Question from Jeff: Hey guys, been listening to your podcasts a lot lately and they have been very helpful. I’m wondering if you can help me chase down something I have been wrestling with. I picked up a Rampage machine and right out of the gate the sound worked but then it stopped working after I had it plugged in for a while. Then it would come back after playing a while longer. It did this sort of come and go thing for a while and then it was gone completely. I was also having some sprite issues so I started by replacing the power supply because I know that can do a lot of strange things. The sprite issue ended up being a board issue and I got that fixed but still no sound.

I ended up getting a new sound board off E-bay and now it works but the sound is super loud. adjusting the potentiometer inside the coin door does nothing so I replaced that and it’s still doing the same thing. Any ideas what I should be looking at. There is a small amp board that I haven’t messed with but other than that I’m not sure what to do next. The game just isn’t as much fun when I unplug the sound 😉

Thanks, Jeff