Seriously... where are those price come from...? i just bought an almost brand new NOS CV apron perfect for 50 euros and the original beacon’s price were at around 20 dollars a pair on ebay.
Maybe the seller alreay paid high price for this but ... i mean ... price is becoming crazy anyway.

Reminder to myself ( and all who's a part of this amazing game)....magnetized balls absolutely wreak havoc on this machine!!

Was certain something bad had happened to my extremely reliable game....endless ball launches, ambush not stopping, even mid game resets.

After several lengthy troubleshooting efforts...it was the freakin balls!!! New set installed and all is good.

Moral = check the easy stuff first regardless...

And the new guys call theirs the "original" as well! Oh, the irony

Hello! Wondering if anyone has had any luck diagnosing and repairing IO boards? I have a few that are bad and I don't want to scrap them. Thanks!

Can't diagnose just off "bad". What's the problem, bob?

A few ?
What happened ? Are the boards from PB usable ?
As far as I know only smaller fixes like USB connector or a driver can be repaired, if anything happened to a layer in the middle it is not to repair.
Wayne Gillard in AUS has still some to sell as I know.

Hey thanks for the replies!

Its a long story, but basically I had an issue on the machine where something on the IO board failed and I was getting 70v continuous to the top R flipper causing it to melt the OG coil and blow a fuse in the 70v section of the power board. With Pinsider advice I sourced and replaced the faulty IO board and found a suitable coil replacement and installed it.

Maybe it's important to mention that the game was on location at the time and I was not there to experience what went wrong. Things break all the time at my arcade and I tend to take the shotgun approach to fixing games on the floor in the interest of time. That said, I swapped the parts, played a few games, and it seemed like a fix - played well for like a month or so, but then the same thing happened again. So shotgun operator me buys 4 more IO boards and coils and tries the same thing again - and of course the same thing happens and I realize that I am being a moron.

I brought it home to really focus on it and discovered that my prob was actually the power board - I replaced that and used my last working IO board and coil and its been working nicely so far (about 2 weeks so far). Now though, because of my ignorance and hasty approach to repairing the game I now have 4 'bad' IO boards that let 70v continuous through to the upper right flipper when installed as IO 2, and a 'bad' power board that I want to see about fixing.

- Don

Don, your faulty I/O boards very likely will have a cooked mosfet or 2, caused by and up or downstream fault.
There are 8x 100v N channel's on each I/O board for driving coils, 4 each side.
Pic shows 'em. I can't read the part number on them but the Great Per has ID'd them as PSMN039-100Y

*ESD controls apply*
Test 'em with your meter to confirm which are faulty. Connector pins are labelled so if you don't know the coil number, buzz 'em out.
They cost all of 2 bob each and take 2 minutes to replace with the rework station.
If the fault still exists up or down stream, the I/O boards will fail again. Those power boards are junk. Not at all fit for a hot, high stress environment. A bit of PCB lacquer is helpful but they need to be cleaned, with the risk of tracks, pads, and land, just falling off.

There are also 2 big P channels acting as switches. One for 12v and one for 70v. You can check the test points, or confirm the 70v & 12v led's are on before getting out the meter for these as I've not yet seen a failed one.
Pic shows 'em, again I can't read the part number, but the Great Per says FQB22P10.

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Any tips for helping the magnet catch the ball for it to be grabbed by the xenomorph? Currently maybe 1 in 10 times it gets it?

I think there is +/- 25% adjustment in the menu, not sure if that is power level or time to hold though. I'm not near my game today...

Go into the menu and increase the magnet strength one setting at a time. You don’t want it any more powerful than absolutely necessary

Look at the manual (IPDB) I wrote with a lot of suggestions how to setup the ALIEN.

Thanks gentlemen, I'll have a play tonight and see if I can get my balls grabbed.

Then I'll have a look at Alien...

Keep us posted on both

Will the PB facehuggers from the slingshots fit also our HW Alien ?
I am in need of 2 new ones.

