.

I'd contact member RB, for chips.

[knagl]

Well it been weeks since I messed with it but today, however, it went a little farther. For some reason I was finally able to get the ding which set a 61.1. now since all my craptops are set or freeplay, I had to enable the optics on this one and when i turned the, holding my %&**&%% breath, it hits a 53-3.

Are you sure it's displaying 53-3? That's not an S+ error code.

If it's a 65-3, that's to be expected in your scenario. The S+ errors page lists the resolution for that message:

https://www.newlifegames.net/igterrors/

[Badbaud]

Has anybody mentioned that a persistent 61 error can also be caused by a defective 24C04 EEPROM mounted on the backplane?
This is why the board worked fine in another game. And why the board mostly worked in the original game when put back in.
Some of the second game settings on the board stuck in memory when the board was returned.