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Parts for M200 MPU board
ed12:
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Re: Parts for M200 MPU board
« Reply #10 on: Today at 08:41:07 am »QuoteHere is an IPDB link to the METEOR manual with a schematic for the MPU 200 albeit a little hard to read.
You guys cave in too easy... These Classic STERN and BALLY MPUs are the easiest to fix in all of pinball..
You don't learn much about board repair caving into the aftermarket crowd.
Glad to see you want to give it a shot and hopefully learn something....
A lot of people would rather sit on their backsides and post to forums than do any REAL work.
that is the most offince comment i have ever heard u say to date
if u care anything about your labour ? /time?/rel-factor?
the reality is replace the board with new get game out door
repair board at latter date
400 machines is not a run of the mill 1/2/3 off..where u get time..
not to metiton the parts,and shop eq.to do the proper repair work..
i ofen tell the coustmer here is a replacment board brand new
trade in price xxxx..then when things clam down
i will sit and do the nessary repairs,then run it on my test jig
mark it as such..carry on
ed
Sarver Systems:
Thanks for the helpful advice.
I did contemplate purchasing a new board as well.
the parts are cheap enough, and with my 20+ years soldering experience, I am confident I can get it working.
I just couldn't read the numbers on the caps, and a few od the diodes are destroyed.
I'll post some pics as I repair the board.
ed12:
yes by all means if u have the time
then that is what i do..on my down time
i go through my back-ups..repair as i go..
this gives me stock
last thing u want on a busy friday night..is to have a pinball machine down
so i keep both new and old in stock
my coustmers know..if it is an old board
i will not even try to repair it then,just slap in a unverisal
bill them..collect..exchange board,repair at later date >down-time<
but with :us: doing lcd/plasma board level repair
we find it better just to keep stock..
btw watch the reset chip
it is a bugger in the ballys as-xxx-xxx mpus
ed
smartbomb2084:
I am looking forward to your repair thread...eagerly. :applaud: :applaud:
At least you think us worthy enough to share your work without your surrogate mother holding your hand... unlike some people around here.
And Ed....dude... you need to relax...everyone here that disagrees with you is not necessarily out to condemn you too.
To most people here, this is a hobby and not a job, so spending time on board repair is part of the fun...regardless of how long it takes.
Maybe you need a break from this forum.. it is starting to consume you and it isn't pretty. :dunno
pbj:
You've definitely got to try repairing it yourself. Occasionally you get lucky though my luck's been really bad lately on acid damaged boards. The Stern/Bally repro MPU market is so saturated that I personally wouldn't bother sending a board off for professional repair.
Meteor's a fun game, I've had an eye out for a cheap one for...... 12 years.
:cheers:
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