S PLUS BILL VALIDATOR DEAD

[shortrackskater]

I checked and they all look good.
Well a huge thank you again...I hope I can get another one soon. I guess this is a good excuse to go back to working on my Bally 809. I'm REALLY a novice with EM's but at least I can see stuff working, or not.
Thank you again everyone.

[coorslight115]

He fried the SP872 chip when he smoked the board . Board working now and on its way back to him.

[poppo]

He fried the SP872 chip when he smoked the board . Board working now and on its way back to him.

It's odd that it would boot in his original board but not in the replacement.

[coorslight115]

He fried the SP872 chip when he smoked the board . Board working now and on its way back to him.

It's odd that it booted in his original board but not in the replacement.

I tried it in two different boards and it was dead. Put another 872 in and it fired right up.

[poppo]

I tried it in two different boards and it was dead. Put another 872 in and it fired right up.

Just saying it's pretty strange that it was booting in his original board. Anything is possible I suppose.

[shortrackskater]

For everyone who was helping, especially poppo - the replacement MPU board (thanks coorslight115 for finding the bad chip) is working fine now and I'm back to a somewhat working machine aside from the original BV problem and a hopper optics problem (caused by my initial frying of the MPU board) posted in another thread. I'm getting an entire replacement hopper (it was very reasonably priced) which will solve my coin optic problem. I'll post again here when the machine is completely alive, which I hope will be very soon.

[shortrackskater]

My MONEY STORM slant top is completely back to life! The hopper optic works although I learned there's different angled coin elevators for slant tops. The one on my replacement sent quarters INSIDE the machine, which could have been disastrous. Luckily I noticed before a large payout could have occurred. I replaced the elevator with my original one and attached the replacement optic head (after cleaning out a dime sized glob of stringy fuzz...from many pockets over the years) out of the housing.
My final problem was the BV, which started this entire mess when I plugged it in the wrong way, twice. After some cleaning, the BV now works although I'm now thinking of updating it since it only takes ones and "old" denominations of currency.

[knagl]

Congratulations to you -- that's a very nice looking machine!  I've always liked the look of the Money Storm kit, especially the reel strips.  Well done!   

[stayouttadabunker]

Great looking game Shorttrackskater! 
Those sit-down machines are fabulous to own.
Definitely a very comfortable machine to play on!
I'd love to get one of those someday but my poor back will NOT take it! 

[shortrackskater]

Thanks again everyone.
@Bunker...my back is STILL sore from trying to load this monstrosity in the back of an SUV and that was a month ago at least.
I actually thought I could "pivot" it in the back of the SUV once I rolled it up against the rear bumper. I couldn't even lift one end to get it on the dolly, much less roll it to the car. Luckily someone lived next door the the man I bought it from and he was able to help me. I don't remember if I mentioned this but the previous owner pulled the pin to remove the lower panel, which is unhinged (just sits in a long channel). It fell forward and broke his toe! That panel alone is heavy. 

[poppo]

The last one I went to pick up, I had my tools in hand. Out came the hopper, coin tray, MPU, glass, cash box, BV with transport. Every little bit helps. Of course having a trailer comes in handy too.