I'm very excited. Just ordered and paid for an RFM. It was through ebay and is being shipped from Rhode Island to Ogdensburg NY where I will pick it up and bring across the border. I'm super excited. I can't wait to tinker around with the pin2k platform. The one I ordered is supposedly working, which is awesome, but depending on the stuff to come out of nucore I may get one in the future. Turning my machine into a jukebox isn't much of a draw yet. Maybe if new game kits come out it'll be worth it.

This is also my first purchase from ebay, the US, and using shipping (always picked or got delivered from seller before). I'm a bit nervous, but excited as well.

I've read that the game is really heavy. Is it heavy even with the backbox removed? The guy agreed to ship it with the backbox removed, he said it was no problem. He is packing it on a pallet.

Also, I'd like to get the online tournament system working. Anyone got a spare SMC8416 ISA network card in their closet?

Quoted from jonny_eh

I've read that the game is really heavy. Is it heavy even with the backbox removed?

Yes.  No.

Great

Nice purchase.

These suckers are HEAVY, so you'll want 2 people to move it and do it with the head removed. (trust me)

Hoping to add RFM to my lineup shortly as well.

Doug

Quoted from jonny_eh

I've read that the game is really heavy.

This might lighten it up: http://www.cgcc.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19070

Congrats. I'd love to get an RFM now that I've had some play time on one, but I can't see it happening any time soon.

Yes, it is a heavy beast. I think w/ the head remove it would be pretty easy to use a dolly and bring it down your stairs. You are welcome to use my dolly if you like and I'll even come over to help if we can plan a convenient time. Just send me a PM.

Cheers,
Duane

Quoted from OTTOgd

This might lighten it up: http://www.cgcc.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19070

That was on display @ the Niagara show.   Looked very impressive from what I know!

Thanks for the offer Duane. Hippochrome and I have been getting good at moving pins in and out using moving straps. Just did HS last night without breaking a sweat. Getting the GNR in was probably the most challenging yet due to being a widebody.

But why is pin2k cabs heavier (minus the head) than other pins? Is it the computer in it? Couldn't it just be removed?

Quoted from jonny_eh

Thanks for the offer Duane. Hippochrome and I have been getting good at moving pins in and out using moving straps. Just did HS last night without breaking a sweat. Getting the GNR in was probably the most challenging yet due to being a widebody.

But why is pin2k cabs heavier (minus the head) than other pins? Is it the computer in it? Couldn't it just be removed?

The lower cab with the head removed isn't as heavy as say a WPC, but the head on a P2K is so heavy because of the CRT in it. (not to mention it's physically got more wood to it than conventional heads)

The best part about P2K is working on them.  Absolutely brilliant design.

Doug

Quoted from Menace

The lower cab with the head removed isn't as heavy as say a WPC, but the head on a P2K is so heavy because of the CRT in it. (not to mention it's physically got more wood to it than conventional heads)

The best part about P2K is working on them.  Absolutely brilliant design.

Doug

Great, so it won't be a problem to bring it in then. We get normal sized pins in and out all the time

Bringing the head in separate may be a bit challenging though, due to its bulk.

I moved my RFM when I had one by myself, it's wasn't fun and I was pretty sore the next day but it is possible, but wouldn't recommend it.

Head is the heaviest part because of the monitor.  But because the PF comes out so easy you can move it in 3 parts really, Head, Cab, PF.  

Awesome game....  very different from any other PIN I have owned.  I really enjoy it!

The machine is VERY HEAVY assembled, but if your moving it, take the head off, and the playfield out... then it's not bad at all.

The tourney option is a little bit silly.  You have to register (and he will be charging $ for registration soon), and to link to the internet with your high score..... so basically, unless your a world caliber RFM player, you have just taken away any enjoyment of achieving your own high score.  Plus the extra parts and the convcersion????

In addition, there is no way to control another play from taking off the glass and using thier finger to score CRAZY numbers....  again, great concept, but in reality a little silly.

When you take apart the machine and re-assemble it.. make sure:

- Connector cables are nice and tight,
- BOTH fans in the CPU area are working,
- the legs are on securely (with feet) - again very heavy.

Great buy.  please report on teh shipping process... I have always been curious... and since you won't sell me your GNR, I too will have to go via the States.

Thanks

Congrats on the addition Jonny.

Quoted from TGlover

The tourney option is a little bit silly.  

