'Mystery' message on Raiden Fighters 2 bootup

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'Mystery' message on Raiden Fighters 2 bootup

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Can anyone translate this message, or otherwise tell me what I need to do about it:

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I get this when booting up a RF2 cart. It is the first thing I see. There's a rather wicked techno groove in the background, but other than that nothing happens. Pressing buttons does nothing, even test or service.

SP1 mobo is Japanese. RF2 cart is (I believe) also Japanese, so I'm doubting region problems. I've tested the board with working RF1 cart and everything is working great.

Any ideas?
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It says "The JP1 setting is different. Follow the accompanying manual, and then switch the JP1. In the case of SXX2D, please check the electricity."
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Lolz! Glad to know the cart arrived Fuko!

Okay, EOJ hasn't been too helpful in just giving you the literal translation (time constraints I assume :D ).

Firstly relax, the screen is normal - I'm guessing when you put the cart in, there was a countdown first from 999? (If not, it means RF2 is already loaded for the board, and you just need to switch off, switch jumpers and turn the machine back on.)

You need to do some reading on SP1 mobos - whenever you change a cart over, it requires you to in effect, load the new game. After the countdown, you then have to switch the jumper and reset your machine.

There are two versions of the mobo - if you have a later version (usually a little smaller) there's no need to switch the JP1 peg, you just reset the supergun and it'll go.

If the mobo is older you'll need to locate a little black peg listed JP1 on your mobo (it's v.small, just look closely - its normally closer to an edge if I remember properly) and here's the instructions you're looking for:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

Most straightforward section of the thread is this:

"Switch off, swap cart, move position of jumper JP1, switch on, wait for timer and game boot, switch JP1 back."

By 'move' jumper, that means you just pull the little black thing off, and place it on the pins below (or above), switch on, let the timer run down, turn off, move the jumper back to its original position, turn on and play. Once a cart is loaded, you don't need to do this every time to play the same game.

Hows that for an aftercare service?
Enjoy the game mate, its awesome!

Regards,

Skykid.
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Post by fuko »

Thanks for the info Skykid. Without it I may as well have left the message in japanese as it was just as unintelligible in english :D
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Post by Skykid »

Lol, agreed!

I did think when I sent it to you whether or not I should ask if you knew about SP1 mobo's - but I just assumed you'd either read up on them or already had some carts.

Sorry for that!

Please remember to leave me some feedback once you're happy with it.

BTW: Are all the ships unlocked on that cart?
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Skykid wrote:
Okay, EOJ hasn't been too helpful in just giving you the literal translation (time constraints I assume :D ).
I've never played this game, so I don't know anything about the hardware. What I provided was a direct translation of the message on the screen, which is what the guy asked for.
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Post by Skykid »

No worries EOJ, your help was appreciated I'm sure - I wasn't having a dig, I just thought it was funny my customer thought I'd sent him a duff cart and stuck a thread up, eh Fuko! :D
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