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**Reel Slots** Gaming Machines => IGT S2000 and Vision Games => Topic started by: Bjz112887 on March 25, 2016, 07:41:26 PM
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So i bought a slot that needs some work. My question is. It does not have a meter in it at all. Will that be a problem at all when trying to restore it?
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It may or may not be --depending on what you have. You were quite vague with your description. Most of those can be jumped out.
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Well its a crystal sevans games. I did do a clear on it. But it comes up wifh main battery low. Then it says ram error. So i was going to change battery. But i am not to sure what ram error means.
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That's all we needed, I will let the pro's take care of you now. Worked on this stuff 15 years ago! --All the info you need is here in the files on your problem.
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Main battery is the coin cell soldered to the board. Replace that and RAM clear it again. The RAM error is normal, you'll also get an eeprom error. Just turn your reset key each time and continue with the boot, you'll end up in the keychip menu where you can do your setup.
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After a battery change no key chips should be needed. You will get a ram error. Open the door and an alarm will sound. Turn the jackpot reset key 3 times and your front display will say press and hold reset button for 3 seconds. That's the white button on the MPU. After you release the button the front display will say close the door. You may get a crc mismatch error after the ram error. Follow the above steps again
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So It has been reset all is good. The new problem is that. When the door is closed all looks normal. It will play for awhile. Well at some point it will start flashing the candle and the display will do the same thing. It will not come up with any error codes or anything. When its doing this the door is closed the whole time. Any ideas?
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I would turn the machine off and check to make sure your power supply behind the reels is plugged in nice and snug. Also make sure all wire harness plugs are secure and your MPU is pushed back in nice and tight. If you soldered the battery in, make sure there is no solder splash on anything around the battery
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Ive done all this I have checked all the chips in the tray they are good. Ive looked at all the wiring its all good and lined up like it should. I removed the reels and tighted the power supply. So I dont know where else to check?
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Did you do a full clear and reset? If you haven't, as a last resort, I have attached the procedure for you.
Thanks,
Jason
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I have done a clear and a reset on it. When I do turn the menu opions on it will stay on like normal. Nothing flashing at that point. But then when you go back to the game it comes up flashing again.
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Have you checked the door optics for proper adjustment.
Sounds like this is more your issue.
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When you say you did a reset, what exactly did you do as far as setting up parameters during the reset?
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Just a basic clear.
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what exactly is flashing? the candle, or the entire display, is it the alpha numeric display or is it the digital display?
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I mean, did you set accounting denom, player denom, machine type, etc? If you did a clear, and there really isn't a basic clear, it's all or nothing when using a clear chip, then these parameters must be set in menu 7 along with limit settings in menu 3. I would think if your door optics were causing an issue then you would get alternating door open, door closure displays on the VFD, but definately check that out. Stranger things have happened
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He stated that it plays some after he cleared it then the candle and display flash with no errors. Sounds like optic alignment or MPU board going bad from battery spluge.
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When I did the clear yes I did set that all up. I dont get any type of message saying door open. Its just once it up and running it just starts going crazy with it flashing. So is it a chance it could be a bad board?
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Sure could be, but no guarantees. If you open and close the door while it's acting up does the game reset? Is the latch seated all the way down when the door is closed? What are the cabinet florescent lights doing when it acts up? Can you post a picture of the MPU, specifically the area of the green Varta battery whether it's still there or not?
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I will post a pic of that area when i get a chance. The lights are all fine when its doing it. Plus yes the game will reset when the foor is closed. Sometimes when the gand is being played it will come up with reel dicounted issue i will reset it and its fine again.
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I would go into accounting, security accounting and check to see how many main door opens and drop door opens you have. Also If you have a green varta battery on your board, You should probably remove it, and clean any corrosion that may be eating the traces on your board. Push self test button on your board, push spin reels, push cash out till you get to security, push spin reels, push cashout until you get to main door opens.
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Can anyone tell me what is a eeprom error?
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If you are talking about the eeprom error message you get when you clear the machine this is a normal thing. The eeprom is located on the mother board(backplane). It has values that it checks to see if it agrees with the MPU. When you clear the machine you have reset the values and they no longer match what is on the eeprom and an error is triggered. By turning the jackpot key the error will clear.
Rich
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So I went to that menu and it said it has been open 449 times.
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So what should I do next. When its being played it will go to general tilt error. I will have to reset it. Once it has been restarted it will play for a few and then again it happens. The display and candle flicker at the same time as this is happening.
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Try unplugging the 3 ballast's for your lights. I have heard if 1 is bad, it can cause similar problems.
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If your board isn't acid damaged where the Varta battery is/was, you can try the door optics bypass listed as an FAQ in the S2000 topic homepage. If you have bad or faulty optics it will eliminate that as a problem. It ises that white cherry swith on the cabinet frame to show when the door is open and doesn't care if the door is latched tight as long as it's closed
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This is where the batterys used to be.
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Looks clean, but looks like there could be trace damage near where the positive battery terminal was soldered in. Hard to call it conclusive evidence
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So would you call this the malfunction of the game? When the battery was removed it was in pretty bad shape a lot of corrosion on the battery.
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So if I get a new board. I have a model of 1952-0. Do I have to get the same one?
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Any 500 series board will work, but for nice clean sound a 504 is your best bet
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So how do i know thats what i am getting? I am new at all this.
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Order or shop for it as a S2000 504B MPU
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So i am going to get a new mpu board and go from there on this. I will keep you guys posted. Thanks for the help!!!!
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Have you tried to realign the door optics I'd hate to see you buy a board only to find out it's an alignment problem.