How to Connect the Power to JAMMA Boards

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How to Connect the Power to JAMMA Boards

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@nimohobbs9827 5 жыл бұрын

Best video for Jamma power supply on you tube.. Thank you, much appreciated..

@alanwake4371 3 жыл бұрын

How can you fry a board with -5v ??? The -5v pin exists an all jamma if a board dont need it will not get it. But if a board needs -5v what you will do then?

@74bobby 5 жыл бұрын

this was such a Big Help thanks a Million

@mrdestroyer7815 5 ай бұрын

Good afternoon I’m trying to hook up my jamma bored onto a arcade one up it won’t come off the test mode. I switched the four dip switch and S1 does not work which is strange because I can take it off the button touch it to the negative and it works but it doesn’t work with the micro switch I changed out the micro switch, any ideas?

@flightofapaullo72 8 жыл бұрын

Great info...thanks! Looking on buying a kit soon!

@linux82 7 жыл бұрын

very informative, to the point and very honest, i like that, great video, sub and like ahead!! cheers

@mikerhoads4864 6 жыл бұрын

Great vid ! Quick question though : what about boards like Mortal Kombat that use -5 ? I dont really understand how you connect the PSU / Jamma for those , can you do a video for those ? Thanks so much !

@joaopaulobortotsoares3933 7 жыл бұрын

hi, i have a doubt - do we need to plug all the jamma +5v, +12v and ground to the psu? what i saw in the video is that there is some kind of black tape wiring the +5v all together , but i just saw 1 wire conected to the PSU. The same for gnd and +12v. I made myself a jamma harness, but the thing just turns on a little, then turned off, so that`s why i`m asking for your help! i damaged my cps2, theres some trace with no image at the screen now,maybe because i plugged the -5v, but maybe because of the wires issue that i asked you =(.

@jd.3493 7 жыл бұрын

know your board isn't a pandora's box, but do you know if those have molex pin connectors for powering? I see many ads say they do but don't see the connection port on the pictures. I have a perfectly good PSU I would rather use than have to buy an arcade power supply and solder! Any idea?

@indangerdogg637 4 жыл бұрын

Great vids brotha...!!! ty

@jd.3493 7 жыл бұрын

Do you have any videos on connecting the JAMMA power supply up to an like 17' LCD screen?

@josecarlosxyz 5 жыл бұрын

my PSU only have one ground connection, my supergun uses a PATA connector 4 pins, 5v+, GND, GND, 12V+ can you help me what I have to do?

@WarLordPsycko 7 жыл бұрын

Im looking for some help on my jamma board for Golden tee 97 arcade model , the volume was not hooked up and as i tried to hook it up i have no volume pot to adjust it and when i hook it direct to a speaker in the cabinet its full blast , and wiring diagram or help would be appreciate , thank you

@dbantner 7 жыл бұрын

I'm a little confused by the 4 receptacle box connection to the HAP power supply. You showed the receptacle box being connected to the power inputs on the power supply (7:50 mark) Wouldn't you be wiring in a power cord to the AC 115v connections?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 7 жыл бұрын

The 4 receptacle box was just to show where the AC 115v connections would go. We do use them sometimes but we do not give out any advice on 115v electrical wiring for liability reasons.

@NormantheScooterDog 4 жыл бұрын

My 412 in 1 game elf gamma board had been working great for 3 months. all of a sudden it boots up to game elf screen and cycles to 'No Cable' message and repeats this cycle. I tried replacing the board and the new board just stayed frozen on the game elf screen. Any ideas? I can try a new harness, but didn't know if that would make a difference.

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

Check your VGA or video cable first, replace it if necessary, I would then check your power supply and confirm that it is producing exactly 12V and 5V to the Jamma Harness. If not then use the adjustment "pot" on the front to set the power output. If you cannot get the right voltage, replace the power supply. Also try and take the SD card out of the Game Elf then re-seat it back into it's slot and power back on to try that as well. Your harness will never effect the booting of your Game Elf unless it has a major short somewhere. If you are suspect of the harness try to just connect power and video to your Game Elf without the Jamma connector and boot it that way, if it loads properly you have a short in your harness, could just be a bad solder point on your power cables on the harness, use a multi meter to test it.

@jcgp85 6 жыл бұрын

So what is the reason we don’t use the green cable??? I ordered a Pandora’s box 5, is it safe to not use the green cable for power also???

@RetroactivearcadeCa 6 жыл бұрын

jcgp85 as st as Ted in the video the green cable is used for -5V, ther is no -5V used on a multi game Jamma board so you should not connect it, you could fry your board.

