Wangan midnight maximum tune 3/3dx/3dx+ troubleshooting

The game displays a "Card ejected, take card" message even when there is not a card in the reader

There is a CR2450 battery soldered to the main card reader board which tends to die. Try replacing this. If that still doesnt work replace the card presence switch. If this still doesnt work you will need to replace the reader

The game displays "BOOT FAILED"

The hard drive is not detected or formatted incorrectly, please ensure the hard drive is not faulty

An update usb is inserted but the game boots as normal

The update usb is not detected or formatted incorrectly, please ensure the update usb is not faulty

The game displays "Failed to load prod.img" during bootup

The hard drive has been found however the system has failed to decrypt the final stage linux kernel. Make sure that a GPU with the custom bios is inserted, JVS IO card is not faulty, and that hard drive is connected/working and the original namco one and NOT a cloned drive. This could also be caused by data corruption

The game displays "USB DONGLE ERROR" during bootup

Please make sure the black dongle is plugged in

The game displays "USB DONGLE ERROR" during attract

Please make sure the green and black dongle is plugged in

The game displays "USB DONGLE BATTERY ERROR" during attract

The battery in the black dongle has run down. Open up the dongle and resolder in a new coin battery of the same voltage. If this does not work you will need a new dongle

There has been reports of this not fixing the issue. The dongles RTC may need resetting after this procedure, the method for doing this is not known

The game displays "Please reboot to clear the system" during attract AND/OR the game runs slowly at random points

Replace the CMOS battery in your N2 with a new one, turn on the game, turn it off and on again once attract mode is reached, then wait 30-60 minutes

Slowdown of this nature is caused by the FSB (Front Side Bus) speed being set back to the (incorrect) default. This procedure causes the N2 to re-flash its CMOS during bootup with the correct FSB settings. It is paramount your CMOS is functioning for the N2 to work proprely, a lot of weird issues are a result of this

The accelerator/brake/wheel are not calibrated properly

Go to the I/O menu in the test menu then go to "I/F INITALISE". Dont touch the accelerator or brake and make sure the wheel is centered. Then press the test button and push the pedals/wheel and make sure when you hit the limit for each it says "OK"

Steering error occurs, and when running "I/F INITALISE" an error is shown

Faulty STR PCB. These can sometimes be tempermental and can be solved by a simple restart

If faulty, maximum tune 3-3dx+ is compatible with the (much stronger and more reliable) STR3 pcb used in dead heat. These are a drop in replacement with possibly just some wiring harness work needed

The game runs fine then starts to run super slowly

Make sure you have the custom BIOS written to your GPU

The cause of this happening is still largely unknown

A buzzing noise is outputted halfway through linux boot and does not stop

Your motherboard has a faulty sound card