TECHNICAL
SERVICE BULLETIN 95-011a
DATE: NOVEMBER 11, 1995
SUBJECT: SOUND PCB LED DIAGNOSTIC ERROR CODES
TO: ALL DISTRIBUTORS
GAME: PINBALL
MAGICÔ
REASON FOR BULLETIN: TROUBLESHOOTING TOOL FOR SOUND BOARD
AFFECTS S/N’s: ALL
FOLLOWING FIND THE
SEQUENCE TO FOLLOW FOR TROUBLESHOOTING A SOUND BOARD:
1. UPON POWER UP AND
DURING SOUND BOARD RESET LED 1 WILL BE ON.
2. LED 1 WILL TURN
OFF JUST BEFORE THE CPU BEGINS THE STARTUP SOUND BOARD SYSTEM CHECK.
3. IF THE CPU FINDS
AN ERROR ON THE SOUND BOARD, LED 1 WILL BLINK (ONE SECOND PER BLINK) IN A
PATTERN TO INDICATE WHAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN FOUND. THERE WILL ALSO BE A ‘BONG’ TONE EMITTED FROM THE SPEAKERS EACH
TIME LED 1 BLINKS. REFER TO THE
‘BLINKS/BONG’ ERROR CODE CHART TO IDENTIFY THE ERROR FOUND.
DIAGNOSTIC TEST TONES
THIS TEST IS TO HELP FURTHER TROUBLESHOOT SOUND BOARD PROBLEMS:
1. TURN POWER OFF.
2. REMOVE ROM U28 ON
THE SOUND BOARD.
3. TURN POWER BACK ON
(IGNORE 2 BLINKS OF LED 1, U28 ERROR ).
NOTE: LED 1 WILL
REMAIN CONSTANTLY ON (DIM) DURING THE TEST TONES.
NOW A DIAGNOSTIC TEST
TONE OF 1KHZ IS REPEATEDLY MADE BY BOTH U22 AND U23 MPEG CHIPS AT A FIXED
VOLUME LEVEL OF 8. BOTH TONES SHOULD BE
MADE AT THE SAME TIME (THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY PHASE DIFFERENCES), AND FROM THE
SPEAKERS IT SHOULD SOUND LIKE THERE IS ONLY ONE TONE.
SOUND BOARD DIAGNOSTIC LED AND BONG ERROR CODES:
LED./BONG ERROR CODES |
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Blinks |
DESCRIPTION |
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS |
1 |
U27 RAM SECTION |
IMPROPER VCC (4.75-5.25 VOLTS) BAD |
SIGNALS TO CHIP, OR BAD RAM. |
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2 |
U28 ROM SECTION |
BENT PIN, WRONG
EPROM, BAD SIGNALS |
TO CHIP, OR BAD RAM. |
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3 |
U29 ROM SECTION |
BENT PIN, WRONG
EPROM, BAD SIGNALS |
TO CHIP, OR BAD RAM. |
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4 |
U30 ROM SECTION |
BENT PIN, WRONG
EPROM, BAD SIGNALS |
TO CHIP, OR BAD RAM. |
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5 |
U31 ROM SECTION |
BENT PIN, WRONG
EPROM, BAD SIGNALS |
TO CHIP, OR BAD RAM. |
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6 |
U10 X9241 CHIP SECTION |
MISSING SDA/SCL SIGNALS TO CHIP |
7 |
U22 MPEG CHIP SECTION |
BAD CLOCK, RESET AND OTHER SIGNALS |
TO OR FROM CHIP. |
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8 |
U23 MPEG CHIP SECTION |
BAD CLOCK, RESET AND OTHER SIGNALS |
TO OR FROM CHIP. |
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9 |
BOF1 SIGNAL NOT HIGH |
U22 MPEG CHIP, FLIP-FLOP, OR NCBOF1 |
LINE TO FLIP-FLOP |
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10 |
BOF2 SIGNAL NOT HIGH |
U23 MPEG CHIP, FLIP-FLOP, OR NCBOF2 |
LINE TO FLIP-FLOP |
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11 |
SDA SIGNAL IS STUCK |
SDA SIGNAL TO U10 IS STUCK |
HIGH OR LOW |
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12 |
SCL SIGNAL IS STUCK |
SCL SIGNAL TO U10 IS STUCK |
HIGH OR LOW |