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hamltnh:
Does anyone here have any experience with the Rottendog WDB089 Power Driver Board?  I was thinking about getting one as a replacement for my Indiana Jones machine.  I'm interested in their reliabiity/quality and whether they hold up over time--thanks.

Q*Bert_OP:

--- Quote from: hamltnh on January 11, 2011, 08:07:23 pm ---Does anyone here have any experience with the Rottendog WDB089 Power Driver Board?  I was thinking about getting one as a replacement for my Indiana Jones machine.  I'm interested in their reliabiity/quality and whether they hold up over time--thanks.

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Quality: poor

Reliability: Nonexistent

I've had a terrible experience with several of his products. Buyer beware! The WPC89 driver board r*tt*nd*g sells is not 100% compatible with all WPC games! Caveat emptor. I'm sure some will say "Jim will send you another one" ,but with a poor design, running components at their maximum operating threshold, lack of quality control, and failure to test the product before shipping, you'll just end up with another piece of "dog sh*t"!

Fix your old driver board, have someone fix it for you, or buy an original, working board. Do not buy r*tt*nd*g products!

I recommend Clive at the Coin-Op Cauldron for board repair, if you can't fix it yourself: http://webpages.charter.net/coinopcauldron/brepairs.html

hamltnh:

Do you know what games the Rottendog driver board is not compatible with?


What I need to do is install a new 11 pin header onto the board for one the GI circuits--previous owner "repaired" the problem by removing 1 pin from the 11 pin header and soldering the wire directly onto the the PCB--it works, but it's the wrong way to fix the problem.  I also need to replace at least 2 of the 11 pin female IDC connectors for the GI circuits, but that's easy.  I have good soldering skills, but have never worked on a PCB--I also thought it might be a good chance to start with a "new" board since I intend to keep the game a while, but it sounds like maybe not.

hamltnh:
So do you keep the GI circuits separated or combine them into one circuit?

I kind of took your approach on the other conncector and soldered a heavier piece of wire to a female molex pin and crmiped the pin a bit to make a tight fit onto the header pin--occurred to me that I could do that with all the wires on on that connector and do away with the IDC connector altogether.

Jeff AMN:
I have a Rottendog is my Bride of Pinbot and it's been just fine. I have the original stashed away, but I've not noticed any issues at all with the Rottendog board.

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