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COMMON MACHINE PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS, & REPAIRS

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By: Kevin Noble

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COMMON MACHINE PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS, & REPAIRS

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COIN IN JAMS

·         BENT AND JAMMED COINS IN COMPARATOR

·    PAPER JAMMED IN OPTICS AND/OR COMPARATOR

·    COINS JAMMED AT DIVERTER, RETURN CHUTE, OR DROP CHUTE

·    WRONG COUNTERWEIGHT

·    COMPARATOR NOT SEATED IN COMPARATOR CLIPS OR HOUSING

·    BROKEN COMPARATOR CLIP

·    WRONG COMPARATOR HOUSING(OR BACKING)(.150 FOR $1.00&.100 FOR $.25)

·    WRONG COIN HEAD

·    WRONG OPTIC BLOCK

·    MIS-ALIGNED COIN ENTRY

NOT ACCEPTING COINS

·         COIN MECH SHUT OFF

·    BROKEN COMPARATOR WIRES

·    BAD COIN OPTIC

·    COIN COMPARATOR NOT PLUGGED IN

·    NOT THE CORRECT TOKEN FOR MACHINE

·    AT MAX BET

·    TILT HAS OCCURRED

·    DOOR NOT CLOSED

·    SPIN IS NOT OVER

·    BV IS ACCEPTING A BILL

·    BAD COIN COMPARATOR

·    COIN COMPARATOR COIL AND PATH DIRTY

COINS NOT REGISTERING

·         DIRTY OPTIC AND COMPARATOR PATH

·    PAPER BLOCKING OPTICS

·    AT MAX BET

·    BAD OPTICS

·    COIN ACCEPT LIGHT BURNT OUT

·    MIS-ALIGNED COIN ENTRY

·    VIOLET COMPARATOR WIRE BROKEN AND/OR LOOSE

·    BAD COMPARATOR

·    BAD CONNECTIONS AND/OR WIRING

·    OPTIC BLOCK WORN GROOVE

HANDLE / SPIN BUTTON NOT WORKING

·         NO COINS PLAYED

·    BROKEN TORSION SPRING

·    RATCHET JAMMED

·    SOLENOID LINK MISSING AND/OR COTTER PIN

·    OPTICS DIRTY, MISSING, AND/OR BROKEN

·    MICRO SWITCH BROKEN

·         HANDLE SWITCH MIS-ALIGNED

·    GAME IN TILT MODE

COIN OUT JAMS

·         BROKEN KNIFE, MIS-ALIGNED, GROOVED, TIP MISSING, AND WARPED

·    BENT COIN

·    PAPER STUCK IN FRONT OF OPTICS, BEHIND THE PINWHEEL

·    FOREIGN OBJECTS ( NUTS, BOLTS, TIE STRAPS) STUCK BEHIND THE PINWHEEL

·         COINS JAMMED IN RETURN CHUTE TRAY

·    DIRTY OPTICS

·    WRONG DENOMINATION OF COIN WEDGED BETWEEN PINS

·    BOWL PLUG PINS PUSHED OUT OR MISSING

·    AGITATOR MISSING, WORN

·    HOLLY WHEEL HOPPER COIN WEDGED BETWEEN BOWL AND HOUSING

·    MIS-ALIGNED COIN OUT CHUTE ON MACHINE DOOR

·    DOUBLED UP COIN ON TRANSMITION COVER AND/ OR SPRINGS

·    DIRT AND PAPER JAMMED IN ESCALATOR GROOVES

·    ROLL PIN MISSING OFF ROCK N’ ROLL ASSEMBLY

·    SUPER HOPPER BOARD BAD

·    HOPPER MOTOR DRAWS TOO MUCH CURRENT

·    SUPER HOPPER AGITATOR MOTOR UNPLUGGED, BAD

·    COINS JAMMED IN SUPER HOPPER MIXER BOWL

·    ROLL PIN SHEARED UNDER PINWHEEL

HOPPER OVERFLOW

·         BROKEN HOPPER PROBE WIRE

·    BOWL PLUG PINS PUSHED OUT, BROKEN

·    DIVERTER NOT WORKING

·    COINS PILED AROUND HOPPER PROBE (NOT ALLOWING A COIN TO TOUCH)

·    PLUGGED OR JAMMED DROP CHUTES

·    DIVERTER SOLENOID BAD, PINS NOT IN, UNPLUGGED

HOPPER OVERPAY

·         NO SPRING ON HOPPER BRAKE

·    PAPER IN OPTICS

·    ROCK N’ ROLL ASSEMBLY MISSING ROLL PIN

·    DIRTY OPTICS

·    WRONG SIZE TOKENS NOT BEING COUNTED

·    KNIFE NOT SET CORRECTLY

·    COINS GOING BELOW OPTIC AND/OR PIVOT AND NOT BEING COUNTED

·    ESCALATOR FLAG MISSING, LOOSE, PIVOT ARM BENT AND/OR MISSING

·    DEFECTIVE COIN OPTIC OR MICRO SWITCH

·    STICKY MOTOR BRAKE

·    DEFECTIVE HOPPER CONTROL BOARD

COINS COUNTED, BUT NO ACTUAL COINS

·         PAPER IN OPTICS

·    BROKEN KNIFE

·    COINS BLOCKING EXIT

·    SLANT TOP COIN TRAY CHUTE JAMMED WITH COINS

·    SLANT TOP COIN TRAY CHUTE BLOCKED WITH PATRONS COIN

·    BENT DEFLECTOR PLATE

·    MIS-ALIGNED COIN OUT SWITCH OR OPTIC

·    GROOVES ON HOPPER KNIFE

·    COIN DUST PILE-UP ON KNIFE

REEL ASSEMBLY PROBLEMS

·         COINS, AND FOREIGN OBJECTS INSIDE OF REEL BASKET

·    HARNESS UNPLUGGED

·    HARNESS CONNECTION, COINS COMING LOOSE

·    REEL CONTACT ( MEAL BOOK, WIRES, SLUG ENVELOPE)

