S2000/barcrest Money Mad Martians

[cowboygames]

Hi guys, I've got a problem with this game where after it warms up a bit(say 45 minutes) it starts doing a funky light show in the top box. Starts out slow with little groups of lights turning on and off, including the LEDs that show how much you've been offered on a bonus round, and progresses rapidly to where a lot of lights are flashing and the win meter in the top box is completely lit up. If I turn the game off for a little while it will be fine again when I turn it on. This machine has 2 300w power supplies(topbox and main)  and I've swapped them and same thing happens. Maybe low battery on MPU? Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

[PWRSTROKE]

Possible top box "module" concern.  Module being your whole swing-out door with leds and your board mounted on back.  This was an older release and works a little diff. than the ones I have as you have no aux vfd etc. on that game.  There was some issues simular on red-hottie and it was a surface mount chip/resistor on the module heating up after time.  Igt's fix was at the time to replace the WHOLE module and added a strategically placed FAN in a field service repair to correct the issue.  Not saying that is your problem but it may be in your module.  Is this something you built or bought already complete-?.  B.

[cowboygames]

bought this complete, was wondering about that game panel. I grab a can of freeze spray and do some localized freezing when it acts up and see if I can pinpoint a problem. I did notice that the power supply started acting up in the lower part of the game after swapping them. Namely the ticket printer came up with a hardware error tonight till I swapped them back, then it was fine. So might be the power supply yet.Thanks for the tip, I'll do some more research.