MVS 1-slot and dodgy physical connection with Jamma Harness

[Fayk]

So long story short I brought a one slot I have (that I haven't used a lot but have verified worked for about 15 minutes on a supergun) to a friends' house and plugged it into his JAMMA cab.

...and basically got it resetting/blinking a bunch of stuff. A bit of testing and fiddling, and my eventual conclusion was that the contact with the harness seems just a bit dodgy. If I apply just a tiny bit of pressure to hold the edge connector and THEN power it up, it works, at least for a minute or so until vibration/mashing buttons/whatever seems to kill it again, rebooting the system.

So since his harness works fine for his PCBs, etc, I'm guessing it's just an issue of a well-worn/used MVS board mixed with a harness that's seen some use.

So I'm thinking maybe just trying (I'd love something smaller/shorter) of buying a JAMMA extension cable, hoping that both the ends are 'tight' enough to be secure. Any thoughts or ideas? Reasonable approach?

I cleaned the contacts of the jamma connectors on one slot before I went over there too, so I don't think it's any dirt/cruft/etc.

 

[Xian Xi]

Try using a hirose jamma connector, they are the blue ones. I think they are sold on jammaboards.com

 

[Fayk]

Thanks, Xian.

I'm sure you're right that that's the right (long term) solution but since it's not my cab, replacing the harness isn't an option really -- since it works for the other PCBs, I'm gonna assume my MVS is the thing out of spec/tolerances being crap.

That's why I was seeking gimmicky solutions. Thanks very much for your time.

 

[shadows]

The ones on jammaboards are not hirose. Good quality, but not as good as the hirose ones.