I think it's a GREAT idea.  Gives you something to strive for without having anyone over to compete against.  Yes one could remove the glass and rack up a silly score but whats the fun in that? (and I think anyone that goes through the trouble of setting up their RFM for tourney play would play fair, as it's not just plug and play)  From what I've seen of the tourney so far, all of the scores are legit and a number of them are local Toronto players.

As soon as I get my RFM, I will be installing all of the tourney gear I've managed to acquire over the past couple years in anticipation.  As long as the tourney hosts fee is reasonable I don't have any problem donating, after all the host is out of pocket for everything so far...

My $0.02.

Doug

You're probably right that it isn't worth the effort to go online, but I think it would be fun to even get it to work. I wouldn't spend more than a few bucks on it though. I already have a compatible router (running dd-wrt) already anyways, so I'm halfway there.

Quoted from jonny_eh

You're probably right that it isn't worth the effort to go online, but I think it would be fun to even get it to work. I wouldn't spend more than a few bucks on it though. I already have a compatible router (running dd-wrt) already anyways, so I'm halfway there.

I think the most expensive part of the tourney system for you would be the barcode reader.  I managed to get the card reader that they recommend, the router and the NIC for under $100 CDN but it took a lot of digging.

Not sure how difficult it'll be to find the NIC these days at a reasonable price.

D

Good move Jon! I'm Jealous....

Quoted from Hippochrome

Good move Jon! I'm Jealous....

Shut up and play High Speed

Quoted from jonny_eh

Shut up and play High Speed

Just cleaned it, and got 5,100,000.....high score #2

You might be able to break my high score if you take the glass off

Think I better buy an Attack From Mars.....

i really want one of these machines, but with Nucore coming out, i bet everyone is gonna snatch them up, so you won't be able to find a reasonably priced on anymore,
not like i have the cash to spare, but you know what i mean

Eric

Quoted from Vengeance

Head is the heaviest part because of the monitor.  But because the PF comes out so easy you can move it in 3 parts really, Head, Cab, PF.  

That was the way I moved mine.

Wow, congrats Jon, a nice addition from what I hear! (never tried it but it seems to get a lot of love)

Last Sunday two of the guys from Nucor were over at a pin party in Dearborn Michigan.  They gave out a couple of plaques to some of the guys that were test guinea pigs for the nucor.  I should of bought one from Clay a couple of years ago.  I knew about nucor but was not sure it was going to fly and was worried about the one part that was problamatic and was around $600 to replace (sorry I forget what it was called, crystal something maybe).  Anyways the nucor is nice with the jukebox option etc.
Hope it works out with the shipping etc.

Quoted from Menace

Not sure how difficult it'll be to find the NIC these days at a reasonable price.

D

I have a couple extras.

Thing is they are computer pulls and are untested. I plugged one of the three in my machine and it worked. I suspect the other two are probably the same.

Your going to need more ram as well.

I wish they would fix the code so you wouldn't require the router. They wrote it to only allow for one hop before the packet gets killed. Going over the internet requires several hops. The code was written thinking of two machines co-located. All the router does is modify the packet to last for several hops. Long way around a solution in this case.

Thanks necro, Steph offered to sell me one too. Not so hard to find afterall!

Quoted from jonny_eh

Thanks necro, Steph offered to sell me one too. Not so hard to find afterall!

Ha ha. Steph and I got them at the same time. Ask him about it.

You hit up the two guys that have them.

Good thing we were looking after the guys in Canada. When I was looking for them the well was pretty dry.

We should run our own MAACA pin2k tournament server!

Quoted from necro_nemesis

Ha ha. Steph and I got them at the same time. Ask him about it.

True enough...  

I had already  found a couple beforehand though,
but I also got a few extras from the same lot as you
after you graciously offered to split your find if you could use my US PO Box
because the seller wouldn't ship to Canada  !      

That PO Box has paid for itself many times over !

Cheers,
Steph

Quoted from jonny_eh

We should run our own MAACA pin2k tournament server!

Well I think you might be the second guy then up and running on MAACA if you get it going.

Getting all the info you need to get it running right can be a bit of a challenge with Jim. All I can say is start with the latest software and work your way back. You need a router that has full iptables support. Even though DD-WRT will show iptables support on other models it isn't full support in some cases and the command you need isn't supported on the smaller rom flash size versions (compact). If you use the Linux version of router he states you'll be alright with his flash. Don't try and use his flash on any other router than that exact version, otherwise your on your own to figure out how to make your router work. Not bad but the main thing is make sure it has the full iptables support before starting. The other thing is for whatever reason he uses a Linux router protocol in his setup. Linksys does not default to this network config. I changed it all around to conform to my home network rather than going with his IP address setup. It just seemed more logical to me. Also watch where your getting your DNS from. "tracert" can be your friend when trying to sort it out.

