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Namco Noir Teardown/Assembly Pics and Instructions

Chihiro said:
Is the link board needed or can it bypassed as it looks like the sound phono comes out of it

Also it possible to just use the JVS direct from the I/O?
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You can technically bypass it but yeah, sound is hooked up to it, mainly the volume controls and input as it’s also an audio amp with VGA inputs. You can pretty much use a secondary audio amp and hook up the speakers to that. As for JVS, this thing also hooks up to the NAMCO NA-JV(2) JVS I/O using the 8 pin white connector and the JVS USB connects to the link board
 
Thanks just seams a odd way to do it if not ever using the link board.

You know for years I always thought this & the Lindy were very similar in design from just seeing the Noir in pictures but now I own both I can see they are very different with the Noir been very better built & strong with the CP area having zero flex.

Maybe Namco knew that they prob wouldn't design any other stick cabs after this so went all out on it.
 
The link board is effectively the standard interface for the cabinet giving you USB, VGA, and RCA/3.5mm inputs to the cabinet. I don't see any reason to bypass it unless you want to do a bunch of custom work.
 
Thinking about it this cab with its 4 psu's & isolation transformers, link board has everything very modular for easy swap out should something go down, I guess if the link wasn't needed for general use the op I got the cab off would of nicked it.

Very different from the Lindy with the 2 sun psu's for the monitor & gameboard, my sun psu is totally wasted in my Lindy as all it powers is the moves strip light & i/o board.

The pc shelf in the Noir are much better similar to the Vewlix, I had to make one for the Lindy.
 
Does anyone know what all the connector are for?

The far right one looks like the moves strip light on the Lindy (I know the far left one is for the led moves light) & right of the red connector could possibly a card cp reader of some kind but what are the black connectors extra joystick ports?
 

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Thanks mate this thread has been a massive help since I got my Noir I was away at my sister in-laws at the weekend so was just sat up there thinking about the cab.
 
Very similar under cp panel on Lindy:
 

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All this stuff is great!!

I have 2 Noir HD cabs (Blue variant) I am only getting sound out of one of them. I am trying to troubleshoot connections, wiring and PCBs, but I cannot find anything different in the wiring and hooking up of connectors when putting the cases side by side. They are both connected to the same PC with the RCA connectors in the cab hooked up to the PC audio. One cab works flawlessly with the volume knob on the settings board under the coin slot hatch in front. However I cannot for the life of me get any audio from the other cab, which is hooked up the same way.

Would it be possible with your expertise to maybe get some pics on exactly which wires are for the sound, and how they should be wired and connected to the PCBs on a working cab? I might be missing something.

If I'm not missing something and there is indeed something broken in the silent cab, how would I go about bypassing the cab's amp, to test its speakers with another amp just to see that the actual speakers are working? I saw someone else asking about bypassing the original amp, and you said it was possible. Which wires would i need to re-route and how? ^^;

This is driving me nuts... :( I feel so incompetent for not being able to solve it... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: when I disconnect or connect the marked connector in the picture, the speakers make a similar "popping" sound like when you connect an audio cable to a speaker... if that makes sense... like... a sound happens, but still no sound from the RCA audio source...

Many many thanks in advance!
All the best


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I would first try and swap out the amp at the back of the cab (where I io is located).

If that works then try swapping out the little square pcb at the bottom left hand side of the cab where all those cables are plugged in.

Doing these two tests should make it clear which is working.

If both the amp and pcbs work on the cab with sound then you can potentially rule out the pcbs being faulty and you might want to look into the speakers being the potential issue?

It's really a process of elimination. One thing at a time.
 
Has anyone tried replacing the monitor with another Wei-ya monitor that’s more up to date? I would like to see if I could still maintain functionality with the control board the Noir comes with.
 
I am thinking of picking one of these up. Also interested if anyone has upgraded monitors on these
 
There are a few ways to do it. My cheap and nasty way was to wedge the wood block. It's cheap but it works.

@jermz1 has some with 3d printed blocks and I think he's in the process of making a nicer fabricated one.
 
Think I'm gonna get a Blue Noir next week. It has the paint scratched off of the front of the CP like it seems like most of them have. Add that to the list of things I need painted by a pro lol. I'll post here when I get it!
 
Can someone tell me if this is a Ver 1 or Ver 2 based on the light strip? Coin door pic too. Assuming v1 if that date is 2010 :/

Wei-ya should mean 1080p?

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You have the LED marquee light and the newer screen. Does it matter which version it is?
 
nem said:
You have the LED marquee light and the newer screen. Does it matter which version it is?
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Idk I just find it confusing some ppl say the HD is on the right and not below the Noir writing on the bezel for V2 and the ways to identify. Doesn’t really matter but I didn’t realize V1 V2 was a thing until I nearly purchased so I panicked.

But yeah looks like led and newer monitor to me.
 
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