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Offline Pintoxicated

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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2013, 07:48:37 AM »
Quote from: The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan on April 20, 2013, 07:30:33 PM
Is the Tilt light on


The machine is completely dead, when i turn it on i dont get a thing, no GI, boards dont try to boot up, she's dead as a doornail
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2013, 06:51:44 PM »
Shame I didn't get to play it but there's a large selection to choose from hope you sort it out soon mate.

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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2013, 09:09:23 PM »
Quote from: Pinister on April 21, 2013, 07:48:37 AM
Quote from: The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan on April 20, 2013, 07:30:33 PM
Is the Tilt light on


The machine is completely dead, when i turn it on i dont get a thing, no GI, boards dont try to boot up, she's dead as a doornail

Welcome to the dead pinballs club. It's a horrible feeling. I feel sorry for your loss.
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2013, 09:49:09 PM »
Quote from: delarge on April 21, 2013, 09:09:23 PM
Quote from: Pinister on April 21, 2013, 07:48:37 AM
Quote from: The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan on April 20, 2013, 07:30:33 PM
Is the Tilt light on


The machine is completely dead, when i turn it on i dont get a thing, no GI, boards dont try to boot up, she's dead as a doornail

Welcome to the dead pinballs club. It's a horrible feeling. I feel sorry for your loss.
 %)%

Quote from: delarge on April 21, 2013, 09:09:23 PM
Quote from: Pinister on April 21, 2013, 07:48:37 AM
Quote from: The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan on April 20, 2013, 07:30:33 PM
Is the Tilt light on


The machine is completely dead, when i turn it on i dont get a thing, no GI, boards dont try to boot up, she's dead as a doornail

Welcome to the dead pinballs club. It's a horrible feeling. I feel sorry for your loss.
 %)%


Thankyou for your thoughts and feelings.  Hopefully i am just looking for a needle in a hay stack and not a whole new transformer.  Best of luck with your machine.
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #19 on: April 21, 2013, 09:57:01 PM »
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Your machine will be up and running in no time if you apply yourself.
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2013, 10:06:41 PM »
Quote from: Homepin on April 21, 2013, 09:57:01 PM
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Your machine will be up and running in no time if you apply yourself.

I get the feeling you are trying to tell him something. %.%
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2013, 11:25:20 PM »
Copy that!   *)*
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2013, 12:47:59 AM »
I think Mike is trying to tell us something here, but can't put my finger on it. Haha

Blair, I might have to call on a favour when you've fixed your machine and I source a new transformer (next time you're over this way).

A night of playing the pinball machines has given me weeks of fun and exciting pinball chores. Maybe this time I might focus on getting one machine up to speed per week?

Cheers!
Adam.
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2013, 07:26:03 PM »
Problem solved.  Thanks everyone for your input.

This was a German machine that had some weird and wonderful wiring.  Anyway, Mike hinted to check the transformer with a DMM.  I did that which confirmed that there was no power at all there.  Thanks to a schematic that was sent to me, I was able to fumble through it and long story short, found a green and black wire was not connected to the purple wires it should have been.  One of the wires had pulled out of the wire connector I had them in enough to break contact. 

Anyway, the machine is alive and I am happy once again.
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2013, 07:38:33 PM »
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If anyone finds a good you-tube tutorial on how to use a multi meter, it might be a good idea to post a new thread so people who are not experienced with the use of a multi meter can learn some tricks of the trade. Just a thought.
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2013, 08:29:44 PM »
Quote from: Pinister on April 22, 2013, 07:26:03 PM
Problem solved.  Thanks everyone for your input.

This was a German machine that had some weird and wonderful wiring.  Anyway, Mike hinted to check the transformer with a DMM.  I did that which confirmed that there was no power at all there.  Thanks to a schematic that was sent to me, I was able to fumble through it and long story short, found a green and black wire was not connected to the purple wires it should have been.  One of the wires had pulled out of the wire connector I had them in enough to break contact. 

Anyway, the machine is alive and I am happy once again.

Good to hear it's all good.
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2013, 08:36:48 PM »
Quote from: Pinister on April 22, 2013, 07:26:03 PM
Problem solved.  Thanks everyone for your input.

This was a German machine that had some weird and wonderful wiring.  Anyway, Mike hinted to check the transformer with a DMM.  I did that which confirmed that there was no power at all there.  Thanks to a schematic that was sent to me, I was able to fumble through it and long story short, found a green and black wire was not connected to the purple wires it should have been.  One of the wires had pulled out of the wire connector I had them in enough to break contact. 

Anyway, the machine is alive and I am happy once again.

 @@* @@* @@* Great to hear, we'll done!
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2013, 09:19:54 PM »
Great news, Blair! Will have to come over again soon and check it out.

Cheers!
Adam.
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2013, 09:54:58 PM »
Congrats on finding the culprit  #*# #*#
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Re: Help Please - Gtb Close Encounters DEAD
« Reply #29 on: April 23, 2013, 07:33:40 AM »
Great news. Always nice to find a non expensive fix.

"let the games begin" , "play ball" , or something like that...cant think of any other cheesy quotes at this time of the morning..
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