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It's all good. I wanted a 1tb SSD, so I went with the cheapest brand I recognized on Amazon. $88 before tax wasn't bad.

Thanks. Went with the Samsung 1tb QVO since it has a really nice price: amazon.com/dp/B07L3D19MY/ref=t…2QY9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 Though the 1tb EVO isn't too bad either: amazon.com/dp/B078DPCY3T/?coli…ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1

Quote from hoagtech: “I hooked up the Kun and got the these voltage reading +5.08 -5.02 12.02 Should I drive up the voltage a bit or are those good readings? ” These values are perfectly within acceptable range.

Quote from hoagtech: “Thanks for the feedback @Kavas. I’m looking forward to your and @8bitforlife ‘s Aero city arrivals. I bought the bootleg Tetris for $30 and Dottori Kun sells for $70 as it’s a Sega collectible. ” It isn't, though. djsheep beat me to it.

JAMMA harnesses aren’t always color coded with the wires, particularly if someone made/hacked one. That said, I don’t know if these are from the factory, so I’m generalizing.

Does TGM3 require a JVS input for the TTX2? It’s booting to a flickering black screen after the splash screen. The IO blinks, but I’m not seeing any progress after the black screen. On first attempt, it showed two flickering windows, TGM3 and a Taito one, but subsequent boot ups show nothing.

Quote from rtw: “Nice progress, do you have a picture of the jumper you changed ? edit: what region is that Chase Hq 2 ? ” imgur.com/gallery/lVXqbHQ Region is US, posted in the link, too The jumpers were the set of three next to the battery, with it originally set on the furthest two. I moved the jumper to the opposite end, covering the last two, and powering on. Then I removed the jumper altogether for the next power up.

As I was reading more about the Phoenix BIOS, there were posts about moving the jumpers or pulling the battery to reset the password. The former seemed fine, but removing the battery did not as there isn’t a dongle with this game. I was apprehensive to do that option. Still, I thank Niko for his advice to pull the jumper. I feel really delicate with this to make sure it’s not made into a paperweight.

I removed the jumpers- same results. Replaced the jumper to the opposite site, and got no boot. Took out the jumper, and things started happening. Here’s my update: imgur.com/gallery/HnSAQ0S With just the keyboard alone, it threw an error, so I retried it with the mouse included, and it booted up normally. I’m very excited at this point! So before I test this any further, should I put the jumper back in, or leave it out? Seems just fine without.

Progress! Sort of! I’ll update with details after testing, but at least I’m getting into Windows. I had some suspicions about the jumpers, but thanks for the helpful nudge @Niko!

Quote from Niko: “You could always try to clear the password with the jumper. ” what’s the worst that could happen. Let me try it.

I was afraid of that.

one last screen that flashes before going to the BIOS password (if it helps): 9eRTgc5.jpg

Quote from rtw: “remove the plastic ” After a mighty struggle, Dips 1 and 5 were on. Turning off switch 1 and/or 5 seems to show the same results.

There’s actually no dip switch in the back on the I/O board. It’s blacked out with plastic where it would normally be.

Battery reads at 3.136v. Here's a video of the TTx2 boot as described above: m.imgur.com/gallery/Z3eEtc9 Edit: tried the multi image as is, and got the same results: splash, POST, then BIOS. It added a line, though: “SMART event logged”

It does this with and without a keyboard. On the official HDD, it goes from Quick splash screen of Taito, followed by POST screen for about a half minute, then to BIOS password screen.

@rtw here’s the BIOS screen after POST from Chase HQ2: imgur.com/gallery/OhNqtn2 There’s also a picture of me stuck at POST with the same stock hardware running a separate drive of the fixed TGM3.

Quote from rtw: “Can we get a picture of the password prompt please ? ” I'll be sure to do post that specific picture this Friday. If it helps any, here's a picture of the POST screen (no JVS attached; just PS2 keyboard): imgur.com/gallery/gyFL1c3