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[rexer]

hi peeps

 

since selling my roller coaster i was itching for another machine so bagged a costa del cash club.

 

It came with the coin mech laying in the bottom and the previous owner has been playing it with the bottom door ajar on free play, worked fine like this for about an hour then the alpha display went out, i noticed there was some light bleeding in the top left corner but then nothing. If i reboot the machine it comes on and the alpha stays working for about 60 seconds then goes out.

 

I have ordered another alpha display (samsung 16LF01UA3) but im not that hopeful that this is the fault. 

 

Could it be the MUX5 board that drives it? there are no fault codes coming up and all the leds on the board are working fine showing no issues.

 

Machine is an MPU5 but the alpha is controlled by the MUX5 board 

 

I have checked the battery on the MPU5 and its fine and dandy with plenty of voltage

 

Many thanks

 

Rex

[impact]

costa del cash club is an mpu5 based on mpu4 bank roll club. Cant remember if it was driven from the mux5 as using block connect (1997). Not all alpha issues where seen by the mpu5/mux5. I would of pointed at the alpha first call even if its the mux5 you have a spare.

[rexer]

Thanks impact.

I have tried to eliminate the mux board by leaving the display disconnected and the machine on for over an hour. Plug the display in and it works for about half hour then cuts out.

My guess is if it was the board it would cut the display out a lot sooner.

New display ordered 👍

[rexer]

Thanks impact.

I have tried to eliminate the mux board by leaving the display disconnected and the machine on for over an hour. Plug the display in and it works for about half hour then cuts out.

My guess is if it was the board it would cut the display out a lot sooner.

New display ordered 👍

[impact]

No probs Rexer , caps on the alpha gone bad let us know please Rexer

[rexer]

Will do, is this a regular issue as i cant find much info on the samsung 16LF01UA3 apart from a spec sheet and some cool dude who made a clock out of one haha

[impact]

on del cash it should be a 7pin with a space in between 2 end pins. I need to look now ahhhhhhh

[impact]

Take a pic of your loom as it shouldn't be the 18way pin. Hmmm the library wouldn't  have written in for that display. As it was a later rev frenzy etc . Unless there was a build that was including that library in the £1000/£500 may have hmmm. I`ve seen so many builds of software its nuts  

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Notice how the display is slightly illuminated in th e top left corner

Edited by rexer, 23 January 2018 - 05:40 AM.

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ah, apparently photobucket want money for hot linking photos now........

[impact]

If you can see it faintly. Caps need replacing

[rexer]

thanks again impact, funny enough it lasted a good few hours tonight, i have been experimenting with the dill switches and it lasted. 

 

worked out that i can change the stakes from single amounts to double play 10 and 20p, double play 20 and 30p, or all three at the same time. 

Jackpot £75/£150/£200/£250/£500 and £1000

upped the % from 76 to 80

 

Seems if i put it on the 30p stake with the £75 JP i get on the board really quick but also get kicked off pretty quick too haha, there must be a sweet spot to set it to so i can get on teh better features but i guess thats the fun of trial and error haha.

 

Ill change that display and then maybe even look at changing the caps on the crap one, its all a learning curve right ?

[rexer]

from all the posts i have seen for this machine people dont seem to like it, i think its pretty fun to play

[rexer]

Fitted the new display, its quite a bit dimmer than the previous one and i can see more light in the top left corner than the other one. ill leave it on for a few hours and see if it cuts out.

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Also the new display is a samsung 16LF01UA4, the previous one is a 16LF01UA3. They look almost identical but there is a couple more chips on the back. connection and mounting is identical.....

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Is this forum dead? Doesn't seem to be much activity