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    Flipper Coil Upgrade?

    So one of my other machines is the 1977 Bally Fireball Home Model (the early SS one that was made and sold through catalogue stores in the 70s). It has sentimental value so I don't want to part with it but the flippers are pretty weak and underpowered. It uses the AF-23/300-28/1000 flipper...
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    Bally Board - made matters worse ugh!

    Thanks for your help sylvain. got it working. turns out there was something loose in the j4 connector that was causing the problem. no idea what it was but i've repacked the connector it and its up and running again!. I guess i've learned not to mess with something if its working. thanks...
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    Bally Board - made matters worse ugh!

    unfortunately took a quick peak and looks like all the fuses on the bridge rectifier look perfect...weird - doesn't look like any fuses are blown
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    Bally Board - made matters worse ugh!

    ok thanks ill check tomorrow morning.. thank you very much for your help...
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    Bally Board - made matters worse ugh!

    ok ill check tomorrow. kinda tired tonight and don't want to make things worse. just to be clear the fuse under the playfield hasn't blown. when I replace it I get the same problem (I think even if I don't put any fuse in at all). btw I really appreciate your help
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    Bally Board - made matters worse ugh!

    So per my post below I took the solenoid driver board out to take pictures and when I put it back in now I have a much bigger problem. - game fires up - have the initial sound, GI, score displays work - attract mode, displays etc. work fine - thought I heard some noise he first time like a...
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    Bally Board advice

    Hoping someone can help me here with some advice. I have the following boards in my 85 Bally Fireball Classic MPU - new: alltek Solenoid Driver - original (went down once and replaced capacitor c23 to get it up again) Cheap Squeak - original lamp driver - original voltage regulator - new...
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    Bally Fireball Classic Sound

    Hey I just figured it out (actually I didn't - there was a post on pinside that seemed on point). pasted it here just incase any one else has the same problem. cheers The first picture is the board in the back box, if not mistaken, the sound board. The black item I pointed at is the second...
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    Bally Fireball Classic Sound

    So I went to fire up my 85 bally fireball classic and there seems to be a problem with the sound. here is what I observe - game plays fine, just the sound and effects are now really faint - I can faintly hear the game sounds and effects but the volume is almost zero (some times when I turn...
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    Fireball Classic Down

    Re: Fireball Classic WAS Down -Now UP! FIREBALL CLASSIC UP!!! Ina the winner is C23... Long story short, I was just about to give up and go drown my sorrows and then I replaced the capacitor on C23 on the solenoid driver board as a last ditch effort and I'm back up and running! My wife would...
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    Fireball Classic Down

    Ok, I went out and got a multimeter and here's what I've found Solenoid Driver Board: TP5 - 10.7 TP1 - 4.25 MPU TP5 - 4.1 TP1 - 4.1 I've been doing a bit of reading and does this mean the mpu board is not getting enough power from the Solenoid driver board to start the boot program? I pulled...
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    Fireball Classic Down

    ok thanks - sounds like I have my work out for me but at least I now have a plan of attack...this is greatly appreciated!
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    Fireball Classic Down

    My bally fireball classic remains down (only GI, mpu green light solid with no flashing on power up) I've installed a new power supply board and new alltek universal mpu board but it remains down. Awhile back it had an intermittent reset problem before it died and now all i can get is the GI...
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    New to forum

    Waterloo, Ontario. cheers
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    New to forum

    New to the board - just found it through kijiji; looking forward to meetting others in town - I knew I couldn't be the only one with machines in my town. I have Bally Fireball Bally Wizard Bally Capt. Fantastic Bally Fireball Classic (currently down - crossing my fingers that a new Ultimate...