BB1 3-reel config/boot problem - fixed

[teamclark4]

 

Doing an initial config on my first Bluebird. I put in the clear chip; got to config menu (someone else actually got me into the menu when i was doing something else), accidently hit save on one of the configs that i didn't want to. No biggie, i'll just clear it again. Brought machine home (it was somewhere else at the time) put clear chip in, cleared fine, told me to power down and replace chips, so far so good. Power down and put game and os chips back in; power up.. Boots thru linux, gets to the blue WMS  screen after linux bootup get small "call attendent" message, but it continues loading the game for a couple minutes. Loads game images then a 2nd bigger "call attendent" overlaying the first "call attendent"; at the bottom of the LCD screen it just has "restart". That's where it stays, diagnostic button not responding. If i turn the jackpot key i get some config errors (because it seems to be skipping the config screen so things not set). I'm assuming the "loading game images" is the last loading that happens before the game/config happens.

There are no errors when the linux boots (as i'm watching each step) or anything else along the way that i can see. Unfortuntely i was not 100% involved to getting to the config menu that very first time when it worked, so i don't know if the "call attendent" had popped up originally or not, before the button was pushed to get into the config menu options.

main door is open during all this; so it shouldn't think that the door is closed.

I have tried the clear like 20 times now, doing slightly different things (door closed, mpu cover open/closed etc..). I have made sure the cards are seated and connections are good.

So what would stop the config from coming up after succesfully using the clear chip (the one that had worked previously on that same machine).  

The reels do the step rotation as it's booting up like they should. Unfortunately i do not have a 2nd machine to swap things to troubleshoot..

Any ideas anyone ? Maybe i'm doing some simple step wrong ? This is driving me nuts, and my wife says it's making me ugly  

[laneman]

When it says call attendant,did you turn the jackpot reset key to see if it says anything?

[teamclark4]

i am pretty sure it keeps skipping the config screen because it thinks the door is closed.. Which is why it actually loads the game before getting to "call attendent".. I see 2 door switches.. One is above the reels on the cabinet; when i push it the inside machine lights go off; so i know that one works. 

The next one below that is a cherry switch that is about an inch or two below the door release lever (so about at the bottom of the reels height wise) on the cabinet. that doesnt seem to do anything when i push it; though if that top one turns out all the lights i don't know if this one will be an obvious on/off. Just to be sure i grabbed a cherry switch from another machine and replaced it, still no change. So maybe it's what is at the other end of the 6 wires connected to this switch that i need to check ?

I do not see any other door switches that if malfunctioning would make the system think the door is closed. Could there be another door switch i don't know about that is stuck "closed" ?.

[teamclark4]

From that cherry switch next to the door release; here are 3 of the wires (black, red, grey)  i traced to the bottom that are just laying there.  Don't know if they are supposed to be connected or not...  Someone with a Bluebird 1 can verify ?

Thanks.

[teamclark4]

i switched out the cherry switch and now it knows that the door is open.. I have got into the config screen after doing the clear. I have set all the options but i'm not finding where i can set the paytable. "Paytable not set" is my last error; after pushing the diagnostic switch and getting into config, setup, game setup.. It says "No game setup options at this time".. I'm assuming this is the screen where normally i would set the % ?

[teamclark4]

I was able to get into the Denom config and set the paytables.. So configuration is complete finally 

[knagl]

Congratulations on getting the machine working, and thank you for posting your findings/troubleshooting here to help someone in the future.  K+ to you.