Have fun! Had I had an explanation of why things needed to be configured a certain way at the onset I would have cut my time to 1/10th. Just being told do this and try this didn't make it so easy until I knew why I was doing it after figuring out why it didn't work.

Hope it's updated to 1.5

Mine is still 1.1 - and I have tried everything...  I even was lent an older laptop since mine kept saying "no connection to Com 1".

So I tried the old computer that runs on COM 1.... we first tried it in my friends RFM game, and it worked at his place.

so when I hooked it to my RFM - again, no connection to COM 1.   I beleive the problem lies with my RFM machine?  perhaps a bad serial wire (internal)?  Has anyone come across this problem before?

Thanks.

Fun stuff.

I fortunately had mine updated in the first go.  No problems (other than the laptop started to run out of power).  It seemed rather simple if you are computer savy.

Now I just need to find some (extra) free time to install the network tournament.

Quoted from TGlover

Hope it's updated to 1.5

You still need to up it to what he calls 1.8 for you to get full functionality with the system.

Necro, I'll probably be needed to pick your brain if I decide to go for it. I do in fact have the WRT54GL router with the full dd-wrt (been using it for a couple years). I'm a bit rusty with iptables but I like to consider myself technically savvy, I am a linux developer afterall.

To do the online stuff, I need this v1.8 right? Where can I find it?

Quoted from jonny_eh

Necro, I'll probably be needed to pick your brain if I decide to go for it. I do in fact have the WRT54GL router with the full dd-wrt (been using it for a couple years). I'm a bit rusty with iptables but I like to consider myself technically savvy, I am a linux developer afterall.

To do the online stuff, I need this v1.8 right? Where can I find it?

You need to get v1.8 from the guy hosting the tourney server.

Quoted from Menace

As soon as I get my RFM, I will be installing all of the tourney gear I've managed to acquire over the past couple years in anticipation.  As long as the tourney hosts fee is reasonable I don't have any problem donating, after all the host is out of pocket for everything so far...

It's free.

He gives you a link to download v1.8 down the road when you become a trusted agent.

You would think he was dealing in crack the way he protects this version. Problem is you need the thing from the onset to get it to work right. I have no idea why he would let you struggle with a lesser version to find out that it is the reason for things not functioning correctly. At least if I had known what wasn't supported in these versions I would have anticipated the problems rather than waiting to get the correct version after being indoctrinated in as a patched member.

V1.5 will get you close to full functionality. If you go without a reader make sure he puts your IP address in the server. I spent countless hours troubleshooting because he didn't do this when he said he did. Without the reader it's the only way his site knows that it's your game sending stats and logs them appropriately.

Also the card is given as black on blue. I used the exact reader and the other linked RFM I know of uses a handheld reader. We both could not get the printout in colour or grayscale to work. I had to clean up the artwork in Corel, increase the size of the barcode and replace the blue background to get it to read. The reader reads the default cards fine. He has since added a link to produce these factory cards but I had to hunt for them. You need to set parity etc. with these cards. If memory serves defaulting the reader is the correct settings for RFM.

I don't want to bother with the barcode reader, seems kinda unnecessary. I'm the only one in my house that plays these infernal machines.

Quoted from jonny_eh

I don't want to bother with the barcode reader, seems kinda unnecessary. I'm the only one in my house that plays these infernal machines.

Then V1.5 is fine. Just make sure he puts in your IP address. Problem is your IP address is probably dynamic and will change in time from your ISP.

With 1.5 you won't get the scrolling highscore table with pics. You have to go online to get this information with that version.

I have a static IP, so no worries!

With 1.5, will it still show the international high score table? What exactly are the differences between 1.5 and 1.8?

Quoted from jonny_eh

What exactly are the differences between 1.5 and 1.8?

I wish I knew "exactly" what the differences were. AFAIK it's the scrolling table and card support.

For you install I would suggest.

• V1.5 or V1.8
  Install NIC and extra RAM.
  Flash his flash since you have the exact router.
  Set up your RFM and the router settings to suit your network.
  Have him put in your IP address.
  

