Stern SAM CPU Country issue

[BrianSoton]

Sold a SAM CPU to a member in Italy and he’s put in machine and getting this error. It was tested working in my Stern 24 and he had since downloaded Family Guy code, any ideas, reading up it could be a power supply issue or ribbon cable, or low / flat battery ?

 

[Fantazia2]

Have they turned it off and on again?

Had a similar issue with a friends Tron Legacy when I updated the code, turning it off and on again and it went away. Although that was a US machine with a mod to make it run on 50Hz.

 

[Mozie]

Thread 'Machine won’t operate in this country error. (Stern)'

Apr 22, 2018

keep getting this error message on my IM VE, updated the Rom and now tried different ones.

Help!

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Seems similar to this

 

[BrianSoton]

@ginodifagna

 

[ginodifagna]

Have they turned it off and on again?

Had a similar issue with a friends Tron Legacy when I updated the code, turning it off and on again and it went away. Although that was a US machine with a mod to make it run on 50Hz.

yes i have turned off and on many times
i have made 3.1 bios and update again nothing change
change the power board, the battery, the cable ... same problem
change usb memory and use different dimension ... same problem

 

[BrianSoton]

It came out of a working Stern 24, is there a local power issue, have you measured the power frequency (Hz). Out of interest what was the problem with the machine that made you buy a replacement cpu?

 

[Fubar]

The main change is that there's different ROM chips in it, right? Could that be region-specific?

 

[ginodifagna]

I don t know .... i have try with original one 2.0 and i have burn 3.10 found in internet

 

[BrianSoton]

https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb164.pdf

 

[BrianSoton]

So if you load the 24 code it works, sounds like an issue with the Family Guy code

 

[myPinballs]

So if you load the 24 code it works, sounds like an issue with the Family Guy code

Or more likely board revision...

Family guy is one of the first sam games iirc.

Might have to be a frequency mod solution here unless another cpu board is an option..

 

[ginodifagna]

Or more likely board revision...

Family guy is one of the first sam games iirc.

Might have to be a frequency mod solution here unless another cpu board is an option..

Mhh it s the same version 520-5246-00 same rev h .....

I need to find a v3.00ai software 02/05/07

 

[myPinballs]

Mhh

ok, carry on..