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Hi everyone, so I have a power up issue with my ace pot of gold, which has impact parts. What happens is, after i haven't played it for a couple of days or more it doesn't boot up straight away, just the coin insert light comes on and you literally have to leave it on for about 5/10mins and then switch off, wait and put back on and it eventually boots up. It sometimes stops halfway through the reels moving, like its really struggling to get to full power. It also resets back to the jackpots on the reels and 0% aim. I have replaced the processor board battery and all tracks on that pcb work fine, which rules that out. Im thinking this may point to a psu problem? The two red lights on the motherboard come on fine too, with the second flashing after a few seconds depending how cold it is. Ive heard its quite a common problem with JPM Impacts not liking being switched off for sometime or being cold. How easy is it to fix a psu on them, seems far over my head, but getting into the microelectronics side of things, have to really considering how old these machines are. They dont make them like this anymore! 

Hi all,

I recently acquired a 1996 JPM/Crystal Snakes and Ladders Impact. All seemed to be working fine, only an error 8.3, where the battery was flat and I replaced it, luckily no leakage! And an error 1.9 coin mech, but is intermittent and plays fine.

So heres the new problem: I was flicking some of the DIL or DIP switches, whichever they're called to change the stake and payout, but there are 2 sets, the one on the mother board and another on the side near the reels. The machine is now stuck on the mode where it doesn't 'attract' with the lamp display and LCD messages when there are no credits and just has all dimly lit bulbs and snakes and ladders displayed on the LCD screen (DIL no5) according to the manual. This is when i flick it both ON and OFF. Could it be broken, how on earth do you fix DIL switches, seems like a big job or am I just missing something simple? I've reset the machine and still doesn't shift from this mode. 

Would really appreciate some advice on the JPM Impact era as have a few of these machines now, albeit one is by ACE, but obviously same parts. And also advice on how to actually change the stake and jackpot as the other DIL switch set doesn't seem to work, when I flip them, error code 5.5 comes up (invalid mode of play).

Thanks a lot. 

Hi everyone, I've been struggling to fix my 1997 JPM Sonic the hedgehog fruit machine, so any help would be much appreciated.

Had it for about 12 years now and played fine up until this point, £1 coin payout has never worked, but thats another issue.

When I switched it on error 8.5 displayed (RAM Corruption) according to the manual. Then it wouldn't power up, only alarmed. I opened the back door and altered some DIL switches and reset the RAM by holding the test button for 20 seconds as you power it up. Now here is the bizarre part.. An IOU code came up: 134225920 TO. I then reset it again and the error code is now gone and it displays like normal, but it just gets weirder.. Every spin now brings in the jackpot and I have no idea how to get this back to its normal self. The APEM switches are all the same and is at 80%, but with bringing the jackpot in all the time, its registering and showing the Actual % as about 200 at the moment in test mode. 

I defiantly think the battery needs changing on the Processor board, I literally haven't done anything to the machine since I got it as knew nothing, but now its gone wrong I'm learning, gutted really as these machines are getting rarer due to lazy idiots like myself lol. But I'm not sure if this leakage would cause such a fault as just spinning in the jackpot all the time, seems to be stuck on some kind of mode :-/ I've attached some pics of the battery damage also. 

Thanks! 

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Could be the coin mech problem: Loose wire.. 

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If anyone knows where there is a JPM/Crystal Vogue cabinet Pot Of Gold, please can you let me know. Would also settle for the Ace version, one slipped away from me recently on eBay for so cheap at £90, although the reels look like they've seen better days. I've emailed the buyer since he happened to be a youtuber haha. My alis is zeus5 on that incase he reads this. Hopefuly he will feel like selling soon. Im wondering if reelfruits in Kent would sell theirs at the right price, as they have the Crystal version, which is the one i used to play all the time as a kid. Thanks