@lexsteel12 5 жыл бұрын

I have one of the Jamma boards, the last one in your video. It came pre-installed in the arcade cabinet that I bought from China some years ago. Anyways, my board is set up a little differently than yours, it uses a Molex type connector to power the top board. I had ordered a pandora's box 6 board, but I'm not sure how to use the power supply that came with my cabinet to power the pandora box. Do these Jamma boards, like the one I'm talking about, come with the os installed on the board, or the hard drive? I believe my hard drive died out on me, so I ended up buying 2019 in 1 hard drive, but my system is still not booting up. I get some error message, saying the third disk error failed. Please try inserting boot media, something like that. The guy I bought 2019 in 1 hard drive from said, that I bought the wrong hard drive, that it had to be 2100 in 1 version, which is the one that came with my system, is this true? Or is my board messed up? I'm able to get in the bios for the board, but like I said, I cannot get the system to boot up into the games menu.

@RetroactivearcadeCa 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, if this is true that you originally had a 2100 Games Family board then yes you have to buy a 2100 drive for it again to make it work. Those specific Jamma boards are quad core that was only used for the 2100 that uses windows ME/Vista I believe. The one you bought (2019) will work on any of the other blue Games Family boards and uses windows NT that uses the older style board and chip-set. Unfortunately if you want to use this board you are locked into the 2100 game list.

@andywhite6078 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, how do you get the 6th button working with the second jamma board you mentioned here, I have it wired in, everything runs, button 5 works, but button six seems to do nothing? In a more recent video you mentioned the 5 pin cable, but I can't seem to find where that plugs in?

@andywhite6078 3 жыл бұрын

Fixed the issue, I rerouted the wires for buttons 6 the the 5 pin connector on the board, left the connectors for button 5 in the loom itself through I could've rerouted them to the 5 pin kick connector as well it seems

@RetroactivearcadeCa 3 жыл бұрын

@@andywhite6078 I'm glad you fixed it! FYI, The 5 pin harness for those buttons plugs into the top JAMMA board right below to the left of where your JAMMA harness plugs in to the board. And yes, do not connect the 5 button wire from the harness to your buttons, only use the 5 pin kick harness for those buttons.

@andywhite6078 3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroactivearcadeCa Thanks so much for your help! The cabinet is working great, your videos were a huge help!

@hondaatc1987 4 жыл бұрын

need help with my Pandora box It's wired up to a new jamma harness in an old 1989 FINAL FIGHT cabinet. The game is on but the controls are not responding.. do not have the coin wires from the jamma harness hoooked up.. is that the problem? need credits for the controls to work?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

Yes you need the coin connected for the default settings. If you want you can go in the menu and set it to freeplay to avoid having to wire in a coin button.

@claudemarzel9455 4 жыл бұрын

This guy , and this video send me a Fargo episodes

@cesarmiranda9214 3 жыл бұрын

I have a 60 in 1 jamma board can I swap that board for a 412 in 1 elf game and will it work as. Play and plug

@RetroactivearcadeCa 3 жыл бұрын

Technically yes you can just swap it out, you will need up to 3 buttons to play all the games properly and you will need buttons 4, 5 & 6 if you want to make some changes within the menu.

@zeedapezant 6 жыл бұрын

My jamma harness has 5v 12v for both sides of the jamma edge, does it matter if I use the bottom or top side?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 6 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Zamalot the 5v, 12v and ground should be connected to both sides. You can download a diagram from it site as well.

@gixgix457 6 жыл бұрын

on my harness it has a 3pin plug. 12v ground and green to pin 16. is this for the coin mech? thanks

@RetroactivearcadeCa 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, yes that is for the 1st player coin switch/button The other green on the opposite side is for Player #2

@bub2010 6 жыл бұрын

So.. I have a 60 in 1 that I'm setting up... I have sound out of the mini jack, but not on the regular speaker out. Don't both whites go on the speaker for a 1 speaker setup or 1 white and a ground?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 6 жыл бұрын

Check to make sure you are getting a full 12V to the jamma board, also there is a small Orange diail(pot) that controls your volume. You can also try adjust the volume in the service menu.

@bub2010 6 жыл бұрын

I had already checked the pot and forgot to mention that... I was using molex power also.. and not a PC or "arcade" power supply... ok.. wait for it... the problem was.... jamma connector plugged in backwards... D'oh. wish these things were keyed with a simple plastic divider... well there went 2+ hours of my life. :)

@RetroactivearcadeCa 6 жыл бұрын

bub2010 lol, we'll I'm glad you got it figured out!

@letsgetto1millwithoutvids 5 жыл бұрын

Why are there 2 power supplied

@Theshark15z 4 жыл бұрын

Will a 400 Watt Standard ATX Power Supply be enough to power a Pandora's Box 9??

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

A Pandora's box only needs 12V, 5V and Ground to run, a 400 ATX is way overkill bit it will work.

@Theshark15z 4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroactivearcadeCa Sorry, I should have been more specific. It's a Pandora's Box 9 Jamma Board that is being powered by a SuperGun.

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

@@Theshark15z doesn't matter, it's power requirements don't change based off of the application. It is ok as long as it it providing only 12V, 5V and ground. If you give it more than that you will fry it, also, a Superfund may not allow you to use buttons # 5 & 6 on the pandoras box. Not in all cased but some.

@iflacoftw 4 жыл бұрын

Can you connect a jamma board to a laptop? I wanna use my joysticks and buttons on my laptop

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

We sell a jamma to pc and a jamma to usb converter that you could use for that type of setup. Checkout our website at www.retroactivearcade.ca under converters.