Your done!

Good timing?

NuCore complete:
http://groups.google.ca/group/rec.games.pinball/browse_thread/thread/36cfde820ceab39f#

Almost complete. If you use the original monitor you need the adapter otherwise your into a monitor.

It is! Price is a bit high, but if it means I can buy a new game kit down the road, or my current system goes belly up, then it's good to have. I'm glad those guys made the system!

It's also tempting to get it just to tinker. Will they allow people to write their own native game code? Or does it need to be emulated to work?

Quoted from jonny_eh

It is! Price is a bit high

Price seems fair if you got a gutted RFM or SWE1 for a good deal.

If your looking at hocking out the guts of a working game I agree without other game offerings it makes little sense to spend the money.

All in all what they are providing though if you add up the nuts and bolts and R&D seems quite fair, but lets face it we pay to play games not buy nuts and bolts.

Ya, it's totally fair. It's just not worth it yet for someone that has a working machine. I 'hope' the one I bought will be working. Please be working!!

I plan on going NuCore even if I have a working CPU.  I'll just sell off all the bits I don't need to help re-coup the cost.  The featureset and enhancements that NuCore brings to P2K will be worth the couple hundred I will be out of pocket after selling all the stuff I don't need.  (and I won't have to worry about the crappy original computer packing it in and being stuck with a paperweight)

D

I may do it sometime down the road, but what's the rush? Isn't the biggest achievement with nucore the emulation software? I know there's a hardware bit, but it looks quite simple. Will these things run out fast?

Nah, can't see them pulling the basic kit anytime soon.  For me the cost of NuCore is more than worth the benefits, and I want to support all of the work Chuck and Don did to bring it to market.  As I mentioned before, I'd rather sell off the original parts I don't require after installing NuCore while they are still good and in demand vs. waiting for them to fail and not worth anything.

I just played Revenge from Mars for the first time today at Union Station (In Toronto on vacation).  I really liked it.

Arggh, this hurts. My pin is waiting pick up, but the package centre closes at 5pm today and won't be open till Monday! It's sitting there waiting for me!

Quoted from jonny_eh

Arggh, this hurts. My pin is waiting pick up, but the package centre closes at 5pm today and won't be open till Monday! It's sitting there waiting for me!

This is the time when you fake an illness and leave work early.

I would only be able to get there with 10 minutes before closing, and that would be if I had my passport on me and didn't have any wait time at the border.

Quoted from jonny_eh

I would only be able to get there with 10 minutes before closing, and that would be if I had my passport on me and didn't have any wait time at the border.

So when are you selling a pin to make room, like 6MDM maybe?

Not my favorite game, but I must admit that playing a 6-player game at the meeting was something else!

Didn't you notice? My HS is gone and hippochrome conspicuously has a new game!

Quoted from jonny_eh

Didn't you notice? My HS is gone and hippochrome conspicuously has a new game!

Damn... you guys are quick.

HURRY UP!!! You have 5 minutes left!

If there was a complete other game offering doubt I would break down an RFM to create it. In the end it would probably be best to be another dedicated game. Best case is to find cab and with no playfield and driver board for this purpose. Never witnessed one torn apart this far yet though so it would be a hunt to get that combination at the right price. It would be nice to have a complete dedicated Wizard Blocks, but again not at the price of losing RFM.

As for swapping pf's around to change games, it's not for me. Build a game and keep it running. Swapping stuff around just to play a different game does not interest me.

There was a SWE1 kit posted to Mr Pinball this morning for $900, pretty tempting. But a bit soon for me, I don't even have my RFM yet! It does interest me though, much easier to swap a playfield than a whole machine.

Quoted from jonny_eh

Didn't you notice? My HS is gone and hippochrome conspicuously has a new game!

Yikes, better start saving, HS @ Hippo's will only last a few days/weeks...

Quoted from jonny_eh

much easier to swap a playfield than a whole machine.

True, but the reality is that you'll likely not do that more than once, maybe twice...
(...it's more work than you think....)

I have a NIB  SW Ep.1 kit  (...I actually have the box ! )
and only made the swap once.  

SW was good, but RFM is more fun,
... so I've I have the SW back in the box for 2 years now...
(...the kit probably only has about 50 plays on it !)

...and no, I'm not really planning on selling it (unless someone offers stupid money for it...),
because I'm hoping to find a gutted Pin2K cab to put it in...
(... I passed on one at a Starburst auction last year which sold for only $300... still kicking myself... )

Can't wait to hear how your RFM turns out.

