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#1 john_discos

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Posted 06 January 2010 - 02:44 AM

firstly i'd like to thank you all for such a great site i managed to fix a franky dettories 7th heaven by just reading the many posts of q's and A's hours of reading :wacko:but well worth it:D
secoundly i have a bfm star prize machine which i have managed to get up and running ( scorpion 4 board ) but i have a small problem with some lights staying on which wont go out, has anyone got a service manual for this particular machine, as i fancy having a go at tracing the fault , any help would be greatly appriciated
cheers john

#2 todd1970

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Posted 06 January 2010 - 08:28 AM

firstly i'd like to thank you all for such a great site i managed to fix a franky dettories 7th heaven by just reading the many posts of q's and A's hours of reading :wacko:but well worth it:D
secoundly i have a bfm star prize machine which i have managed to get up and running ( scorpion 4 board ) but i have a small problem with some lights staying on which wont go out, has anyone got a service manual for this particular machine, as i fancy having a go at tracing the fault , any help would be greatly appriciated
cheers john


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#3 skabaz

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Posted 07 January 2010 - 12:19 AM

its a faulty scorpion 4 board that you have.

look where it says lights or bulb inputs on the board and there will be either dry joints or some transistors will be dead.

thats usually the problem.

let me know if you need a replacement scorp 4 board as i have couple left.

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#4 john_discos

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Posted 07 January 2010 - 01:35 PM

ok thanks will have a look at the board later for dry joints and get the trannies checked with a multimeter and hopefully find the fault will let you know how i get on
cheers john

#5 john_discos

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Posted 10 January 2010 - 12:57 AM

checked 4 dry joints , found none then checked trannies with meter but they checked out ok, but i did find a dead in4118 diode near the battery will get that changed but i would'nt think this would effect the lights 0n the boad would it?:skeptical:
any ideas
cheers john




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