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Intermittent Problems with Williams Blackout (System 6)
ChadTower:
That could be the result of a cold/cracked solder joint somewhere... when cold, it doesn't connect, but when it warms up it expands just enough to make an intermittent connection. Fairly common on the sys6-7 boards because of that stupid 40pin connector.
Ken Layton:
And you replaced ALL the IC sockets on the CPU board?
Neverending Project:
--- Quote from: Ken Layton on November 07, 2008, 06:05:53 pm ---And you replaced ALL the IC sockets on the CPU board?
--- End quote ---
No, just the 5101 chip (added a socket). You think it is worth it to replace all the sockets on the MPU? I read that if they are not the SCANBE (they are not) then they are probably OK. While it is off, I can re-flow all the headers too.
Neverending Project:
Well opportunity knocked last weekend, so I answered. I listed the pinball on craigslist and sold it to someone for $400. But what gets me is the guy lied to me and turned around and re-listed it the next day. He told me he was interested in fixing it up, and he had a "buddy" who was very knowledgeable about these things. Well, I guess he thinks his "buddy" is knowledgeable about the value of it, cause he is listing is for $750! Non-working, mind you - he didn't do one thing to it.
He states in his ad that he "doesn't have the time and space to fix it," and that he "suspects it has a power supply problem." These are both lies, as he *just* bought it, and I told him it wasn't a power supply problem. At least he stated that it needed repair.
Anyway, I hope whoever buys this knows that many of the commonly problematic things have already been fixed. More importantly, I hope they realize the value of this when repaired will only be in the $750-$850 price range - and it still needs new rubbers, bulbs and some lane guides.
Sheesh. Why do people have to be such shmucks?
ChadTower:
The sad part is that I really like Blackout. It's an excellent game.
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