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1 Introduction

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Gottlieb System 3 Board Set - Alphanumeric Display

Gottlieb System 3 Board Set - Dot Matrix Display

2 Games

2.1 Alpha-Numeric

Lights Action Camera
Sliver Slugger
Vegas
Deadly Weapon
Title Fight
Nudge-It
Bell Ringer
Car Hop
Hoops
Cactus Jack
Class of 1812
Amazon Hunt III
Surf'n Safari
Caribbean Cruise
Operation Thunder

2.2 Dot Matrix

Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros: Mushroom World
Cue Ball Wizard
Street Fighter II
Tee'd Off
Gladiators
Wipe Out
World Challenge Soccer
Rescue 911
Freddy: a Nightmare on Elm Street
Shaq Attaq
Stargate
Big Hurt
Waterworld
Strikes N Spares
Mario Andretti
Barb Wire
Brooks & Dunn
Casino Royale

3 Technical Info

4 Problems and Solutions

4.1 Ground updates

4.2 Power Problems

4.3 MPU boot issues

4.3.1 Relocating the battery from the MPU board

4.3.2 Repairing Alkaline Corrosion

4.3.3 Connecting a logic probe to the MPU

4.3.4 Using a PC Power Supply For Bench Testing

4.4 Game resets

4.5 Solenoid problems

4.6 Lamp problems

If your game is burning up lots of lamps quickly, check your voltage setting underneath the playfield. A setting of 110v can cause bulbs to burn out too quickly, 120v fixes the issue.

4.7 Switch problems

4.8 Display problems

4.9 Sound problems

4.10 Flipper problems

Flipper flutter--Check the EOS switch to verify that the wires don't have a cold solder joint issue. Flipper weakness--The EOS switch and flipper button switches can cause issues if they're not clean and adjusted properly. Replacing the EOS switches can improve strength dramatically.

4.11 Pop bumper problems

5 Repair Logs

Did you do a repair? Log it here as a possible solution for others.

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 ===[[System 3 Satellite Boards]]===
-==Problems and Fixes==
+==Problems and Solutions==
+===Ground updates===
-===Power Driver Issues===
+===Power Problems===
-This may not apply to some, as MPU might have been part of it.
+===MPU boot issues===
-===MPU Issues===
+====Relocating the battery from the MPU board====
+==== Repairing Alkaline Corrosion ====
-===Power Supply Issues===
+==== Connecting a logic probe to the MPU ====
+==== Using a PC Power Supply For Bench Testing ====
-===Display Driver Board===
+===Game resets===
-Possibly doesn't apply to some, can't think of an example.
+===Solenoid problems===
+===Lamp problems===
-===Flipper Issues===
+If your game is burning up lots of lamps quickly, check your voltage setting underneath the playfield.  A setting of 110v can cause bulbs to burn out too quickly, 120v fixes the issue.
+===Switch problems===
+===Display problems===
+===Sound problems===
+===Flipper problems===
 Flipper flutter--Check the EOS switch to verify that the wires don't have a cold solder joint issue.
 Flipper weakness--The EOS switch and flipper button switches can cause issues if they're not clean and adjusted properly.  Replacing the EOS switches can improve strength dramatically.
+===Pop bumper problems===
-===Lamp Matrix Issues===
-If your game is burning up lots of lamps quickly, check your voltage setting underneath the playfield.  A setting of 110v can cause bulbs to burn out too quickly, 120v fixes the issue.
-===Game Specific Fixes===
-On Stargate (and probably some other games like Big Hurt) you are occasionally asked to answer a question with the flipper buttons.  The flippers still work but the button selection doesn't.  What has happened is one of the wires at the coil has probably broken lose.  On my Stargate, I could select with the left button but not the right button, but all flippers still worked.  Searching underneath revealed the broken wire.
-Stargate--left upkicker can't get the ball up to the ramp.  Upgrading to the strongest coil will solve the problem.
-Stargate--On the shot along the far right side, it will occasionally get rejected.  Putting in blue foam in the back will stop the rejections.
-Stargate 'stuck in tourney mode' or something like that.  There is a daisy chain of wires going from the playfield to the tourney mode switch.  If one of those wires breaks off (like on one of the kickers) the game may get stuck in tourney mode or something along those lines.
-Stargate--drop targets not resetting during gameplay.  This is simply a cleaning issue.  When the drop targets get dirty, the coil doesn't always have enough power to reset them.  Cleaning the targets fixes the issue.
 ==Repair Logs==
 Did you do a repair? Log it here as a possible solution for others.