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R
ecently on the slot
tech forums,
someone wanted to
know how to repair the
UP220-AE power supply. If
you are not familiar with
this power supply, it can be
found on the back of a 32"
Tatung monitor in a Bally
Alpha Pro machine. The
purpose of these power
supplies is to provide the
Tatung monitor with three
different voltages: +5v,
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UP220-AE Power Supply Repair
+12v, and +24v. When the
request was posted on the
forums, I had never tried to
troubleshoot these power
supplies but I did have two
bad power supplies on the
repair bench.
After extracting the power
supply from its casing, the
first component I tested was
the fuse and determined it
was truly bad; it was open.
Once I determined the AC
input fuse F1 was bad, the
next component I tested
was the MOSFET. The Q1
MOSFET tested fine; the
only obviously bad
component on the power
supply was capacitor C11.
C11 is one of the output
Slot Tech Magazine
By Nathan Galloway
filter capacitors for the
+24v. One fuse and one
output filter capacitor could
not be the only bad
components with this
power supply.
Editor’s Note: with a
blown fuse, we are typically
looking for a shorted
component and, generally
speaking, electrolytic
capacitors do not short-
circuit when they fail. In
fact, it’s generally just the
opposite. Their internal
ESR (equivalent series
resistance) will INCREASE
to the point that they
become unusable. It is this
undesirable, internal
resistance that causes the
February 2017
February 2017 Slot Tech Magazine Page 5
capacitors to heat up,
which in turn causes the
familiar “domed capacitor”
as the liquid electrolyte
inside the capacitor
“disassociates,” producing
Hydrogen gas, inflating the
aluminum can of the device
AND causing the familiar
domed effect, indicative of a
bad electrolytic capacitor.-rf

If you are at all familiar

with power supply repair,
you might have noticed that
some capacitors never seem
to display any physical
signs of being defective. 12v Test Point and On/Off pin on backside of Power Supply
You would not even know its working status, then I that “on/off” pin to
they were defective until returned the fixed power determine the minimum
you tested them with some supply to the bench for voltage required to activate
type of capacitor analyzer. further testing. At this the 12v and 24v.
This is typically true of stage in the Apparently this power
small capacitors. troubleshooting process, I supply does not provide the
started to provide voltage to 12v and 24v to the monitor
My initial reply on the Slot
Tech Forum was to replace
F1, C18, C28, and C39. I
had forgotten to mention
C13 but I did not forget to
replace it with the other
previously mentioned
components. After
replacing the one fuse and
five capacitors, I tested the
power supply. The only
output voltage I was getting
was the +5v. I was not
getting any output voltages
on the +12 or +24. Closer
inspection on the trace side
of the power supply PCB, I
noticed one of the pins on
B2 connector had the
marking “on/off.”

Since I was unable to fully

activate the power supply
on the repair bench, I
installed it in a monitor on
the casino floor to confirm

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until it gets at least +1.37v
applied to that “on/off” pin,
most likely provided by the
A/D board of the monitor.
It would not be practical to
use casino floor games to
test all newly repaired
power supplies. I wanted a
tool to send enough voltage
to that “on/off” pin. The
tool I created utilized a
resistor divider circuit. I
February 2017
would use the +5v output of
the power supply and
extract +1.66v and apply
that voltage to the “on/off”
pin. I used three resistors,
all having the same value:
150 Ohms. I soldered two
resistors in series giving me
a combined total of 300
Ohms. This 300 Ohm
resistor would be the R1 in
my resistor divider circuit
while the remaining 150
Ohm resistor
would be the
R2 in that
circuit. I
assembled the
resistors, pins
and a
connector in a
very crude but
effective tool.
Slot Tech Magazine
Please remember this
power “on/off” tool was
created with spare parts I
had in the shop and is very
crude but still gets the job
done. For the power “on/
off” connector, I used TE
Connectivity receptacle
housing 440129-6.The
crimp pin for the TE
Connectivity housing, I
used JST Sales America
SPH-002T-P0.5S.
Nathan Galloway
Slot Technician
Argosy Casino
Riverside, Mo 64150
Here is a list of parts I
replaced to repair this
power supply:
Editor’s Note: Still
surprising that this failure
blew the fuse. Generally
speaking, you’re looking for
a semiconductor failure on
the primary side of the
power supply when it blows
the fuse. Can anyone else
-rf
weigh in on this?-rf
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Quick & Simple Repairs #125

