Hey guys, i sold my Gottlieb system 3 to Yannos over weekend, he lives in Toronto area. For shipping we removed the head, unpluggued every connector to get it out. Now he pluggued everything back but the game wont boot, it stays there beeping with nothing on the display. Every beep beeing a CPU reboot for some reasons...

Since its his first pins i was wondering if anyone in Toronto area could drop by and give him a hand ? That would be greatly appreciated.. Free beers on him !!!

You can contact him at yannavram@yahoo.fr or by phone(preferred): pm or email me to get it.

Thx alot to any helpers out there !

Please send pics of the wiring and the boards... Sounds like a connector might have a little trouble...

- Make sure all the connectors have their wires in place, and that a wire hasn't come off a connector socket.

- Check the battery pack... if the batteries are not in place properly, or if they are weak, the game will not work. Remember, batteries are good for 6 months, unless you invest in Energizer AA Lithiums... worth it... good for many years...

- Double check if the connectors are on the proper boards... it can be easy to mix them up...


...My best bet would be the battery pack... check it out...

Let me know...

Ian

What part of Toronto is he located in?

Problem solved ! As you said Sparky, i had already mentioned the battery pack to him, ended out beeing the problem. Something went loose inside the pack and the connection wasnt made... good'ol GTB system 3 wont boot if there is no battery inside, that i knew, but for some reason he wasnt even getting the weak batteries alert on the display, just that beep of hell !

He is playing right now and everything else is fine !

Thx Monkeybug, not sure what part of Toronto exactly but i'll pm you his phone number just in case you guy wants to have a party

nice diagnosis. on the 1st crack. H

Yeah thanks everybody, the battery pack was the problem. There was actually two problems in the battery pack: one short and one bad cable on two different places. The short was creating that infamous BEEP BEEP BEEP and I was not getting the low battery message because of this.
That short really got me mead. Thanks again, Sylvain and Simon your help was precious. The beers are still on me for everybody who wanna play Light Camera Action in Toronto. That pin is awesome!