Machine plays by itself-Ghost!!

[TTJACKPOT]

I have a Bally 5500 machine--all has been very good for two years now--all of a sudden it wants to play by itself--it will spin (3 credits) and the change light will come on with candle blinking--I accused my wife of leaving the change light on until I saw this happen for my self--my only thought could be a bad switch or possible power supply issue--no changes have been made to the machine through the test mode or settings--it still plays just fine--any clues out there?????  ttjackpot

[a69mopar]

It sounds like a board issue to me, but I'd check all the connections to the backplane (unplug and reseat them) first to see if the ghosts dissappear. 

WoooOoooOooo. 

Thanks,
Wayne

[stayouttadabunker]

lol...mine does that too...I blame it on Halloween coming up.

[StatFreak]

lol...mine does that too...I blame it on Halloween coming up.

In your case, I blame it on the Bunkerized car remote installed under the hood.

[TTJACKPOT]

Thanks for the response--it hasn't done it's weird play for almost four hours--did check all the connections--all seem OK--this is really weird--my wife thinks we have a GHOST--anyway if it happens again I will repost---Thanks a whole bunch for responding--ttjackpot

[StatFreak]

I would still take Wayne's advice and reseat your board and connectors. Check the connectors for oxidation or damage, too.

[TTJACKPOT]

Thanks for all your help--no issues now for several hours--but it was weird-never have seen anything like this--all connections seem to be OK--Did a fulll ram clear and all works just fine---if it wakes me up in the middle of the night---I will be back---never know what these machines will do----Thanks agiain---TTJACKPOT

[paul]

If it happens again take a look at the coin compairitor and trade it with another one and complete clear

[knagl]

I remember way back in the day a member reporting that his machine was randomly cashing out in the middle of the night.  The solution was that the heat from the "cash out" bulb grew and grew overnight, causing the switch in the button to activate (I don't entirely remember how that was happening, but I recall it being due to heat from the bulb).  Just throwing that out there as an off-the-wall possibility.