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Just bridge the 3 poins with a screwdriver or a piece of bare wire.
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You would use a 0 ohm jumper, or just a screwdriver to touch the pins together.Hello, sorry I new, how do I “short” the EXC5?
It's not crazy at all. The EXC5 cap is there exactly for that function. The cap holds enough charge to keep the keys in the memory while the battery is being replaced.The crazy thing is that at some point in my troubleshooting, I got the game to run for a good while without a battery or an InfiniKey installed. I assume this means at some point the encryption keys had successfully been loaded onto the board, and there were some caps still holding charge and keeping the keys in memory.
I did some further experimentation, and it now seems that neither the EXC5 cap, badly seated ROMs or a bum installation had anything to do with the problem. Read on for details.It's not crazy at all. The EXC5 cap is there exactly for that function. The cap holds enough charge to keep the keys in the memory while the battery is being replaced.The crazy thing is that at some point in my troubleshooting, I got the game to run for a good while without a battery or an InfiniKey installed. I assume this means at some point the encryption keys had successfully been loaded onto the board, and there were some caps still holding charge and keeping the keys in memory.
The problem could be that the keys were only partially in the memory. Shorting the cap will wipe out the keys. Then try installing the Infinikey again.
EDIT: also, reseat your program roms. The ones with stickers on them.
If you suspect it's running on a decrypted ROM set, set game jumpers on the InfiniKey to all 0's. This writes 0xFF to every key byte, which is what a dead game has when using decrypted ROMs. If the game runs fine with that setting, that confirms your suspicion.I'll have to dig out my programmer and dump the ROMs to be sure, but I'm guessing the they're from a decrypted set. (Unlike the Phoenix sets, Avalaunch sets are identical to the encrypted originals save for the encryption, so there'd be no visible or audible differences, right?)
Well, what do you know? With a zeroed-out InfiniKey the game runs fine. Mystery solved!If you suspect it's running on a decrypted ROM set, set game jumpers on the InfiniKey to all 0's. This writes 0xFF to every key byte, which is what a dead game has when using decrypted ROMs. If the game runs fine with that setting, that confirms your suspicion.-ud
Sounds like it.booted my vampire savior and it has a white screen. Is that a suicide screen? The battery is over 6 years old. tried on a different motherboard too.
@undamned you still selling these infinikeys through you? I only need 6.
I keep my supergun at 5.08v, CPS2 is fine with less but some other PCBs need a little extra.the power was at 5,07 volts I set to 5 volts
There can be only one 5.00VI keep my supergun at 5.08v, CPS2 is fine with less but some other PCBs need a little extra.Values below 5.10v should be perfectly safe/well within tolerance.the power was at 5,07 volts I set to 5 volts
In my experience with voltage. On three of three pcb cps2, the video started to present issues(waves).I keep my supergun at 5.08v, CPS2 is fine with less but some other PCBs need a little extra.Values below 5.10v should be perfectly safe/well within tolerance.the power was at 5,07 volts I set to 5 volts