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Tech: Generic

24,540 topics / 251,005 posts

Machine not starting? Flipper stuck? How to tweak a slingshot? And more!

Tech: Early solid state

11,739 topics / 121,523 posts

Fixing the early solid state games (1975-1985)

Tech: Alpha-numeric

5,328 topics / 52,104 posts

Fixing alpha-numeric games (1986-1991)

Tech: DMD era games

18,516 topics / 187,102 posts

Fixing dot matrix and pin2k games from 1990 onwards

Tech: LCD era games

863 topics / 12,888 posts

Fixing modern games featuring a full colour LCD display, from 2013 onwards

Tools & Supplies

894 topics / 17,816 posts

Discuss what tools & supplies to use, where to get them, and how to use them.

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TTS Show and Tell: Your DIY Homemade Tools By mof (7 years ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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TGE VID's Guide to Upgrading/Rebuilding Flippers By vid1900 (9 years ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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TTS Modified Harbor Freight Lift Table By wizzardz (9 years ago) - Last post 14 days ago

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TGE Playfield Swap Guide By mof (6 years ago) - Last post 20 days ago

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TTS Escalera Powered Stair Climber information thread. By rai (1 year ago) - Last post 27 days ago

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TTS Ultrasonic Cleaner Club " clean members only" By Skypilot (7 years ago) - Last post 54 days ago

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TTS VID's Quick and Dirty Rotisserie Guide By vid1900 (9 years ago) - Last post 65 days ago

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TGE TerryB's Soldering Guide By terryb (5 years ago) - Last post 5 months ago

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TTS TerryB's Guide to Logic Probes By terryb (6 years ago) - Last post 6 months ago

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TTS What is in your tool kit? By Lethalfrag (6 years ago) - Last post 8 months ago

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TGE Pinball lamps By robin (10 years ago) - Last post 1 year ago

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TGE The Beginner Step By Step Guide To Restore/Shop Your Pinball Machine Parts 1 & 2 … By jrrdw (9 years ago) - Last post 1 year ago

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TGE Vid's Guides Collected By Anth (7 years ago) - Last post 1 year ago

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TGE LEDs - All you wanted to know By Brokedad (11 years ago) - Last post 2 years ago

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TGE How to Efficiently Ask for Pinball Repair Help -Vid's Guide By vid1900 (5 years ago) - Last post 2 years ago

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TGE The Pinside Compendium - Updated 5/9/18 By beelzeboob (6 years ago) - Last post 2 years ago

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TDM Guide to dealing with large DMD games with resetting displays By barakandl (7 years ago) - Last post 5 years ago

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TSS what capacitor and diode value for Bally switches? By Blenderhead (3 years ago) - Last post 33 sec ago

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TGE Monopoly Pinball Stuck FlipperNew By juxtapoz15 (2 hours ago) - Last post 1 hour ago

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TDM Fish Tales ball lock problemNew By Veemonroe (3 hours ago) - Last post 1 hour ago

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TSS Bell Games Space Hawks By Alessio88 (6 days ago) - Last post 1 hour ago

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TAN Williams High Speed By Otatts (9 days ago) - Last post 9 hours ago

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TGE 1976 Gottlieb Royal Flush Bonus Score By wedgie57 (1 day ago) - Last post 10 hours ago

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TGE DumbAss test and reproduction PCBs By DumbAss (2 years ago) - Last post 11 hours ago

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TDM Stern Spike Node Board Schematics Troubleshooting and Discussion By JodyG (2 years ago) - Last post 12 hours ago

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TAN Bench Test Supply Wiring for System 11?New By jay (16 hours ago) - Last post 13 hours ago

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TDM Help repairing Whitestar power driver board for my Starship Troopers? … By offworldon (4 days ago) - Last post 14 hours ago

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TTS Ordering from Hanson Rivet- What is my problem?!New By BriPin (19 hours ago) - Last post 14 hours ago

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TDM BSD - Ball missing error + bats By Treelk (1 day ago) - Last post 15 hours ago

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TSS Williams System 7 Power Supply Question By ATAX (4 months ago) - Last post 15 hours ago

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TSS Williams system 6 12v unregulated problemNew By Brewchap (18 hours ago) - Last post 15 hours ago

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TTS Pinball Playfield ROTISSERIES starting at $205.00 shipped By wrd1972 (1 year ago) - Last post 16 hours ago

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TSS Close encounters: no displays, partially playable By Dengo87 (6 days ago) - Last post 19 hours ago

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TDM X Men LE issues By Kjones0427 (2 days ago) - Last post 20 hours ago

