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lilshawn:

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--- Quote from: lilshawn on August 14, 2012, 02:43:17 pm ---Sounds like guys that are selling full ultracde hard drive installs are doing it this way

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Isn't that partially how one of them ended up a convicted felon?

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yes  ::)


well...that, and lying to the bank. stuff becomes all federal.

davidrfoley:

--- Quote from: icka on August 09, 2012, 01:26:38 am ---I try to boot it up and i get "no signal" then i decide to actually power it on manually. 

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The machine not powering up when you power up the cabinet is most likely a bad battery.  These are common and used in almost every older PC motherboard.  The CR2032 battery on your motherboard is mounted vertically in a holder.  Replace the battery and then set the CMOS settings to ALWAYS POWER ON and that will solve this first problem.



--- Quote from: icka on August 09, 2012, 01:26:38 am ---At first street fighter 2 goes on but it winds up freezing 2 seconds into the game. 

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This is likely due to a heat or memory problem.  My first guess would be heat.  Try removing the CPU fan, cleaning the heatsink and applying new conductive grease on the CPU and reseating it.  Make sure that when the machine is on that the CPU fan is spinning.  If not, you can use a lower profile heat sink designed for 1U servers.  When we repair these computers, we use a solid copper server heatsink and fan as the replacement.


--- Quote from: icka on August 09, 2012, 01:26:38 am ---I think to myself.  I will reinstall the os and the gamepacks.  Clearly I think wrong because i am missing the key for installation.

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you only need to reinstall if you have changed hardware and the system no longer accepts your software load.  Just repairing the unit, and replacing the battery does not require a reload of the software.


--- Quote from: icka on August 09, 2012, 01:26:38 am ---However could a faulty motherboard be causing it to freeze so none of the games work?  They go on and automatically a screen flashes with a yes or no and they turn off and it goes right back to the game menu.

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This is an I/O problem.  You have a button stuck on, most likely the EXIT button.  If you go into the operator menu, go into diagnostics, and take a look at the JAMMA display, see if any of the connectors are lit solid, if so that is the problem.  Check for a short on that switch.  A quick test is to disconnect the USBlinx I/O controller and attach a keyboard and see if the problem persists.  Use 1 to start a game and left control as the button 1.

lilshawn:

Dervacumen:

--- Quote from: lilshawn on August 15, 2012, 07:27:21 pm ---

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Nice.   :applaud:

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