Troubleshooting Touch Machines

Introduction

Simplified Touch Machine Hardware Diagram

Most touchscreen arcade machines brands tend to follow a similar hardware setup as they were based on touch screen monitors meant for DOS/Windows computers. This means at the core, a touch machine is almost a regular old computer in a more rugged box.

Accordingly, most common issues are actually PC issues:

• CMOS battery being empty after 20 years.
• BIOS setup after replacing CMOS battery.
• Mechanical hard drive corruption.
• Bad connections between motherboard, RAM or PCI/ISA slots.
• Dead power supplies.
• Etc...