Namco Noir advice

[Chihiro]

Thanks Airlink 500 should be good then.

 

[thegreathopper]

500w should be fine, if you want a 15000 watt Airlink I can do mine for half price.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224549139999

 

[notsonic]

My fancy smart power strip says my Noir draws 160w at idle with no game. There's no surge on start like a CRT cabinet. Most transformers are rated for peak and not sustained use so I think somewhere around 500w is reasonable. It would be best to double check the sustained draw rating if it has one though. FWIW, I use 500w ones on my CRT cabs.

 

[thegreathopper]

I run my Noir on a 130 watt transformer with no issues, but my monitor is swapped out for a modern 20 Watt LCD, My CRT has a 100 watt transformer with no problems, I like my transformers small.

 

[nem]

500w should be fine, if you want a 15000 watt Airlink I can do mine for half price.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224549139999

Impressive! Those will trip normal house breakers.

Too bad I'm not local, I would be all over them.

 

[thegreathopper]

I bought them for a recording studio project and we went with a different set up in the end.

 

[Chihiro]

Maybe its better for me to just get a chassis stepdown & convert it to 240?

This is @notsonic picture from the teardowen thread & there looks like enough room any chance I could get some more pics of the back plate area ?

And what do you guys do for powering pc's ect do you have a power strip tapped off?

 

[notsonic]

For power inside the cabinet there's a hard wired C13 power cable (like a normal atx computer power supply cable). You could get an adapter to then plug a power strip into it if you need more outlets.


I can try to pull one of my cabinets out and get more pics of the power area sometime today or tomorrow.

I feel like it would just be easier to keep it at 100v, but that's not something I've ever really had to worry about. Also fwiw, the giant transformer in the cabinet is 1:1.

 

[notsonic]

Here's some pics of the power area. It's pretty much just the power switch, fuse/breaker, and ground distribution. Since the transformer is 1:1 you probably could replace it with a 240 to 100. It's just hot, neutral, and ground/earth in and out.

 

[Chihiro]

Thanks the pics will give me a idea the cab I will prob get a outside stepdown & may convert it later down the line the previous owner of my Lindy did the same.

I will prob add a power strip like this if it has the kettle plug like yours.

 

[Chihiro]

Low & behold I had a Deadstorm pirates SDX cab on my run up at work for next week (I mostly fix gambling stuff but we have the odd video here & there) & got to take a few pics of the power area Namco like to use those isolation transformers don't they.

And I also gave the Namco 357 (industrial PS3) a good strip down & dust out after this picture was taken.

 

[thegreathopper]

Here's some pics of the power area. It's pretty much just the power switch, fuse/breaker, and ground distribution. Since the transformer is 1:1 you probably could replace it with a 240 to 100. It's just hot, neutral, and ground/earth in and out.

Some of the Noirs come with a transformer that has has a tapping for 240/100, not mine though.

 

[Chihiro]

Prob one that came from a 220-240v Asian region like H/K..

My Sega Versus city had the factory stepdown & had the topper livery in English.

This is what Namco put in the Deadstorm Pirates cab:

 

[Dk310]

@muckyfingers helped me replace 2/3 my noir monitors. He utilized gorilla tape and this monitor for both cabs. I am very happy with the results.
LG FHD 32-Inch Computer Monitor 32ML600M-B, IPS with HDR 10 Compatibility, Black https://a.co/d/5XCDpRr

(I just had a kid so if I posted this in the past and forgot, my bad)

 

[Franco23444]

@muckyfingers helped me replace 2/3 my noir monitors. He utilized gorilla tape and this monitor for both cabs. I am very happy with the results.
LG FHD 32-Inch Computer Monitor 32ML600M-B, IPS with HDR 10 Compatibility, Black https://a.co/d/5XCDpRr

(I just had a kid so if I posted this in the past and forgot, my bad)

Wow, those look wonderful!

 

[Tonybolony]

i may have to replace the monitor in my Noir

 

[dave11674]

I wired up the Banapassport reader with just 12v power and ground to see what would happen. While it does power on, it will just cycle through the 3 LED colors (red, blue, green) over and over. Presumably this is to let you know it’s not communicating properly with anything.

Since I have a Red Noir, I’ll probably just wire in some new, always on red LEDs.

Which pins power this up please, can you remember ?

Thanks

 

[dave11674]

Hi guys

Does anyone have a pinout for the control panel plugs pls

If not i don’t mind stripping down to document best i can

Thanks

 

[nem]

Manual is here:

https://mega.nz/file/crgWyBoI#dpWLECXAA5wMaBsY_7PiHVsZV4yG3VyVDgJ048-tyYw

It has schematics and pinouts.

 

[Chihiro]

And so it starts...

I've started to strip it down a bit so it can get a good clean