·    ENCODER FLAG DAMAGE OR MISSING TEETH

·    MOTOR GRINDING OR BOUNCING

·    54 CODE DURING REEL SPIN

·    MACHINE DOOR OPEN DURING REEL SPIN

·    CASHBOX SWITCH LOOSE, BROKE, OR BAD

·    BV ACCESS DOOR LOCK CAM LOOSE, LOCK CAN BE TURNED EASILY

·    LOOSE WHEEL ON HUB

·    FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FLICKERING

BV OFF LINE

·         JAMMED BILL IN HEAD

·    BAD WIRING AND/OR CONNECTIONS

·    DEFECTIVE OR MIS-ALIGNED CASHBOX SWITCH

·    IMPROPER SEATED CASHBOX

·    BV NOT PLUGGED IN

·    STACKER JAM, HARDWARE ERROR, STACKER DIRTY, OPTICS

·    TOKEN IN BV HEAD, PLAYERS CARD, PAPER

·    BURNT OUT LIGHT

·    TRIACS BAD, SOLDER JOINTS, BV BOARD GROUNDED ON CHASSIS

·    COUNTRY CODE WRONG

·    OPTION #9 DISABLED

·    AT MAX CREDITS (WILL NOT ACCEPT NO MORE BILLS)

·    CASHBOX FULL

·    WRONG DIP SWITCH SETTINGS

·    POWER SUPPLY NOT WORKING

·    BROKEN WIRES ON TRANSPORT

·    DIRTY OPTICS IN TRANSPORT

·    BV HEAD LATCH NOT TIGHTENED DOWN

·    BILL STUCK IN HEAD

·    FLAG GEAR RUBBING

·    LOST CALIBRATION

·    CASHBOX HARNESS FOR CONSTANT 99-1 AND 99-2 CODES

 CONSTANT DOOR OPEN/CLOSED

·         DEFECTIVE OR MIS-ALIGNED SWITCH ON MAIN, BELLY GLASS, OR BV

·    BAD OPTICS

·    NO CASHBOX INSERTED

·    BAD CHERRY SWITCH, OPTIC, MAGNET

MIKOHN

·         BAD PIGGY BACK BOARD ON SMIB

·    FILL DOOR WIRE BROKEN, DISCONNECTED

WINNING COMBINATION, BUT NO PAY OUTS

·         REEL STRIPS MOVED OUT OF POSITION

·    NOT ENOUGH COINS PLAYED (BUY PAYS)

·    REEL STRIPS IN WRONG REEL POSITION

SWITCHES NOT WORKING

·         BAD MICRO SWITCH

·    SWITCH PLUNGER STUCK IN DOWN POSITION

·    SWITCH WIRING HOOKED UP WRONG

·    BROKEN WIRE/ CONNECTIONS/ CONNECTORS

PTM NOT READING

·    FOREIGN OBJECTS STUCK IN READER

·    SMALL PIN MISSING OR LOOSE

·    DIRTY

·    SNAPPED APART

·    PCB BOARD CRACKED

·    WRONG PTM CHIP INSTALLED

NO MACHINE FUNCTIONS

·         POWER CORD DISCONNECTED AT POWER SUPPLY OR OUTLET

·    FAULTY POWER SWITCH

·    BLOWN FUSE

·    POWER SUPPLY

·    CPU BOARD NEEDS RESEATING

NO SOUND

·         BROKEN BAD, OR CONNECTIONS

·    SPEAKER DEFECTIVE

·    VOLUME TURNED DOWN

TOWER LIGHTS

·         LAMP BURNT OUT

·    CHANGE LIGHT FAULTY, BAD, CONNECTIONS

·    FUSE BLOWN

·    CASH BOX JAM

·    TOWER LIGHT WIRES SHORTED TO CHASSIS

FLUORESCENT TUBES AND LIGHTS

·         STARTER BAD

·    LAMP BURNT OUT

·    BALLAST DEFECTIVE

·    BROKEN WIRES AND CONNECTIONS

·    PLUG AT POWER SUPPLY NOT MAKING CONTACT

STATISTIC DATA / NO DISPLAYS

·         FAULTY RESET KEY SWITCH

·    GAME NOT OVER

·    BROKEN WIRE

·    BAD 7 SEGMENT DISPLAYS

·    BAD DISPLAY BOARD

·    CPU BOARD NOT SEATED RIGHT

SELF TEST MODE WILL NOT ENABLE

·         COIN ACCEPTED AND NOT PLAYED OFF

·    GAME NOT OVER OR COMPLETED

·    MACHINE IN TILT MODE

DUART CAUSES:

·         REPEATED 54, 31, CODES ON MACHINE

·    BV WILL NOT ENABLE

·    CONTINUOUSLY RESETTING

·    CREDITS AFTER DOOR OPEN/CLOSE

·    BILL HELD IN TRANSPORT

·    HISTORY OF STEALING BILLS

TIPS

·        CONSTANT COIN IN CODES- CLEAN COIN MECH COIL, PATH, AND OPTICS WITH WIPES

·    IGT BV LIGHTS DIM OR OFF- RE-SOLDER TRIACS ON PC BOARD

·    TEST FOR CASHBOX FAULT- TEST 27-1, IF LIGHT COMES ON THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE CASHBOX TRANSPORT.

·    CANNOT REMOVE ERROR ON JET SORT- POWER UP WITH RED BUTTON PRESSED DOWN. (YOU MUST RESET ALL OPTIONS)