Price: Sound Board with EPROM $119
If you need a sound and a speech board, be sure to check out our new Sound and Speech board combo board: System 6/7 Sound Speech Board Combo
Also be sure to add a new replacement, board mounted volume knob if yours is old and scratchy. See more information on the Volume Knob Page. Buy it with the sound board and receive a discount.
This is a drop in replacement for the Williams D-8224 Sound Board. Same as all the other Kohout Enterprises boards, it uses new components (when available), and replaces any obsolete components to keep your machine running for another 20 years. It is particularly important on this board because of the large capacitors used for the power supply and the amplifier section, which do not age well, causing poor performance, such as bad humming. Capacitor technology has also improved greatly since 1980, as can be seen on this board. The same value capacitors require about half the room of the original, leaving extra space for larger heatsinks to keep the regulator and amplifier running cooler.
This sound board was used in a variety of Williams pinball machines as well as some arcade games. Unlike the original Williams board, the jumpers are clearly labeled and easily changed without soldering, so anyone set up the board for their application with little work.
This board is built on a 0.094″ board instead of the typical 0.063″ board. This makes a HUGE difference in the rigidity of the board. You can feel a difference just holding the replacement board and it makes a BIG difference when installing while removing or installing the connectors as it greatly reduces the chance for stress cracks.
System 6 and System 7 pinball machines that use this sound board with a speech board include:
- Black Knight
- Gorgar
- Blackout
- Firepower
- Jungle Lord
- Pharaoh
- Alien Poker
System 6 and System 7 pinball machines that use this sound board without a speech board include:
- Defender
- Solar Fire
- Barracora
- Hyperball
- Stargate
- Cosmic Gunfight
- Varkon
- Time Fantasy
- Algar
- Firepower II
Shuffle Bowlers that use this sound board include:
- Big Strike
Video Games that use this sound board include:
- Defender
- Sinistar
- Robotron
- Joust
- Bubbles
- Warlok
The board can be used in older Williams system 4 pinball machines that used the previous version sound board that are rectangle. The board can be used as long as slight mounting modification are made. These machines include Phoenix, Stellar Wars and Flash. You can also use our new System 3/4 Sound Board
This board comes supplied with a EEPROM and configured for the game of your choice from the list above, so be sure to provide the correct machine when ordering. This EEPROM will be one of the few I.C.s on the board that will not be new, along with the Motorola 6802 Microproccesor and Motorola 6821 PIA. Changing these would require a code conversion and specialized EEPROM. As a result, these three devices may not be “new” devices, however they are readily available from multiple sources.
