Picked up a Williams Pennant Fever not too long ago and had a little
time to play around with it today.

When I purchased it, other then some GI turning on, machine did nothing. Replaced the power supply with another I had sitting around, have all my voltages, but no life on the MPU. Measured 5V, 12V & -12 on the
connector. And 5V at some of the chips. Board has zero battery damage.

Nothing on the 7 segment display, nothing at the displays (tested those voltages as well at the power supply had my +100 & -100).

Would the cpu itself cause absolutely nothing to appear working?

Any help appreciated.


Paul

Oh and not that this was a high production game, but I did see it has
proto eproms, which i kinda thought was neat.

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On 2022/07/17 7:37 p.m., Paul wrote:

Picked up a Williams Pennant Fever not too long ago and had a little
time to play around with it today.

When I purchased it, other then some GI turning on, machine did nothing. Replaced the power supply with another I had sitting around, have all my voltages, but no life on the MPU. Measured 5V, 12V & -12 on the
connector. And 5V at some of the chips. Board has zero battery damage.

Nothing on the 7 segment display, nothing at the displays (tested those voltages as well at the power supply had my +100 & -100).

Would the cpu itself cause absolutely nothing to appear working?

Any help appreciated.

Paul

Oh and not that this was a high production game, but I did see it has
proto eproms, which i kinda thought was neat.

Hi Paul,

Are there any LEDs lighting on the MPU board - the one with the batteries?

If not then I would suspect the power connector to the MPU or at the
power supply first.

Check for 5VDC on the MPU itself before assuming power is actually good.

John :-#)#

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On 7/19/2022 12:40 AM, John Robertson wrote:

On 2022/07/17 7:37 p.m., Paul wrote:

Picked up a Williams Pennant Fever not too long ago and had a little
time to play around with it today.

When I purchased it, other then some GI turning on, machine did
nothing. Replaced the power supply with another I had sitting around,
have all my voltages, but no life on the MPU. Measured 5V, 12V & -12
on the connector. And 5V at some of the chips. Board has zero battery
damage.

Nothing on the 7 segment display, nothing at the displays (tested
those voltages as well at the power supply had my +100 & -100).

Would the cpu itself cause absolutely nothing to appear working?

Any help appreciated.


Paul

Oh and not that this was a high production game, but I did see it has
proto eproms, which i kinda thought was neat.

Hi Paul,

Are there any LEDs lighting on the MPU board - the one with the batteries?

If not then I would suspect the power connector to the MPU or at the
power supply first.

Check for 5VDC on the MPU itself before assuming power is actually good.

John :-#)#

John,
Thank you for the reply. Sorry I should have worded things better.
After replacing the power supply (working spare i have), I tested the
voltages at the connector of the MPU. I have +5, +12 & -12 there. I also
probed a couple of the chips (randomly) on the MPU and had +5 on one of
the corner pins.


There is a 7 segment display on the MPU, it shows nothing. Which is why
I asked if the cpu on the mpu was bad would cause this.

Paul

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