Quoted from Rum-Z:I'm just curious what's wrong with them, as I have both of them in my lineup and they've been pretty much trouble free (knock on wood). The AC/DC Luci has an odd lighting issue where when everything goes dark and the cannon is rotating, I'll occasionally have an insert here or there flicker when they're supposed to be off. I tried swapping some boards to eliminate that issue, but I haven't been able to resolve it yet, so obviously I must have swapped boards that weren't the cause of the issue. Other than that, everything seems fine. These machines are also both on the SAM board system, which seemed like a pretty stable and reliable system to me.
This would be great information to have; I really think the "hive mind" here could offer help if we knew exactly what was going on.
Sure, pins are somewhat complicated, but far from "rocket science", and given that the SAM system has been around for over a decade, it's hard to understand why several techs AND Stern are still flummoxed.