Steph

Quoted from Steph

...and no, I'm not really planning on selling it (unless someone offers stupid money for it...)

How's 10 bucks? You said "stupid money".

How much did you pay for the kit? If you don't mind me asking. Did it come with a prism card?

Quoted from necro_nemesis

How's 10 bucks? You said "stupid money".

No, that's "dumb" money...
Stupid money is about 200x that    

Quoted from jonny_eh

How much did you pay for the kit? If you don't mind me asking. Did it come with a prism card?

I paid $1000US for it  (...when the CDN $ was ALOT weaker...), but it was NIB...
I picked it up, so no shipping costs.

It does NOT come with the PRISM card.

I bought that separately.
Actually I only got "half" the PRISM card ; the half for the EPROMs.
I paid $250US for that...

A full (dual) card was around $500 a few years back.

I'm sure the price of a PRISM card will plummet with NUCORE.


Steph

There was one posted on MrPinball this morning:

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Star Wars Episode One Conversion Kit, 1999 Williams:  $900
NOS Williams pinball 2000 conversion kit to be used to change a revenge from mars to a star wars pin. This kit is still in the factory crate, complete except for the side art. Prefer local pick up, but will ship if needed.
Rick  Phone:  1-603-330-3369
Rochester, New Hampshire 03867
--------------------------------------------------------

Yea but with Nucore swapping becomes a snap, assuming you have the dual plunger, pull one PF out pop the new one in, turn the machine on, with that kind of simplicity I can't see why you wouldn't do it

Quoted from Steph

No, that's "dumb" money...
Stupid money is about 200x that    

I agree. That would be stupid money for that.

AFAIK they come up for about half of that in USD NIB. Funny thing is a lot stay NIB so I don't think anyone else wants to go to the trouble to convert them either.  

Quoted from Vengeance

Yea but with Nucore swapping becomes a snap, assuming you have the dual plunger, pull one PF out pop the new one in, turn the machine on, with that kind of simplicity I can't see why you wouldn't do it

Flashing the old system is a piece of cake. Programming isn't really a sticking point which is the only additional ease Nucore would add to conversion.

Quoted from necro_nemesis

Flashing the old system is a piece of cake. Programming isn't really a sticking point which is the only additional ease Nucore would add to conversion.

Actually, NuCore eliminates the prism card too.

That was the real headache...
( taking the card out, "splitting-up the sandwich" , swapping 12 eproms,
re-assembling the prism card. etc... )

If you install the dual-plunger, then yes, all you would then
need to do is swap the PF to play with NuCore.


Steph

Quoted from Steph

Actually, NuCore eliminates the prism card too.

That was the real headache...
( taking the card out, "splitting-up the sandwich" , swapping 12 eproms,
re-assembling the prism card. etc... )

If you install the dual-plunger, then yes, all you would then
need to do is swap the PF to play with NuCore.


Steph

I think Necro's point was that since reprogramming a prism card is easy, nucore doesn't offer much for swapping games. But according to you, it isn't so easy actually. Interesting.

Quoted from jonny_eh

I think Necro's point was that since reprogramming a prism card is easy, nucore doesn't offer much for swapping games. But according to you, it isn't so easy actually. Interesting.

Running update manager isn't a whole heck of a big deal.

The sound and graphics roms are the concern I would assume with the sandwich.

AWESOME!!!!!  I needed a couple plastics for my RFM, so I bid on a NOS entire set.....   and won on EBAY.

the cool thing is they are from George Gomez's personal collection... and he will sign them and provide a photo for proof of autheticity!  WOW.. how cool.

I don't need all the plastic peices, so if you need any, let me know.  How cool, the actual lead designer's real autograph on one of my plastics... with a Photo...cool (I'm pretty excited - can you tell).

Quoted from jonny_eh

I think Necro's point was that since reprogramming a prism card is easy, nucore doesn't offer much for swapping games. But according to you, it isn't so easy actually. Interesting.

You don't actually re-program the prism card; you physically swap out eproms. (12x)

Necro's comments was about re-flashing the bios chip on the mobo.

