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smartbomb2084:
MPU is done now too and it actually still boots.
smartbomb2084:
Put all the boards back in and they NOW all work.
I had a couple of solder flecks between connectors that I didn't see cause some initial anguish.
One on the Lamp Board causing the 9K bonus light to be on all the time. The other on the Solenoid Driver board that made the Left Sling and the Knocker fire at the same time. Spent a solid hour tracking them down.
That's what I get for being arrogant and not checking my work more closely...Live and Learn...Again.
It always amazes me how much snappier and brighter the game is overall after changing connectors and updating the Rectifier Board...This game is singing...
ChadTower:
Nice work. Cleaning up those connectors always makes the old Sterns play so much better. Doing the same to the rectifier board makes the slingshots and pop bumpers almost violent.
Did you put anything over all that exposed conductor so it won't corrode in the air?
TopJimmyCooks:
He used clear acrylic on the uncovered grounds and traces. +1 on the nice work. I wouldn't have been excited about replacing a ton of components to repair a board, but you've got me inspired. I may get out a toasty old gameplan MPU and see if I can get it working again. I've got a working game to test it in.
I get really frustrated when I do a bunch of board work, test the work with the mm to confirm all the associated traces are good, plug it in and something doesn t work or it didn't fix the problem. or something else breaks.
I redid the 40 pin connector on my solar fire, and as soon as I plugged it in the issues I had hoped would be fixed were all completely unchanged. and a flipper stopped working again after testing. I just had to set it aside and work on other stuff for a while.
smartbomb2084:
Get up and get going on that GAMEPLAN MPU...
Start a new thread about it so we can learn something...
Then...I might have to revisit a dead OLD CONEY ISLAND I passed up a year or so back ...armed with renewed confidence....Hopefully it is still around...
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