Re: Rip Off problems

thanks for the reply, joe. i mean it just TOTALLY goes out. everything.
what you said about the sound board/commands sounds right, but the whining
could be
the voltage you talked about, too
I will try the line filter

>> The real problem is- as soon as you plug in the game you hear the test boom
>> sound and the background rhythm sound starts, then a few seconds later a
>> very annoying high pitch whine starts. The whine seems to start exactly when
>> the marquee light comes on, but i dont see how that would have anything to
>> do with it. the whine is definitely coming through the speaker and it
>> adjusts with the volume knob along with the rest of the sounds. the problem
>> was thought to be the power supply
>
> The problem is with power, but not the power supply. It looks to
>me like the light fixture is noisy, and putting noise on the AC line --
>more noise than can be filtered by whatever filtering is on the power
>supply (I forget how big the caps are.) A line filter on the AC line
>might help. Again, I forget if one is already there, so it may just be a
>matter of replacing the one that is already there. If you do install one,
>make sure that the plug of the game has all 3 prongs (i.e. the ground
>prong is not broken off) because the line filter will form a capacitive
>divider between the hot and neutral, and put about 60V on every metal
>piece of the cabinet.
>
>> so it was replaced but still have the same problems. another thing is- the
>> background rhythmn sound is supposed to get faster and higher as the enemies
>> steal the fuel cell triangles, but mine doesn't. It just keeps the same the
>> whole game- and sometimes the game just cuts out completely while you are
>> playing.
>
> What do you mean by the game "cuts out completely?" The sound, or
>the whole thing? The pitch problem could be caused by a problem on the
>sound board, or a problem on the main board. I'd more suspect a problem
>with the main board, or, more liekly, some of the digital logic used on
>the sound board to latch the commands from the main board. There should
>be detailed sound board troubleshooting tips in the manual.
>
>Joe
>
Received on Wed Aug 25 09:58:53 1999