Fruit Machine Chat

Hi all

Ok I recently managed to make a friend of mine part with an old fruit machine that laid dorment in his garage. its a barcrest jackpoteer which i was told worked perfectly yet when i plug it in and turn it on all i get is a completely blank screen (tho sometimes a 0 comes up on the credit screen) and the most irritating "hey check it out" alarm on a constant loop. I have checked the fuses and made sure its all plugged in so was wondering if anyone has come across this before or has ideas? any info would be hugely appreciated guys ..... and gals

p.s sorry for being so blunt im just at my wits end with this thing and i wanna play!

whats happened!

i really wish i knew bud but im crap with this stuff. its like the alarm just bwont turn off and nothing else responds

See my PM mate.
Sounds very much like the battery has leaked and damaged the MPU.

Just got your new PM and if this is MPU5 then no, it wouldn't be the battery.

You could try taking out the game cartridge, switching back on and waiting for it to try to initialise, then switch it off and replace the cartridge.

If this fails to clear the ram then you will need to short the battery momentarily (with the machine off!)

is the camecard the box attached to the mpu5? also how can i short the battery? (really sorry but again must state im rubbish haha)

bhounsome9 wrote:is the camecard the box attached to the mpu5? also how can i short the battery? (really sorry but again must state im rubbish haha)

It's contained within the cartridge that is set into the top of the MPU5 case.

Squeeze both clips inwards and pull it out.

why is there 2 threads off this topic?

Putting the cartridge back in didnt work but i havetn't tried shorting the battery yet. any clue how i do that!? and yes i no im being thick

sorry about posting this thing twice i didnt realise people would actually be helpfull and reply so thought i would try to get it on a couple of pages for a higher chance

on power up are u getting anything displayed on the alpha??
or
are the red and green leds flashing on the mpu?? if so count the flashes so many red so many green then it should repeat..

Ok just checked the status LED and it flashes green 12 times then red twice. All of the other LED's remain green

2-12 is an flat battery code,put a meter on it to check if low replace

mate you are a leg-end. only problem is its soldered in so can i still replace it or will i need a new board?

just desolder and replace

CAREFULLY,,had one blow up on a member b4!!!!

Think it was a nihm one that went bang on someone - they must have applied so much heat!

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