Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
you have a low 5V i expect - try measuring it at the 5V test point on the main driver board
try reseating the connectors first between all boards. if that doesn't do it then you mau need to replace the common components that ofteh drag the voltage down - a bridge rectifier and a capacitor - do a quick search on pinwiki and it will come up as this is the commonest problem in pinball along with battery leakage.
But normally that's a waste of money. 95% of resets are cured by replacing J114. Costs £1 for a replacement IDC connector plus 5 mins time. You need an idc insertion tool or you can go crimp style.
Just backing up what Andy says, had a reset issue on my BSD (game would reset when both flippers were activated together). Andy replaced J114. Had no reset issues since.
The 5v voltage drop on my tz was 0.12 between the touch point and the MPU. Pin wiki says 0.1v is ok, Andy suggested 0.04 was right.
By removing the z connector and soldering the wires directly together (pinwiki suggestion) and cleaning pins, pushing the wires back in the connectors with the right tool, I have got down to a 0.07v drop
I have pressed the flippers like a demented fool, played a dozen games and could not trigger a reboot. If I get another reboot, I will go further with the repair but I try to avoid removing boards as the potential for unsettling something/ breaking a connection somewhere is always there
It made me wonder how my other games were. Addams as ever has been a fantastically reliable game over 15 years. Registering a 0.01 drop. Shadow 0.04
Thanks for the suggestion. I had led in tz when I bought it. But I found them too powerful. They "spotted" behind the translite so it looked a bit wrong.
You see how the led spot on my shadow (alternative translite) they are also quite "spotted" as opposed to casting a wider pool of light. But it looks ok in my opinion on the shadow, as I suspect the designer did it with led in mind