By Pat Porath

pair shelf with a tag speed and I should have

“doesn’t power up LCD but replaced all the caps I could
fan spins.” What in the the first time I had it apart.
world is going on with this?
A few more caps that were
IGT “Party Time” Upper
very difficult to get to were
LCD Power Supply
replaced, this time I tested

A
with a multi-meter, like I
n interesting repair
should have the first time,
on an IGT “Party
NOT assuming I had all of
Time” upper LCD
my output voltages only
power supply. The upper
because the fan spun.
LCD is also referred to an
Unusual readings appeared
“MCB2,” power supply part
such as 985 millivolts DC.
number 40011101, model
Other components were
YM-6151A. The unit has a
checked too, like the “junc-
standard C14 IEC power
tion drop” on transistor;
plug input of 120 Vac (see
they all tested fine.
illustration on the various
types of IEC-International
Nothing obvious looked bad
Electrotechnical Commit-
on the board. I had to ask
tee-power connectors. Let’s
for help as to why this unit
refer to them by their
was not working properly.
proper designation) with
After talking to a co-worker,
outputs of 5Vdc, 3.3Vdc,
they showed me an addi-
and 12Vdc. After the usual
tional ground connection
process of “capping” it (on
that needed to be made. On
an older unit I replace the
the large Molex connector
majority, if not all, capaci-
the green wire needs to
tors) and replacing the
have a jumper wire to earth
dead 5 volt DC cooling fan, I
ground. On our bench
knew I had some output DC
there is a pin that sticks
voltage. When applying
out near an 120 Vac outlet
power to the unit, the cool-
that is used. Sure enough,
ing fan spun. I did notice it
once the connection was
spun quietly but didn’t
made I had all of the output
think a whole lot about it at
voltages I was looking for,
the time. Next, the unit was
along with a fast cooling fan
tagged “ready for test” to
speed. Previously, it must
make sure it works in a
have had just enough volt-
game. What the . . . ? It
age to spin the fan at a slow
ended up back on the re-