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TDM Help with Tales from the Crypt! By Pinball-DOOD (8 days ago) - Last post 20 hours ago

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TDM Fish tales flippers dead By Scott8806 (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TSS Sometimes a random continuous sound on boot By sparky672 (2 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TAN Taxi: Pop Bumpers and Slings Issue By Evets (17 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TSS Atari Space Riders - Not working. By zed7 (15 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TDM Bally Game Show Loop Gate Issue By xbmanx (13 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TDM Left flipper weak on Gottlieb Stargate (System 3) By mystman12 (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TGE Elvira HoH Backdoor issues By Blindseer (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TDM Help with Switches (SAM) By Spunky1562 (7 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TGE Operation wolf sound issue By arcadebeast (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TSS Grand Lizard - Flippers blowing fuse By PatrickATX (2 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TSS Gogar: Smell something burning. By Brewchap (4 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TDM WPC89 Essential power connections? By toibs (2 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TGE Weird Japanese Pachislo lock / Battery backup help? By goingincirclez (3 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TDM Fishtales Help By bigduke6 (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TSS Gottlieb Flipper Woes By Knxwledge (2 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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TGE Bolts instead of rivets? By Vin-bot (6 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TGE Alternative Batman forever gun By H2Oman (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM ToM Opto Board troubleshooting By CTDnEUG (7 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Demo Man - Ball Launch Button Not Working By LilRocky (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TGE How do you upsize a solenoid coil to the next higher power? By Mr_Outlane (5 months ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Tech help Nebraska By drwicket (4 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TGE Pinbot pop bumper problem By Croppie1Kenobi (2 years ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Capcom PM regular clicking noise during attract mode By harig (11 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TGE Arduino Pinball Controller By AmokSolderer (2 years ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TSS Atari Middle Earth stuck in Attract Mode By JethroP (13 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM WPC switch matrix board repair using siegecraft switch matrix tester … By Spybryon (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE Nube problem with Fish Tales ball jam By Veemonroe (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS Close Encounters - High Scores Display not displaying By Crafty (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM AUSTIN POWERS: Some Tech Help Please! By JCO25 (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS TriZone System 6 MPU LEDs Stuck ON By RGarriott (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS Addams Family Gold extra ball lamp By todds (9 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE Blackout 1495 1 message? By Hazoff (5 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Demolition Man - Cryo Claw is living his own live By ArnoBosvelt (20 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TTS Tools / equipment for new pin owner By Sixmillion (3 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS cradling the ball By henrydwh (5 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE New flipper stops working temporarily By adamw (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS Solved: Gottlieb System 80 - I blew it By sparky672 (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS MPU LED solid & Testing C23 on Solenoid Driver Board By EEE (9 months ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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LCD Stern Jurassic Park Jeep Newton Ball.... Help Please By catchlight (8 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Need advice on removing/unseating a transistor board By jonnyqtrek (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Demo Man Left slingshot switch not registering By fuzz (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM LOTR Blowing Transistor, Coil, Fuse... I'm stuck By MaxAsh (52 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM XPin: XPired? By AlonzoMoselyFBI (22 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS Gottlieb Volcano - ten point switches shorted- Help By shacklersrevenge (24 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS System 1 Dead Displays - Short? By MaxAsh (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TAN Cyclone: Display Segment Out in Player 2 By xcguy (3 months ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TAN High Speed sound issue: Music out of sync By edwood (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TAN Rollergames VUK help By Aflacjack (5 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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LCD EHoH Topper issue - Overcurrent Detected By eharan (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE Wonka upkick fix By STXDrew (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE Jokerz ring chart By Jaymerkramer (7 months ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Laserific Medieval Madness Topper By munemori_s (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS Pop Bumper Cap Art - how's it done? By Zitt (6 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TSS Any techs near Erie Pa By Coolpinballdino (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TDM DMD Issues (Flickering, but now off) By dvschaller (8 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TDM Game Resets after playing for a couple of minutes WHITESTAR RESET … By McPin54 (23 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TSS 1979 Lazer ball by Williams By Kendoken (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TDM WPC 95 blanking and DMD board Help By Fzzap (8 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TGE Zizzle Marvel Heroes broken ball return spring and super weak flippers … By kiwasabi (22 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TGE New Allied Leisure MPU By daddy (2 years ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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LCD Faulty Stern Spike 2 Main Power Supply? By Flippingr8 (6 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TSS Gottlieb System 80 - various booting issues By sparky672 (11 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TSS 1994 Demolition Man Coin Door “Enter” Button Not Working By PinballGurus (11 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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