Problem Virtua Striker 2 arcade machine

[owen2471]

Hello

I have the above arcade machine. Am I able to swap out the Virtua Striker board and use Jamma boards in the cab ?

I haven’t a clue with arcade machines.

Thank you

 

[Sbdesign]

Hello

I have the above arcade machine. Am I able to swap out the Virtua Striker board and use Jamma boards in the cab ?

I haven’t a clue with arcade machines.

Thank you

Usually these cabinets have a duel res monitor
15khz (aka low res)
&
24khz (aka medium res)

You need photos of the rear of the monitor and people on here can identify it to give certainty.

Note: SEGA model 2/3 games are 24khz
This game is model 2.

Normally you switch a plug in the rear of the monitor to switch resolution 15 or 24 kHz.

Jamma games are usually 15khz.

You won’t have cables to plug in a jamma board .
However it is not hard to get a harness and wire it in without any or much molestation.

 

[owen2471]

Thank you for the info.

 

[Sbdesign]

In essence you need loom £30
I would get a jamma psu £20-£40

the loom
Wires to your buttons
wires to psu
wires to the monitor

change plug to 15KHz and your ready

However to make something interchangeable, is where the workload is much more, and more technical, and a lot more playing around

you could also put a pc in, and splice all the cables up.

what jamma pcbs do you want?

 

[69er]

You will also need to wire the loom to speaker(s) and to the coin/credit pcb

If you identify the jamma edge wiring positions on the loom it will be quite straight forward,

Terminals on the coin mech credit board are also usually labelled but easy enough to trace existing wires before you strip everthing out.

 

[Sbdesign]

Haha
This is why I get no sound and can’t credit up!!!

But yes- totally missed them out

 

[owen2471]

In essence you need loom £30
I would get a jamma psu £20-£40

the loom
Wires to your buttons
wires to psu
wires to the monitor

change plug to 15KHz and your ready

However to make something interchangeable, is where the workload is much more, and more technical, and a lot more playing around

you could also put a pc in, and splice all the cables up.

what jamma pcbs do you want?

Thanks for the info.
I’m not sure what Jamma boards I want yet. Just thinking of dipping my toe into the arcade side of things.

I do have a Super Gun also.

 

[owen2471]

Hello. After digging the Virtua Striker machine out of storage. It switched on and was fine for around 10 mins. Then the first screen came up - see pics and now I don’t get a picture. Is this any easy fix ?

Thanks

 

[Sbdesign]

What are you running in it?

Easy? Simple? Cheap?

No idea yet could be main board gone, monitor needs doing, psu not set right or duff, wire disconnected or a loose kettle lead (if you know you know)

 

[owen2471]

Virtua Striker 2 is running on it. I got the original cab a few years ago and it’s been stuck in a garage.

I’ve just recently used a different kettle lead on it and within a few mins the monitor display went wonky.

The error how ever is a constant neo after 10 minutes or so of play.

 

[Sbdesign]

I suggest checking if LEDs are lighting on the main board of Virtua striker.

Very important to check voltages of the psu:.
Hopefully it’s low and stopping the model 2 stack from bootong

 

[Sbdesign]

Only just noticed the text on the black first screen…
You not got a clearer shot?

I’d say we have a power or board issue

And after that based on the pincushion in picture 2, a crt that maybe working to display but is due a service very soon if not now

 

[owen2471]

I’ll get a better picture this morning.

Thank you

 

[Sbdesign]

Also try re-seating all 3 boards in the combined stack located in the metal cage (I assume)

 

[owen2471]

This might be a stupid question but does the fuse size in the kettle plug make a difference

It’s running a 5 amp at the minute

 

[CMYKhazi-Dan]

Yes it does, I think 5A is correct.

More qualified/experienced members on this subject please correct me if necessary 👍