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WMS “Progressive Dis-
abled” Error
I was told when I came in
for my shift, that there was
a WMS BB2 game down.
When turning the game
power ON, the voltage LEDs
on the back plane board
(the power supply indica-
tors) were all lit up OK but
the ones located on the
inside of the CPU board
were flashing. They are
supposed to remain illumi-
nated. It was almost like
something was shorting out
the board. Maybe the power
supply was bad? It was
replaced only to have the
failure remain the same.
February 2017
Editor’s Note: For system
troubleshooting, nothing
beats the peace of mind
that comes through
“swaptronics.” You can brag
all you want about what a
great technician you are
and how you can use a
digital multi-meter and/or
oscilloscope to ferret out all
sorts of problems (and if
you really CAN, I am super-
happy for you. It’s a real joy
to possess this skill set. I
really admire our industry’s
“super technicians” who
are, by-and-large, remark-
ably humble-a rarity among
technicians, in my experi-
ence-and more than willing
to help others through the
Slot Tech Magazine
Slot Tech Forum or here in
the pages of Slot Tech
Magazine) but regardless, it
would be foolish to not take
advantage of the sure-fire
diagnostic technique of
sub-assembly replacement.
I mention this because I am
as interested in the
troubleshooting process as I
am the actual repair. What
led you to the cause of the
problem? I specifically ask
my contributors to discuss
the things that they tried
but didn’t fix the problem.
Following a troubleshooting
path doesn’t mean that you
have “failed” on your first
attempt or any of the sub-
sequent steps you’ve taken
on the path to discover the
failure. Once you have
become familiar with the
failure, you can bypass
troubleshooting completely
and jump right to the re-
pair. -rf
Looks like possibly a bad
CPU board now. After swap-
ping the hard drive, juris-
diction chip, BIOS, OS
card, game card, and li-
cense dongle, the replace-
ment board booted up the
game. Following a RAM
clear and set up, there was
a progressive error that I
could not clear. On the
game there are three
progressives: Grand, Major,
and Minor. As I later found
out, the Grand is a linked
progressive while the other
two are stand alone. This
explained why I had “un-
available” showing on the
game side of the “Grand”
progressive software set-
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tings. A co-worker checked
game settings and such,
then came up with the
solution to the problem,
which made perfect sense.
Since the game CPU board
was replaced, it had a dif-
ferent MAC address than
the original, therefore it
could not “talk” to the pro-
gressive controller until it
had the replacement MAC
entered into it. After the
MAC was keyed in and
everything matched, the
progressive error cleared
and the amount appeared
correctly on the top LCD.
What is a MAC address and
what is its definition? Me-
dia Access Control address
of a device is a unique
identifier assigned to net-
work interfaces for commu-
nication. In other words it’s
an alpha numeric number
that identifies hardware to
a network computer or
controller. We have a simi-
lar problem when games
are moved or converted. On
our Oasis 360 system, if a
Sentinel isn’t taken
“offline” before 4 am, one of
the failures are a game will
have “PBT” error and promo
cash won’t download.
Someone from accounting
or an experienced tech
needs to go into the “Black
Bart” program and click on
the “reset mac id” tab lo-
cated on the bottom part of
the screen. I’ve had ac-
counting do this for me a
few times. Within a couple
minutes, the game ac-
cepted promo cash per-
fectly. This was all because
the “system” had the mac
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address tied to the old SG “Twin Star” Freezing
location or old machine Up After an Hour and a
number. Once matched, Half
everything is fine and can
communicate properly. We had a Scientific Games
Twin Star machine that
Konami Both Screens would only last about an
Were Black hour and a half until the
game would freeze up.
I was called to a Konami Again and again after the
Podium KP3 that had no hour it would freeze. Usu-
exterior lighting and both ally, when memory errors
the upper and lower or freezing up happens on
screens were black. I told these games, a “factory
the slot attendant to try reset” (full RAM Clear)
rebooting the game. Within needs to be preformed,
the hour, a call came again then it is fine. I was told a
for the same problem. With- “factory reset” was already
out looking at the game done on it so now what? A
first, I had brought a spare field tech from the company
main power supply with was scheduled to arrive so I
me. I was correct. No power waited to ask what they
to both LCDs and no exte- would do. I was told a “fac-
rior lights indicate a bad tory reset “ should do the
main power supply (which trick, if not, perhaps the
is located on the lower right brain box was failing. When
hand side of the game and talking to a co-worker, they
very easy to replace with stated a reset may not have
only one thumb screw). been done. So a reset was
After it was re-
placed, the game
was fine. With
my experience
working on these
power supplies,
Sometimes only
replacing a large
domed capacitor
along with a
board mounted
fuse fixes these
ones. Capacitor
is 420 v 270 uf
fuse is ceramic
type 6.3 amps.
Konami power
supply part
number is
45277, the
model number is
VA-26936
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done on it, the OS, game
software, and such were
reloaded into the brain box
via thumb drives. Options
were set accordingly, then
it was time for the test. It
accepted promo cash and
tickets, then it was a wait-
ing game. Would it stay
running for more than an
hour and a half? Sure
enough it did. On a differ-
ent day a Twin Star on the
opposite side of the bank
didn’t have any sound.
Software options were
checked, connections were
checked, nothing looked
loose or unplugged. Maybe
a reboot will fix it? A power
cycle of the game was done,
during the boot up process
it had an “infamous WMS
beeping door open sound”
so I was quite sure the
game sound would work
now. Once it was complete,
I touched the volume icon
located on the button
panel. It did in fact work,
the game now had sound.
Aristocrat “Double Arc”
“Buffalo” (large curved
game
game)
The Arc and Double Arc are
two of Aristocrat’s newer
models. Programs I’ve seen
in them are “Buffalo.”
“Walking Dead” and
“Brittney.” The Double Arc
is hard to miss on the floor.
Two large curved LCDs, one
on top of the other, not
quite as large as the Aristo-
crat “Goliath” but no doubt
a second place. Anyway, I
was called to a Buffalo Arc
WAP game (wide area pro-
gressive) that displayed
February 2017
“progressive level mis-
match” on it. Naturally, the
customer was in the middle
of a bonus at the time so
the repair needed to be
quick. The first time I had
worked on the game, it had
to be rebooted a couple of
times which took some
time, CAT 5 connections
were checked and so on.
Finally the error cleared.
The second time I ran into
it, main game power was
turned off then main game
input power was discon-
nected for about 30 sec-
onds. Power was re-con-
nected, game power turned
back ON, then wait for it to
fully boot up. The error
cleared and the customer
continued their bonus play.
Editor’s note: FM repair?-
rf
IGT G20 “Wrong Asset
Number” Error When
Downloading Promo
Cash
I had an IGT G20 that had a
“wrong asset number” error
when trying to download
promo cash during a test
procedure after a game
conversion. In other words,
a game was converted to a
different theme therefore
paperwork and testing
needs to be completed to
make sure everything
works as it should, such as
accepting promo cash,
accepting bills, print and
accept tickets, correct
points are accumulated on
the promo cash test card
and so on. When the
“wrong asset number” error
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appeared on the Oasis n-
Compass display I knew it
had to do with the machine
house number. Which side
though? Was it a game
option or an Oasis option
that was incorrect? In game
options, I found out the
area in which the game
house number and game
serial number were sup-
posed to be entered had
been accidentally left
blank. Once the numbers
were entered in, the game
accepted promo cash per-
fectly. Also after a conver-
sion, sometimes an “SAS
timeout” error or “general
error” will appear on the
Oasis display. Simply
rebooting the game along
the the n-Compass unit
usually clears these errors,
as long as there is good
game and system commu-
nication, and of course
when the game is in a total
idle state. None of the doors
are showing open, paper
isn’t low, and such.
- Pat Porath
pporath@slot-techs.com
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 Slot Tech Feature Article