A full RFM to SW swap involves :

Swapping PFs (5 minutes)
Replacing auto-launch button with plunger (5 minutes)
Swapping prism card roms (15-20 mins [delicate procedure; easy to damage proms or card] )
Flashing Bios (which requires laptop PC and null modem cable) (10 mins)
Replace Marquee (Optional)  (5 mins)

So the whole process takes 30-40 minutes.
With NuCore you eliminate the prism card and bios flashing
which accounts for most of work.

If you install the dual-plunger, it really would be just a PF swap...
http://www.robertwinter.com/pinball/pin2000/p2k_shooter.html

Cheers,
Steph

Quoted from TGlover

AWESOME!!!!!  I needed a couple plastics for my RFM, so I bid on a NOS entire set.....   and won on EBAY.

the cool thing is they are from George Gomez's personal collection... and he will sign them and provide a photo for proof of autheticity!  WOW.. how cool.

I don't need all the plastic peices, so if you need any, let me know.  How cool, the actual lead designer's real autograph on one of my plastics... with a Photo...cool (I'm pretty excited - can you tell).

cool, I saw that auction. I'm getting the machine tomorrow, so if it has missing plastics I'll let ya know.

Quoted from Steph

You don't actually re-program the prism card; you physically swap out eproms. (12x)

Necro's comments was about re-flashing the bios chip on the mobo.

A full RFM to SW swap involves :

Swapping PFs (5 minutes)
Replacing auto-launch button with plunger (5 minutes)
Swapping prism card roms (15-20 mins [delicate procedure; easy to damage proms or card] )
Flashing Bios (which requires laptop PC and null modem cable) (10 mins)
Replace Marquee (Optional)  (5 mins)

So the whole process takes 30-40 minutes.
With NuCore you eliminate the prism card and bios flashing
which accounts for most of work.

If you install the dual-plunger, it really would be just a PF swap...
http://www.robertwinter.com/pinball/pin2000/p2k_shooter.html

Cheers,
Steph

Yeah, we got to see Chuck and Don (actually it was just Don by himself as Chuck was still speaking) do the RFM to SWeP1 swap live during their seminar last year at expo.  With the plunger swap the game went from RFM to SWeP1 in under 10 mins.  One of the coolest features is NuCore has PF sensing code built in, so it automatically runs the correct software based solely on which PF is installed in the game.  No switches or soft menus to sift through, just swap the PF and you're up and running.

D

I've got it! Picked it up from "The Corporate Center". Only cost $20 for them to receive the pallet. The guy there even helped me unwrap it from the pallet and bring it down the stairs into the minivan, very nice people. They also had a small dog that wouldn't stop barking, and its bark sounded like a squeeze toy, very weird.

The machine looks nice, a 7 or 8 (whatever that means). Hopefully it works. Hippochrome's on his way to help me move it downstairs. I declared it at the border, showed my paypal receipt, paid my taxes and went on my way. Very painless.

Argh! I hooked it all up (as best I could, since I don't know pin2k) and nothing is happening! The monitor is blank, but is definitely lit up. The computer is whirring away, and the CPU fan starts up about 10 seconds after I turn it on.

It came with the head detached, so I hope I reconnected all the wires. Into the computer I attached the parallel and serial cables, and the monitor cable. Anything else I'm missing?

I think that's about it for cables...  There should be a power cable for the monitor etc, but it sounds like you got that one already because the computer and monitor are coming up.  (is the maquee light coming on?)

you might need to pop the CPU out and reseat the prism / double check all your connections.  Lets hope it's something simple.

D

Just took a peak at the power driver board. For the row of fuses, the fouron the right most are lit red, then the fifth from the right is green, then the rest are dark. What does that mean?

Quoted from Tuborg

Yikes, better start saving, HS @ Hippo's will only last a few days/weeks...

Well, if anyone has an AFM, CV, or MB for sale ......HS and JT are gonzo

Quoted from jonny_eh

Just took a peak at the power driver board. For the row of fuses, the fouron the right most are lit red, then the fifth from the right is green, then the rest are dark. What does that mean?

You got the coin door open when you check these fuse LED's?  If the coin door is open all the led's to the left of the Green +12V LED will be off. (but these will not be the cause of your non-booting CPU)

When you turn the game on, the CRT should be solid white and then go to black as the game starts to boot.  If you're not getting ANY picture, check to see if the the "Health" LED (LED2) is blinking after a while, and make sure you've got +5V (LED17)

I've hooked the pin2k pc up to a monitor, but am still not seeing anything.
The power supply is pretty noisy. But the CPU fan is spinning.

And the coin door has been closed when doing earlier testing.