Those are available thru Pinball Brothers parts site.
https://www.free-play.se/en/game-specific-parts/pinball-brothers/alien/facehugger-alien-pinball-brothers.html

Man I got ripped off from a well known Alien modder. Totally ripped off. Be careful sending money to modders overseas, use only paypal with protection, never F and F.
You have been warned!

Any heads up on who we should avoid? I understand not wanting to put someone on blast but if they didn't want to be called out, then they shouldn't steal.

I will post more info soon about the whole thing it’s all shady and I’m out close to 800.00

Sad to read..pisses me off actually....as if people haven't exploited the community bad enough already ( starting at the origin). Can't even list the ways or think about it much anymore. There will always be a shadow associated with possibly one of the most anticipated, desired games ever.

Hope you get square, Pinbud...

Only 1 available .... I need 2. And ordering in sweden makes no sense for just 1 piece.

Time for comic con again going to get my panel signed by him
No Vasquez

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My issue may finally be resolved 3 years in the making , I will post if it backfires

She runs a couple of companies now; no need to do cons

Ugh she’s the main one I wanted

Looks like she does do the occasional appearance after all, a couple last year even

https://fancons.com/guests/bio/276/jenette-goldstein

Mission success today

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NIIIICE! Glad to see he’s doing a lot better

what happened to him ? Didn’t even know he looked good to me

he’s in recovery. Notice how he really hasn’t been in anything real big since The Abyss? Huge inspiration that he’s gotten sober

SWEET!!!

Pretty darn cool! Hopefully this means you are staying in da club

Very nice and a unique touch for your ALIEN.

I got 2 facehugger as a present from a well know member ... thank you !

This facehugger are for PB, anyone ever mounted them on Heighway ? It seems that the mechanik is different. So my plan is just to swap the rubber facehugger.
Did someone this before ?
Would be nice to know before I destroy them

So I give the answer myself
The facehugger slings are compeletely different between heighway and PB. Good news: The kind of mounting is identical. With some power you can force the PB facehugger from the shaft and mount them, with the same power, to the old heighway shaft. Its hard work.
Other way would be to buy complete slingshot mechanism plus facehugger. Expensive way but also possible.

BTW: I just bought a HUO black LE and it was not fitted with the usefull sling lights

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Another middle finger by PB

And not very userfriendly. The "old facehugger" have a screw to remove the facehugger from the top.
PB version is one piece. So you have to mount it under the playfield to the mechanic. No easy doing I guess.

However .. as described , with some power you can mount the facehugger also.

Speaking of the slings, a word of warning to check your facehugger mounts - photos show what happened to mine and the playfield damage. NB. I was away from the venue when this happened so several games were played with it broken and rattling about.

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Heighway Alien going for under 10k in Oz

Nobody I know trades pinball on pinside. Just saying.

hello to all I need your greatest help with your knowledge on the subject concerning I/O 1.4b Alien cards the problem is the UBS port it is unsoldered from the card, error missing I/O card 1
can these cards be repaired? if yes ?
do you know people who can help? I am also looking to buy some I find no one the stocks are exhausted??
please help me

Yes, they can be soldered.
I had the same issue when the USB-Connector broke off the board.
You need a specialist with experience in soldering these kinds of circuits, so don't worry.
I have sent mine to Flipperwerk in Germany.

I have another board that I kept broken you think it's repairable also it's the FQB 22P10 component that failed

I can't post that here, mods strip a cog Lol

On gumtree.com.au in Oz, or AussieArcade.com

I'd put links, have done before, but pinside is retarded with that.

*amongst other things

Thank you Averell for your quick response I will send the 2 I/O cards to Flipperwerk.
I'm still loyal to this Alien pinball machine that I've had for 5 years, Alien LE number 336# still a passion.
Thanks also to the community for being there and sharing our passion.

Good choice

does anyone know an address where I can buy the USB cables of the I/O cards because I want to change them to put better qualities.

amazon.com

Stay in our club buddy, Averell is here to rescue another club member yet again!

Hi all
thank you for your answers I am always there faithful and passionate about Alien HP