Wilder Things #1
By Wilder Contreras
and baking
soda in small
layers at a
time. That way,
it has time to
dry better.

If you use too

much glue, it
will just get
really messy
Randy,
and will not work. I usually
place a piece of paper Let me know if this is the
I have been reading your kind of stuff you are
under the project and when
magazine both online and needing or if you have
I’m done, I put the baking
in print for a while now and already used this tip and I
soda that has spilled
have always enjoyed seeing have just missed it. I’m not
everywhere back into my
what other people have sure how all this publishing
container.
been doing all over. thing works.
After it dries, the plastic
Here is a quick tip for Thank You,
can be sanded and even
repairing most plastics. I Wilder Contreras
painted if needed.
have been using this for a Hollywood Gaming
while. It’s not really my own
idea but I picked it up from
model making.

Two basic supplies:

cyanoacrylate (Krazy Glue)
and baking soda.

The way it works is you get

the broken pieces, join
them together and you use
a small amount of the glue.
While still wet, you sprinkle
the baking soda all over.

You will see the baking

soda absorb the glue. You
can keep sprinkling until it
stops absorbing, then you
can keep repeating the glue

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VLT Technician on contact with many NaOH. The reaction is the
777 Hollywood Blvd. surfaces. Most often it is following:NaHCO3 + H2O —
Dayton, OH 45414 initialized by the presence —> NaOH + H2CO3NaOH is
of water (the OH ions from a very good starter of the
Editor’s Note: You bet this water).If you have sodium polymerization reaction. It
is the kind of stuff we need bicarbonte present, traces will make the reaction go
in Slot Tech Magazine! of water (from the surface very fast. This is an
Thanks for the or air) will react and make exothermic reaction.
contribution. The way “this
publishing thing works” is
just what you did here. You
sent nice little tip,
illustrated with really great
photographs. Next step, I
pay you!

From Wikipedia: When

added to baking soda
(sodium bicarbonate),
cyanoacrylate glue forms a
hard, lightweight adhesive
filler (baking soda is first
used to fill a gap then the
adhesive is dropped onto
the baking soda). This
works well with porous
materials that the glue does
not work well with alone.
This method is sometimes
used by aircraft modelers to
assemble or repair
polystyrene foam parts. It is
also used to repair small
nicks in the leading edge of
composite propeller blades
on light aircraft. The
reaction between
cyanoacrylate and baking
soda is very exothermic
(heat-producing) and also
produces noxious vapors.

A monomer, such as
methylcyanoacrylate (the
substance in super glue),
with two electron -
withdrawing substituents
can be polymerized with
very mild nucleophiles such
as Br, CN, amines or OH.
The monomer polymerizes

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