Centaur Help

[Drew.m]

Afternoon all, my Centaur has started behaving strangely and wondered if anyone has any suggestions which may point me in the right direction:

On power up it says Maximum Orb achieved
When starting a game the drop targets do not raise and it repeats the above and keeps kicking out balls

Not sure if its a board issue or a switch problem, any advise would be greatly appreciated

Drew

 

[Moonraker]

Lift the playfield up and reset manually the targets by hand, then see if the game starts correctly. I'd also check the wiring to the drop target re-set solenoid whilst you're under there!

 

[Drew.m]

Lift the playfield up and reset manually the targets by hand, then see if the game starts correctly. I'd also check the wiring to the drop target re-set solenoid whilst you're under there!

Great will do, thank you for the advise will let you know what i find

Drew

 

[pinballmania]

Use the tests. Put it in switch test. Clear each reported switch one at a time until none are reported. Then test each switch to ensure the machine is seeing the correct switch. If you cannot clear all the switches then the switch you can’t clear could give you a clue to where the problem is.

 

[Drew.m]

Great thx will get to it as soon as allowed ( Christmas things have interrupted my day !!) will let you know how I get on

Drew

 

[Drew.m]

Thanks for the help everyone it is now sorted i think, it seems that the test switch was stuck on, i dropped some iso alcohol into it and it seems to have cured the issue.

Thanks again

Drew