The Getaway Pinball Gets a Way to Live Again!

Cary Hardy·video·8m 42s·analyzed·Aug 24, 2021

Analysis

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TL;DR

Cary Hardy repairs Getaway pinball by replacing CPU/NVRAM chips and plans PinSound upgrade.

Summary

Cary Hardy diagnoses and repairs a Getaway pinball machine that experienced an intermittent electrical fault. After troubleshooting cable connections, he replaces the CPU and NVRAM chips, successfully restoring the game to working order. He also identifies a sound ROM checksum issue that he plans to address either through ROM replacement or PinSound board installation.

Key Claims

The Getaway machine experienced an intermittent electrical fault that required chip replacement
high confidence · Cary documents the entire diagnostic and repair process on video, showing the fault reproduces intermittently after reseating cables
Replacing the CPU ROM chip and NVRAM chip restored the Getaway to working order
high confidence · Cary shows the machine successfully booting after chip installation with pinballs loading properly
The Getaway has a sound ROM checksum error (U18) indicating a bad sound ROM
high confidence · Cary identifies the 'three dong' error sound at startup as the U18 checksum soundboard problem indicator
Cary plans to either replace the sound ROM or install a PinSound board for the Getaway
medium confidence · Cary states he will either get a new ROM online or finally get a PinSound for the game and make a custom 'cat mix'

Notable Quotes

“Intermittent issues my favorite”
Cary Hardy@ 4:12 — Sarcastic expression of frustration with difficult-to-diagnose electrical faults that don't consistently reproduce
“All right, it's got the pinballs in there. All right. There we go. Looks like we're back to being good as new.”
Cary Hardy@ 6:44 — Confirmation that the repair was successful and the machine is operational again
“I did have to reset the date and time and of course all the high scores are gone but no biggie on that I'll just do it again”
Cary Hardy@ 7:22 — Expected consequence of NVRAM replacement; data loss is acceptable trade-off for machine restoration

Entities

Cary HardypersonThe GetawaygameMatt's Basement ArcadebusinessPinSoundproduct

Signals

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community_signal: Creator publicly credits Matt's Basement Arcade as resource for ROM parts, indicating established supply chain for classic machine restoration components
high · Cary provides direct link reference to Matt's Basement Arcade for viewers needing new ROMs
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technology_signal: Cary Hardy considering PinSound board as solution to sound ROM issues on classic machine, indicating growing adoption of aftermarket audio upgrades as alternative to ROM replacement
medium · Cary states he may 'finally get a pin sound for this game and make a cat mix for that one' rather than just replacing the ROM

Topics

Pinball machine repair and diagnosticsprimaryCPU and NVRAM chip replacementprimaryIntermittent electrical faultsprimarySound ROM corruption and replacementprimaryAftermarket pinball upgrades (PinSound)secondaryClassic pinball machine restorationsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.78)— Cary expresses initial frustration with intermittent faults but celebrates successful repair. Overall tone is educational and constructive, showing problem-solving process. Satisfaction evident in 'back to life' conclusion.

Transcript

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Alright, so if you've watched all my videos you would know that The Getaway threw a little fit at the end of one of my recording sessions and so I turned the game off to prevent any further possible damage. That's not good. Something tells me that's the beginning of something bad so going to see if that continues before we start investigating. Maybe we've got some underlying problems, maybe we don't. So we'll start by turning on the game. Turn on The Getaway. Alright, let's see what we got going on here. Alright. So we've got a problem. Yeah. Alright, let's pull her out. Alright, we've got her opened up now and we're just going to take a gander around and see if we can find anything out of the ordinary. We'll check all the cables and make sure that they're in order. Let me just make sure. I mean, because nothing else I doubt very seriously I've got multiple cables or connectors that are bad. What are the chances it's just one cable? What are the chances? Let me turn it on. Let me see. I mean, looks like I got voltage going on my boards over there so all I've done is remove the ribbon cables from the MPU which is right here actually. The plug this one back in, remove all the ribbon cables, plug them back in. We'll see what we get. Well. Oh. Hmm. Strange. Well, moving these. Good old WSS method right here, guys. Will wiggle and some stuff cause issue. All right. So intermittent issues—my favorite. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Trying the good old take it out and put it back in method. We'll see if that fixes it. Nope. You're bad. All right, it's been about a week. I've got my new chips in right here, my NVRAM as well as my new CPU chip. We're gonna turn around just to see we still have the same issue. All right, it's definitely not what we want so let's install these new chips right here and see if we can get this thing back to life. All right, so when it comes to removing the old chips, one of the tools I might be using is something sort of like this. It allows me to get up behind, up underneath a certain chip. This isn't the one I typically use, and get some leverage on it to where I can pry it up. All right, I haven't installed the NVRAM yet but I have installed the new ROM chip. Something that you want to make sure that whenever you start this game up to make sure all pins are inside the socket. So all pins are inside the socket, press down firmly and we'll see if we fix the issue. All right. All right. It's got the pinballs in there. All right. There we go. Looks like we're back to being good as new. All right, let's get the NVRAM installed now and we can say goodbye to the batteries. All right, we are now running NVRAM. Put the NVRAM in, remove the battery pack. I did have to reset the date and time and of course all the high scores are gone but no biggie on that. I'll just do it again but all right, she's back to life. So by all means I will put a link down below to Matt's Basement Arcade so that way in case you need new ROMs for your game you know where to get them from. Uh, also there's gonna be quite a few out there that notice of course the three dong sound effect when the game starts up which is the ding which indicates there is a sound ROM issue. That is why I'm getting the U18 checksum soundboard problem. Now I can go get me a new ROM online to replace the allegedly bad one or this may just be the reasoning behind me finally getting a PinSound board for this game and making a custom mix for that one. Peace out guys.