I just bought a golden tee live 2008 machine and i need help

[thewood200486]

i bought this machine at an auction for 270 bucks. i got it home and plugged it in and everything looks good. The issue is that it wont launch the game. it keeps going through post tests, every test says ok, but when it goes to start the game it resets and starts testing again. we were real careful when moving it. It was zero degrees here in missouri so i didnt fool with it for too long. It does have the lcd on top also. its brand new condition. Any knowledge about the machine at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[JasonSmith]

I'm by no means an expert, but I'd suggest that maybe there is a cold solder connection, something is overheating or grounding out somewhere, or there might be power supply issues.

Hopefully someone that actually knows what they are talking about replies, but that's where I'd start.

[Pinball Wizard]

Run self-test on the hard drive.

[thewood200486]

I didn't have time to turn it on yesterday, Lets say if the hard drive is bad how would i get the game software? I can put another drive in. I'm trying to get the key for it so i cant open it up to access the machine. I'm hoping its just a loose connection.

[Pinball Wizard]

You can buy an official hard drive from IT Games for I believe ~$200 but you can get them cheaper on eBay.