Golden Tee Fore! 2002 - Won't Boot

For everything Coin-Op and Arcade related

Moderators: machine.slave, Doc Kaos, mark, jasonec, CongoBongo, monkeybug

Post Reply
User avatar
kingdbag
Posts: 11
Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:15 am
Location: Suwanee, Georgia

Golden Tee Fore! 2002 - Won't Boot

Postby kingdbag » Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:20 am

Hey guys,

Anyone know anything about Golden Tee machines? I recently got a hold of one and when I fire the machine up it gets stuck on "Hard drive detected" which is a few seconds after you turn on the cabinet. I thought maybe the hard drive was bad so I purchased one from an arcade repair shop with a new EPROM as well and it is still getting stuck. I'm assuming at this point it may be the motherboard. Just reaching out to see if anyone knows anything to maybe look for on the board that may need a repair or any tricks to try and get it fired up. I may pull the entire thing apart and reassemble it and see what happens. The diagnostic screen that come up by holding the start button down at power up says everything checked out OK (voltage, etc...)

Thanks!
Top
brad808
toonie
toonie
Posts: 539
Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:46 pm
Location: Brantford, Ontario

Postby brad808 » Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:16 am

Did you make sure the hard drive you got matches your security chip? Has to be the right version, right country, etc.
Top
User avatar
kingdbag
Posts: 11
Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:15 am
Location: Suwanee, Georgia

Postby kingdbag » Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:27 am

I'm pretty sure everything I got is for a US version. Will the game at least tell me that there is a mismatch?
Top
Christo
timbit
timbit
Posts: 133
Joined: Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:28 am
Location: Markham

Postby Christo » Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:22 pm

mine would just keep rebooting till the right drive was attached.
Looking for Sega Quartet and Forgotten Worlds
Top
User avatar
kingdbag
Posts: 11
Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:15 am
Location: Suwanee, Georgia

Postby kingdbag » Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:40 pm

Yea, mine just loads what looks like a BIOS, then finds the drive and hangs... I've only ever left it like that for 20-30 minutes, but when I check on it again it hasn't rebooted as far as I can tell and its just stuck on "hard drive detected". It has done this with 2 different hard drives and 2 different EPROMs.
Top
Subpacket
Crazy Canuck
Crazy Canuck
Posts: 3132
Joined: Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:58 pm
Location: London, Ontario

Postby Subpacket » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:28 am

I would have expected it to get past that part, as it appears you're still in bios. Can you plug the HD into another computer and boot it - Im wondering - is the HD locked?
This is a block of text that can be added to posts you make. There is a 255 character limit.
Top
brad808
toonie
toonie
Posts: 539
Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:46 pm
Location: Brantford, Ontario

Postby brad808 » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:39 am

What version is your boot chip? Where did you get the drive from? What is written on your security chip?

Both green status LEDs flashing?
Red ide led showing activity?
Top
User avatar
kingdbag
Posts: 11
Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:15 am
Location: Suwanee, Georgia

Postby kingdbag » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:56 pm

@Subpacket

I'm on my 2nd HD... so I don't think both the HDs are locked. I fired up the 2nd HD I have that I purchased from and arcade repair guy online. It shows a FAT32 filesystem with a 500Mb partition and a 1.45ish GB second partition. The rest of the drive is unused which is like 150GB... the guy sent a 160BG drive.

@brad808
Eagle v2.09 is my EPROM (I'm guessing that is my boot chip)? Got the 2nd drive from a repair guy here in the US and a new EPROM with it as well that they sent. I think the security chip is located in slot U53 (G42-US-U is what it reads)? Let me know if that's not the security chip.

When I first boot up the game both LEDs 1 and 2 are flashing. Once the machine counts to 4 LED1 goes solid green and LED2 stays flashing. Also, once the game counts to 4 it has detected the HD at that point and you see a tiny blip of red on the IDE activity LED and thats it... it never shows any signs of life after that.

These symptoms are identical as when I have my original HD in the machine with a version 1.07 EPROM in there. The original owner said it needed a new motherboard, but he wasn't a repair guy so I don't know how he determined that. It seemed like a bad HD to me when I got the machine thats why I went ahead and just got a new drive to see if it would work.

Sorry if I don't know the exact location of the chips and things... first time arcade game owner so I'm still learning. :D

I wish the damn game gave some kind of error messages... it's really hard to troubleshoot this stupid thing when it doesn't even give you the slightest idea what is wrong with it.
Top
Christo
timbit
timbit
Posts: 133
Joined: Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:28 am
Location: Markham

Postby Christo » Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:32 pm

I may have a golden tee 2005 board and drive, or if you are in the GTA may be able try some other parts
Looking for Sega Quartet and Forgotten Worlds
Top
User avatar
kingdbag
Posts: 11
Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:15 am
Location: Suwanee, Georgia

Postby kingdbag » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:14 pm

I took the board out of the game and found a bad trace... hopefully that is the problem. Keep you guys posted... if I can't get it working I may need a new board.
Top
Subpacket
Crazy Canuck
Crazy Canuck
Posts: 3132
Joined: Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:58 pm
Location: London, Ontario

Postby Subpacket » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:16 pm

please update your location.
This is a block of text that can be added to posts you make. There is a 255 character limit.
Top
User avatar
kingdbag
Posts: 11
Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:15 am
Location: Suwanee, Georgia

Postby kingdbag » Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:48 pm

Fixed the trace and the board still doesn't work... :( Anyone have a US GT 2002 board they want to sell cheap? :D
Top
Christo
timbit
timbit
Posts: 133
Joined: Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:28 am
Location: Markham

Postby Christo » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:09 pm

Sorry I only have a us 2005 gt
Looking for Sega Quartet and Forgotten Worlds
Top
Subpacket
Crazy Canuck
Crazy Canuck
Posts: 3132
Joined: Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:58 pm
Location: London, Ontario

Postby Subpacket » Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:44 am

OK... Ill play the middle man.

Christo - How much do you want for the 2005?

And

KingDBag - Is there a reason why the 2005 wouldn't work for you?
This is a block of text that can be added to posts you make. There is a 255 character limit.
Top
User avatar
kingdbag
Posts: 11
Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:15 am
Location: Suwanee, Georgia

Postby kingdbag » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:47 pm

Will a 2005 board work with my power supply, JAMMA connector and monitor?
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Coin-Op Corner”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 45 guests