IGT Pink panther

[filounet]

Thank you for your feedback and your help  Filounet

[filounet]

The following...

[filounet]

The board CPU

[therockinelvis]

Nice Panther Bucks. I would change the GAME chips to SG000380's. Since you bought it not working lets start there. Someone copied those chips, because having a percentage written on them is wrong. The percentage is controlled in the setup of machine. Check with RB and buy all 3 chips along with vs11gx1. So SG380 game 1&2, SB425, vs11gx1. Hopefully the card in the top monitor has BGM000136. I believe now your problem is with the chips. If you have chips for a non vision game, you can try those to be sure the board is good.

[filounet]

Hello, I do have the files in my possession but I am waiting for my new programmer because the old one broke down  , I will not fail to come back to you as soon as I have been able to install the chips

[filounet]

Hello,
I was finally able to set up my 4 new EPROMs but that doesn't change anything, I still have nothing that appears on the two screens...(the blue line and the top screen)
Do you have another suggestion, thanks for your help 
Philip

[Stayouttadabunker]

Turn OFF the power switch and remove the MPU from the tray.
Pull out the hopper too...you do NOT need it to get your machine running.
You can re-install the hopper later on.

You did a test once of pulling out the MPU and turning on the power switch and saw two lines of messages on the blue VFD display.
However, when you put in the MPU, that blue VFD display doesn't display anything.
I think there's something wrong with the MPU...it may not be the chips.

Look under the MPU at all the pins.
Carefully inspect every one of them.
Are ANY of the pins folded down and touching another pin?
If so, that means they are shorted.
You might get away with using a pair of tweezers and try to straighten the bent pin.

If not, then the only hope you have is to get a new MPU circuit board, install the chips onto the MPU and try powering on the machine to see if the blue VFD displays anything.

[filounet]

Hello,
I checked the pins well and there is no problem on that side, alas.
Indeed the blue screen displays lines without the MPU but with the MPU no more writing and the screen at the top does not display anything either. I am familiar with Bally electronics but this is my first IGT, do some PCBs need to be changed over time on IGT CPU boards?
If I have to change my CPU board, are there several board references for this slot?

Thanks for your help Phillip

[Stayouttadabunker]

There is just a yellow light and a green light on the board

Yes, but this does not mean the red Led is burned out.

Your VFD display only comes on when the MPU is removed.
Now we know there's nothing wrong with the blue VFD display.
This is pinpointing a problem with the MPU.

Can you try this problem MPU in another machine cabinet?

If not, place a WTB ad in the Classifieds section of NLG for an 502 or 504 MPU.
Switch the Base chip, the pair of SG chips, and the Version chip onto the new MPU board when it comes in.
As you carefully install them into the chip sockets, make sure they are in the correct orientation (direction) and you do NOT fold any pin legs underneath the chip body.

I really wish I knew why your blue VFD display doesn't work when you put this MPU in.
I've never had this problem and I don't know what is causing the machine to halt.
When I turn on the power switch, I always see in this order...>>>

"Display Passes Self-Test" 
"Please Wait...Testing Memory"
"Waiting For The Video Display"

By any chance did you happen to check the voltage on the MPU coin cell?
Is it above 3 volts?

[filounet]

So the voltage is 3 volts. I have to find a functional card knowing that I live in France. Thanks for your help Philip

[therockinelvis]

I am very confused. What card are you referring to? The battery is on the mpu. Only other is I/O card for door and cabinet. Your vfd works without the mpu. Probably bad mpu

[filounet]

I also noticed that not everything lights up at the door when the machine is on.

[Stayouttadabunker]

I have to find a functional card...

I think therockinelvis may be confused because you called the MPU in an S2000, a "card".

The MPU is a "circuit board"... do you guys in France call circuit boards "cards"?

Over here on NLG, when someone mentions "cards" in an IGT S2000, they're using referring to the I/O cards on the door, or the other one on the right-hand side of the MPU enclosure.

Don't worry so much about the fluorescent lighting right now...let's get your machine working first.

I need to ask you....when you pull out the MPU with the power OFF, we know the blue VFD display displays two lines of information....does the red LED display on the right side of the reel glass display anything at all?? 

[filounet]

If it's the part circled in red in the photo, it's not on.

[Stayouttadabunker]

Check the top two fuses on the power supply supply.
One of them might be burned out.

[filounet]

Hello, alas they are good and the output voltages also correspond so no worries on that side.

[Stayouttadabunker]

It's easy for me to swap parts as I have access to more than a single machine to work with.
Someone like you that only has a single cabinet and very limited parts makes it hard to figure out exactly what to recommend.
I don't want you spending lots of money buying parts.
However, any homeowner of a slot machine SHOULD have at least an extra MPU.
It's like having a spare battery, but unfortunately, a lot more expensive.

Spare parts every S2000 slot owner should have...>>>
Batteries...change to newer flat coin cells if possible.
Door optics...emitter & receiver.
Door I/O cards...inner & outer.
Button Lamps, candle lamps, fluorescent display lamps & ballasts.

There's more parts I could recommend for more advanced slot owners but above is pretty basic.
Anything that pretty much contains a bulb, filament, or fuse doesn't last that long due to the machines being turned OFF & ON all the time - in an home environment.

[filounet]

Hello,

And a very happy new year 2023 to all.

So on your very good advice, I ordered a functional card in theory on ebay
I just received it with a very very long wait in customs ☹

When installing it, it gives me this flashing message Call attendant and RAM ERROR, the top light is on and the card now has more LEDs too
Thank you for your always precious help.

[sixcardmark]

Open door and flick jackpot key until it says to push test button for 3 seconds then close door.

[filounet]

Hello, I don't see a key when opening the door so I turned the exterior key several times and I got this message to press the test button for 2/3 seconds and so I pressed the only button at the map on the bottom left and I now have programming messages showing up?