This all assumes there is no setting to turn off big speaker in code menu.

Thank for the input
I redid the connectors and switch game on and of speaker is working again but I noticed if
Put over volume 25 sound gets very unclear
Maybe speaker can’t handle higher volumes ?

One more thing , maybe anyone noticed this :

Put about 20 games on the game from new and noticed the balls have major scratches on them
( see white scratches)

I put some new balls in now and see how long these last

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Mine has this to. Am thinking somewhere there is a place where the balls hit the metal hard which causes this scratches. Keep us informed pls if it te occurs with the new balls.

Had the same:

Unplug the USB connector on the soundboard. Plug in again .... for me it solved the problem and the sub worked again.

With the balls:
The ball lane under the playfield is very sharp, it may bring the scratches in the pinballs.
One guy here in Germany sanded the sharp edges and corners.
My pinballs (!!) are also scratched.

Ok , new set of balls starting to show same damage after about 20 games
Problem is these imperfections are damaging playfield and see through for bowling alley

Visited yesterday DP and this was briefly a topic of discussion.

I plan to remove the subway and mylar it on the inside. This is biggest metal part a ball comes into contact with. The mylar should avoid the ball to metal contact.

With my by the way I take out the balls and briefly repolish them and they shine again. Eg, no deep scratches.

So, put mylar in my subway and polished the balls.

We will see how it holds up.

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Cool , look forward to see how it does

Game is going to ball search when trying to start
A new game
Not possible to start a game at all

This is on the display

Any tips ?

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That’s strange. It’s a 5 ball game but you have and jam and 6 positions lit up at the through.

Is there a ball to much in the game? Otherwise try reseating the connectors at the through board.

I reseated the connectors but did not do much

I was playing a normal game when it just went into ball search after loosing ball in through and that’s now where I’m stuck at

It’s 6 ball game ( 5 + 1 in bowling)
So 6 positions

The 1 in the bowling doesn’t count and is not in the ball through. That’s the one at the switch bowling return if I am not mistaking. Not at home so can’t check but this is what my memory tells me

My car was getting really loose so I took apart enough of the top of the upper playfield to spin the car backwards. Only one screw can be reached without taking off the entire upper playfield (or messing with that motor shaft connector everyone has suggested avoiding) I tightened the visible screw, the car is right now, time will tell if this holds up.

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Hello guys , just got a tbl and set it up , screen message is , cannot detect proc ,check connection -I have checked all I can see but nothing yet ,
Any suggestions?

Usb cable between computer and p-roc board under playfield. Make sure both ends are connected.

I’ve noticed several of the cables come loose under the playfield
These are not secured

Is there a way for these to not vibrating loose
Except duck taping them

Do you have pictures which cables it are ? Cables are supposed to be secured with tire wraps.

I have had Several of these come loose

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Have checked every connection five times over unplugged reseated still nothing it's so frustrating got to be a loose connection I packed the game up carefully loaded in my truck went 30 mi unloaded and now I have this problem doesn't make sense ordered a USB port tester maybe that will tell me something thanks for the input guys been in touch with DP but they have not resolved

Move usb cables to open ports on pc, and start game and see what happens. Maybe bad USB port on pc

Yup done that , no luck ,ordered a tester , hopefully that helps

Have any of you guys experienced while playing a game the machine stops registering shots and once you shoot it into to the drain, the saucer or the scoop it sits there. It doesn't go into ball search. At that point my machine has frozen up and needs to be turned off and on. This seems to be happening more and more. Last night it happened 5 out of 6 games. It happens in 1 to 4 player games.

My wife and I both have noticed it happens a lot when the left stand up target for the ball lock on the the dude ramp is hit.

Thanks for the help.

Sorry to read about your issues. What is the serialnumber of your game? Has it been good for longer period but starting acting up after moving it?

That has happened to a few owners including me. The game seizes up an the only way to get it going again is turn it off and then on again.

