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Spider-Man keeps blowing F12 / F13 audio fuses.

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DugFreez

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May 19, 2010, 11:41:06 PM5/19/10
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So much for a fool proof install. I was putting in a sub kit in my
Spider-Man. When I finished and powered on I got a humming. The
humming got louder and then stopped. Then I noticed that the fuses in
F12 and F13 had blown.

I then wired everything up as it was originally and replaced the
fuses. Same humming and then the same 2 fuses blow. With them
blown...the +12v led light goes out on the board. It may have been out
before they blew but I didn't notice until after.

All of the lights and DMD seem fine. When I go into the service menu
it shows pretty much every switch in the matrix as being active. It
also won't seem to let me save any settings...and had wiped everything
back to default settings.

Any guesses or suggestions?

Lloyd Olson

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May 20, 2010, 12:39:43 AM5/20/10
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"DugFreez" <dugf...@live.com> wrote in message
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You blew up some stuff it sounds like. I'd be checking bridge rectifier for
+12 volts and any bridge rectifier associated with F12 and F13 for a start.
LTG :)


DugFreez

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May 20, 2010, 12:58:45 AM5/20/10
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On May 20, 12:39 am, "Lloyd Olson" <l...@ssbilliards.com> wrote:
> "DugFreez" <dugfr...@live.com> wrote in message

Would they be on the board that the fuses are on (I/O power driver
PCB)? or the CPU / sound board?

Lloyd Olson

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May 20, 2010, 1:10:06 AM5/20/10
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What ever board the blown fuses are on, probably the big one. LTG :)

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DugFreez

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May 20, 2010, 1:30:06 AM5/20/10
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On May 20, 1:10 am, "Lloyd Olson" <l...@ssbilliards.com> wrote:
> What ever board the blown fuses are on, probably the big one. LTG :)
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> "DugFreez" <dugfr...@live.com> wrote in message

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>    Would they be on the board that the fuses are on (I/O power driver
> PCB)? or the CPU / sound board?

Thanks Lloyd. I can't check any of those things but I had a feeling
it must have messed up something on one of the boards. Time to find
someone who knows their way around a modern Stern I guess.

Lloyd Olson

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May 20, 2010, 1:50:11 AM5/20/10
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Borygard, calling Dr. Borygard. LTG :)

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DugFreez

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May 20, 2010, 2:14:30 AM5/20/10
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On May 20, 1:50 am, "Lloyd Olson" <l...@ssbilliards.com> wrote:
> Borygard, calling Dr. Borygard.  LTG :)
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> "DugFreez" <dugfr...@live.com> wrote in message

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> news:3cc8adef-223f-4469...@u7g2000vbq.googlegroups.com...
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>   Thanks Lloyd. I can't check any of those things but I had a feeling
> it must have messed up something on one of the boards. Time to find
> someone who knows their way around a modern Stern I guess.

Thanks for the suggestion Lloyd. As the kids on RGP say "e-mail
sent". ;-)

DugFreez

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May 20, 2010, 3:07:23 AM5/20/10
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I just noticed something really weird...tournament is completely
missing from the settings menu and during attract mode it doesn't show
any grand champion scores or anything like that. Like part of the
systems memory is missing.

Lloyd Olson

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May 20, 2010, 3:21:49 AM5/20/10
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You blew up more than you thought. The board's memory probably has to be
nuked after repairs and current Spiderman programming loaded back into it.
LTG :(

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Frank-Rainer Grahl

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May 20, 2010, 4:00:52 PM5/20/10
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Check the dip switches. If the CPU starts and has --- in it instead of ENG oder
whatever country code it should have the tournament options will not appear. I
would first fix the Mini Power driver and fuses.

On Thu, 20 May 2010 00:07:23 -0700 (PDT), DugFreez wrote:

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>> I just noticed something really weird...tournament is completely
>>missing from the settings menu and during attract mode it doesn't show
>>any grand champion scores or anything like that. Like part of the
>>systems memory is missing.


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Tom G

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May 20, 2010, 3:50:51 PM5/20/10
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On May 20, 2:21 am, "Lloyd Olson" <l...@ssbilliards.com> wrote:
> You blew up more than you thought. The board's memory probably has to be
> nuked after repairs and current Spiderman programming loaded back into it.
> LTG :(
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> "DugFreez" <dugfr...@live.com> wrote in message

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> >   I just noticed something really weird...tournament is completely
> > missing from the settings menu and during attract mode it doesn't show
> > any grand champion scores or anything like that. Like part of the
> > systems memory is missing.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Damn, all that from just replacing a sub :(

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