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I am having problems getting a bally 6000 going. I have several boards and none of them seem to be working.  Most of the time when powering on I get a reset light flashing and I saw nowhere  that tells me what that means in the manual. I am confused!!!!

The reset light should only "briefly" flash when powering up.
If the LED light continues to blink and the machine has no error codes
on the display, then I'm going to take a couple of guesses here>>>

1). Pull out you chips and re-seat them them sure no pins are bent or folded under.
Make sure they are lined up with the pin socket holes before pressing down on top of the eprom case.

2). Check the board edge pins carefully to see if any of those are bent.

3). Unsolder the battery, check with multimeter for proper voltage, re-solder or replace then
insert the proper clear chips and perform a Full Ram SafeClear operation.

After you set all your options to the way you want - your machine should up and running!

I guess somebody does know something about Bally 6000s.
W

Yeah that stuff is common knowledge though for any game platform. I have already looked into that stuff before and still get problems.
T

Well the basics of this platform is the same as others.  It's obvious that your MPU board won't boot (reset light flashing).  Bunker listed good possibilities, however you may have a bunch of bad MPU boards.  Did you have any of these boards up and running before?  do you have only one machine or it this the same across the lot? I take it that you checked for the voltages from the power supply/supplies?  Casinos have a habit of pulling good boards from sale machines to replace bad boards from the floor, anything is possible.

Thanks,
Wayne

you are absolutely right! Wayne. And I am not saying you didn't help Bunker, I appreciate any words of wisdom. I was just saying I already checked that stuff.
T

Morspeed,
Do you have a known good board to try in your machine?
Has this machine ever worked before?
Can you go back to your vendor and ask if you can buy a
known good MPU from so you can use it in yours?
Try some other chips perhaps?


They are not THAT expensive and it's always good to have a
known good spare if it turns out that the problem lies elsewhere.  :89-

Troubleshooting a machine takes time and you MUST
have known good spare parts in order to succeed!

Bunker,
I have been messing with this machine for so long. I finally got it working!! Thanks for your help! I had 4 Boards here I figured one was bound to work.
Tommy

Okay,
Take good care of that baby....it's your only "known good" one.
I'd still get another spare MPU if you plan on keeping your machine.  :89-

I found out two more work as well. Chip speed problems. Apparently the chips I have are too Fast??
Tommy

I don't know...it's really hard to see   :186- the numbers on
your chip/eprom devices from the Eastern seaboard...  :5-  :211-

LOL. They are ST 27C2001 10F1.

thats also a sign of being 50 yrs old !! buy the 1.99 cheater glasses lol

Well,
The "100" in front of the "F1" means 100Ns (Nano seconds)...
That's how fast the chip/device is capable of sending and receiving data in and around your machine's brains.
Zooooomm!
That's pretty freaky fast! lol
My chips are the same so that's not your problem.

I'd like to add that the "F1" in chip terminology doesn't mean "Formula One" -
as in high-performance racing cars... :96-

Nice Bunker! Thanks for clearing that up!!!
T

Bunker, How do I clear a hand Pay??? It is driving me crazy!!!!
Tommy

Put the reset key into the reset switch and turn it.
W

yeah that doesn't seem to be do'in it it comes up with all sorts numbers and then doesn't clear it.

It is giving me a 32 error code which is hopper empty or no coins have come out. It does not have a hopper in it. Do I need to change settings?
Tommy

You need to set the hopper limit to zere and set the payment from tickets only (if you have tickets).
You will need to do a saferam clear also.

W

Ah, That went right over my head. The only thing I am still trying to figure out is The options menu. I have tickets.

It isn't going to print more than the first ticket without other stuff done, just make it hand pay on all cash outs unless you put a hopper in it

That is really what I am trying to do. I at least want to be able to reset hand pay but it isn't doing that.

So.... How do I get it to go to hand Pay?
Tommy

Make sure the machine is set to (0000) in option #61.
I'm suspecting you may have that one set for the secondary attendant key - which you don't have.

Carefully read pages 14 and 15 in the manual I sent to you...


What is your setting for option # 58?

I will double check but I just went through all the options one by one.
Tommy

the only options for 61 is 1,2,or 3 Hopper only, printer only, and hopper and printer.

I'm sorry, I meant #12 (Win Lockup Credit Release)
If this is other than (oooo) , the machine needs another reset switch.

set 61 at 2.  se 56 to 0

Thanks Mopar!
I was afraid I was gonna be on this all night.... :97-

I had 61 Set but 56 was set to the default 800 so that is where I left it. That is the info I needed! Thanks Mopar! K+

No problem.  You will still need the saferam clear to clear the code though. 

Thanks,
Wayne (off to bed now)