None of the CPU controlled lamps work.
No CPU controlled lamps light
Cause: No DC lamp supply: fuse, bridge, an open T relay contact, or a shorted driver Q2 holding the T relay in.
Checks
- With the game on, look for 6-8 V DC at the lamp sockets, on both lugs; power on only one lug means a bad bulb.
- Check the bottom cabinet 5 A slow-blow lamp fuse and the bridge nearest the copper ground strap.
- Check that the T relay is not energized and its actuator plate is still on its frame.
- Test driver Q2.
Fix
- Replace the fuse, bridge, Q2, or refit the relay plate.
Systems
Related tips
- None of the CPU controlled lamps light
- How CPU-controlled lamps are driven
- Testing a CPU lamp circuit by grounding its driver
- Finding which transistor drives a lamp
- Shorted lamp sockets kill MPS-A13 drivers
- Backbox or playfield GI always off
- Groups of four lamps or single lamps misbehaving
- Coil, CPU lamp and GI supplies
Source: Gottlieb System 1 Pinball Repair from 1977 to 1980, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)