I'm not sure of the root cause of the problem but I just play through it (power down and then power up). I have no answers...... I just drink rum and throw in my meaningless Pinside comments.

QSW

Did you buy new? What is serial number?

Has this happened since day 1?

Any one heard from Barry lately ?

Probably on holiday

No, his first holiday in 2 years starts tomorrow. DP Will than shut down till Jan 4th.

Not really Holiday time
Can’t go anywhere with lockdown in Europe

So keep working I guess

How can I adjust the switch that registers the let’s go bowling on the upper playfield? It seems to not light each circle insert regularly to turn on let’s go bowling every time I make that shot.

To lit Bowling you don’t shoot the let’s go bowling scoop but you shoot on the upper playfield the mini loop. Each time you shoot it a letter will be lit. When bowling if fully lit the let’s go bowling will be lit.

You have to take the roof off. There are 2 screws. Once the roof is off you will see a switch there. Also on the plastic ramp I believe there is a switch.

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There are indeed two switches. One is ramp enter, second one is ramp made. These 2 have to be made to light Bowling.

I got the impression from his post however that he expected to lit let’s go bowling via shooting the scoop?

Not sure - so I thought just in case he has an issue.

Yes I know it’s not starting until you get to the scoop. My issue is just getting each letter to light consistently. Sometimes it doesn’t light a letter after the loop shot is made.

Hmm. Ok. Than it’s a solid advice from cpr9999 to have a look at both switches if they register OK. Guess especially the second switch is the most important. Set it in switch test and roll manually a ball up the loop to see what happens.

Anyone ever see this on power up? This shows up on my game and it takes about 2 minutes on this screen and then goes to normal boot. This is a new one for me...

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Ok, my Lebowski is giving me the "System program problem detected" message but I can't even acknowledge the pop up to make it go away, let alone get into UBUNTU to type some code. Let's just start with the easy stuff. Is there a way to "click" cancel through the menu settings?

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Easy fix hook usb keyboard.

See this thread for details.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-big-lebowski-official-club-thread/page/34#post-6048881

Yup, this was super helpful, I had that issue as well about 1 month after the game was out of the box. I followed these instructions and the issue went away and has never returned.

I will say that it was totally straightforward as to whether some of the commands were "taking" in the system. I got confused about what I was seeing on screen but admittedly I am not in IT and not a computer expert by any means so it might have just been my ignorance of how to interact with computer programs like this but in any case it worked. It seems like this is something that could very easily be resolved with a software update to the game.

This game does have several locations where the ball strikes the hard edge of metal rails and things (think near the ramps where the skinny standup targets are). The game would have benefitted from a little more thoughtfulness on design to eliminate these hard edges as they damage the ball immediately and in some cases, severely.

On the damaged balls I can make some comment.

As mentioned earlier I removed my subway and mylared it as a test.

This seems to have done the job or at least greatly improved it. It’s not that after several 10s of games zero wear is noticed but it’s a lot lot lot less. Removing subway is rather easy so easy to try it out yourselves and for sure worth a shot.

The game would feel and sound less "clunky" if that subway was molded plastic like the subways of Twilight Zone and other games of that nature. There's just a smoothness to it.

Thanks for the mylar tip!

Speaking of molded plastic, is anyone experiencing issues with the plastic ramps?
The plastic used for my ramps is much 'thinner' than I'm used to seeing in other games.
Anyone know if there is much variance between these ramps as they've made different versions of the games?

How do I get to nihilist showdown please? I’ve hit the 3 nihilist targets...

The game is set from factory to 25 hits to initiate the mode. Do yourself a favor and go into setting and reduce that dramatically.

Can someone please repost the specific instructions to resolve this error (pictured below) or direct me to a specific post that actually contains them? I seem to be going in circles between the Owner's Club and Maintenance threads using the search feature and the thread (only) references I've found. Thanks in advance!

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