@michaelgow4053 4 жыл бұрын

Could you just use a power bar instead of wiring up a 4 receptacle box?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

You bet you could, but you need to connect to a Switching Arcade Power Supply as well.

@andrickraschke1740 6 жыл бұрын

After plugging the four receptacle box, where does the actual power come from? Do you need to make a new cord that goes from the box to the actual wall outlet? If so how would I go about doing this? Help will be greatly appreciated.

@RetroactivearcadeCa 6 жыл бұрын

You would have to plug the other end of your cable from the receptacle into something like this mounted into your cabinet as a "Pass-through" and then a regular power cord goes from the wall to this. retroactivearcade.ca/emi-filter-power-switch/

@will1867 2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroactivearcadeCa i have a question and I've tried contacting your customer support but I've gotten nothing back. So my question is, is it possible to hook up a full size amp with aftermarket speakers. Or am I stuck using those wimpy speakers and amp?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 2 жыл бұрын

@@will1867 Techbically you can hook up whatever speakers you want to these amps but you may not be happy with the results. The amp and the speakers have to have the same wattage for sound to be produced properly. These amps may not have enough power to make your speakers work but it can't hurt to try, these amps won't blow your speakers. You could also use some 3.1 computer speakers if you want deeper sound.

@will1867 2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroactivearcadeCa well I have a few cps2 mother boards ( marvel vs. Capcom, x-men:children of the atom) and I wanted to hook up a 900 watt after market amp and a jvc competition sub and jvc component 6.5 speakers. I'm just wondering if you would know if the RCA input/output have enough signal to run it like a car stereo system would.

@RetroactivearcadeCa 2 жыл бұрын

@@will1867 the amp does all the work so any signal into ot should work but you will probably only get stereo signal from the pcb.

@erikgarston1395 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Thanks for the video, if its a 4 player, using 2 jammer harness, are the wires connected together?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

NO, there would be 2 separate Jamma Harnesses, 1 for player 1 & 2 and the other for players 3 & 4. Only the XXXX Game Family boards allow for this type of setup. Regular Jamma boards like Game Elf and Pandora's box only allow for 2 player setups. The new Pandora's Box DX allows for 3 & 4 players to be played with a USB controller only.

@erikgarston1395 4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroactivearcadeCa Thank you for your reply, BTW, your videos are VERY HELPFUL to me, thanks a million for taking the time to make and post them. ok so I got all hardware seemingly ok. Now my final mission is to get into the menu and change screen options to vertical, I tried a digital USB mouse, no luck. I will buy a wired keyboard today and try that. I dont have a track ball or know where to connect the track ball....... Is there a way to configure the settings to - automatically display on the LCD TV vertical scrolling games in vertical screen? I will physically change the screen orientation to vertical if want to play vertical games.

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

@@erikgarston1395 what jamma board are you using?

@erikgarston1395 4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroactivearcadeCa Sticker on the Board reads, Model: G1S2P. VR: 3016. Book front page reads, Game King V2.4 P4-4P

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

@@erikgarston1395 I hope I have this right. The trackball can only be used if you use the serial port that is normally used for a mouse connection in the green port only. USB connections probably won't work with a stock board. There are hacks for this to add a spinner but I wouldn't recommend it. As for the vertical games, the only thing it will do is add a letterbox of black bars on the sides during game play. There is no way around it on these boards. If you want that you would have to buy the 3 way cocktail xxxx version that is the 2475 game king board. It does this by default with a specific button sequence to change the display that also accesses a different game list of vertical games.

@edbarter9795 4 жыл бұрын

can u use the little connector that has switch to connect directilly to the arcade power supply. not the pc power supply.

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

Little connector with a switch? I am not sure I follow what your asking here. If you mean white moll-ex connector, yes you can connect into the Game Elf JAMMA board directly with that.

@edbarter9795 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I meant the all in one power switch. Can that switch be connected directly to the arcade power supply an not the 4 plug distributer.

@edbarter9795 4 жыл бұрын

Its near the end of the video

@RetroactivearcadeCa 4 жыл бұрын

@@edbarter9795 Yes you can run the wires from that switch to the power supply. It will be direct 110V/220V depending on where you live.

@tomincanada 7 жыл бұрын

If I were using an xxxx in one in an existing jamma arcade cabinet, could I use the existing arcade power supply?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 7 жыл бұрын

Tom Incanada yes but only for the top board that has the jamma connection. you will need a computer PSU to power through cpu on the bottom motherboard.

@tomincanada 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@tomincanada 7 жыл бұрын

Another question, if you don't mind.. would the xxxx in one work with an arcade monitor.. or would I need something like arcadevga?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 7 жыл бұрын

Tom Incanada it should work fine with a cga monitor through the jamma harness.

@joaopaulobortotsoares3933 7 жыл бұрын

i can use just one GND for everything?

@RetroactivearcadeCa 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it should be daisy chained.