No video

[sh61526]

connection pics

[qbert]

Okay we are getting there. Having trouble viewing the bottom box picture.
Nothing is attached to the side of the top box correct?
Need to see connections to distribution box.

[sh61526]

Nothing to the side of box from the distribution box to behind reel to the back of top box looks like 3 gray wires

[qbert]

Side of the top box nothing plugged in there correct?

[sh61526]

Nothing plugged in to the side where you would put the keyboard and monitor correct?

[qbert]

Yes
Time for a recap of where we are.
With everything plugged in, turn the machine on. The bottom should boot and eventually gets to ms verify... and the game will play wheels spin etc. But no video display at all.

Now try with the machine off. Unplug the molex plug from the back of the top box that has the three gray wires.
Boot the machine, the bottom will get to waiting for video display on the VFD and will eventually error out.
I want to know if anything comes up on the top box during this time.

[sh61526]

Unplugged molex 3 gray wires get waiting on netplex then display passes self test speaker pops and 3 beeps and never get anything from screen

[qbert]

OK so what are you unplugging when you get the top screen to operate?

[sh61526]

The gray wires going into ditsbution box behind where the hopper should be

[qbert]

That does not make sense because those are the same gray wires from the molex plug you disconnected on the top box.
follow those wires to the bottom of the cabinet and they should go to the power distribution plug that you said you diconnected to get the top box to work.

[sh61526]

I know if i disconnect it i get the finger then black file screen the igt blue screen waiting then a blue screen flases about a warning and it restarts

[qbert]

three questions
1) Are you unplugging your gray wires when the machine is on to get the top to display?
2) Verify that those are the same gray wires going to the molex plug that I had you disconnect
3) what does the warning say

[sh61526]

No i never have unplugged anything while it's on and yes I followed it from the distribution box to a plug behind the reels then to the box that is below where the power supply for the top box plugs in

[qbert]

should go directly from the molex up top to the distribution box on the bottom with no detours to a plug behind the reels. You need to find out where and what is it going to behind the reels.
Even with that being said when you disconnected the molex plug on top box the screen should have worked.

[sh61526]

It goes from the distribution box to a silver area that has more plugs on left hand side of top of reels then lesves that plug to the top box I'm getting a bloue screen that windows has deteted a error and shutting down and it reboot to the finger screen

[qbert]

More questions
1) When you have it in the configuraton where the top box shows video will that work every time or is it intermittent?
2) Really need to see the silver box behind the reel you are talking about

[sh61526]

It's not really a box it's just a area that has like 4 plugs that you can disconnect is there anything in the settings that could of been turned on or off to make tnis happen I don't know what all was done before I got it

[qbert]

Nothing in the settings
With the molex unplugged at the top when you power up you hear three or four beeps (should be four) from the top then nothing on the screen?
I ask this because at that point the top box is totally disconnected from the rest of the machine. It only is using the power supply behind it on top. Note the green boarder you talk about is controlled by the lower CPU and is not part of top box operation.
I'm beginning to think there may be some hard drive issues.

[sh61526]

I'm getting 4beeps on startup then a little later bv cycles and 4 beeps again then it goes to display pass self check i'm with you on a hard drive it comes up with the blue screen wanting to start in safe mode I want to thank you for your time helping me out

[qbert]

No problem
Have you checked the top box motherboard for swollen capacitors. They would be bulged on the ends.
Even a bad harddrive you should still get the initial finger splash screen with the gray molex plug disconnected. We need to see at least that every time you power it up before we go to a harddrive replacement.