I've had this pin since Dec and all was fine until about a week ago when I noticed what I thought were LEDs starting to do some ghosting. It wasn't too bad and first noticed on the 4x light. About a week has gone by and now all sorts of lights are coming on / ghosting / or are stuck on at the wrong times. The main ones I've noticed are 4x, extra ball, W-A-R (when one is triggered the W-R both come on and stay on until WAR is complete and then they reset as they should), Jackpot and the M in RANSOM on the back box. Any ideas on how all these lights would be connected? I'm still learning to read schematics so I'm not sure. Any help would be great. Thanks!

I've included a link to a video

https://www.dropbox.com/s/s8pt5uivfsrv5c0/IMG_4206.MOV?dl=0

When I go through the light switches individually, I'm noticing that a lot of them have 1 other light connected to them. So when 1 lights comes on, a corresponding light comes on as well. When you go to test the corresponding light, the other will come on. It's like each time a light is triggering there are 2 lights that come on. That isn't the case for all the lights on the board. There are 32 lights that are connected in pairs.

Update: I no longer have lighting issues. When I got the machine the upper Playfield GI was always on but would flicker / dim at times. If I would wiggle the connector for J1 on the Upper Playfield Interconnect Board they would act as they should. I decided to de-solder and re-solder J1 and J2 since the traces are connected. That fixed the lighting issues. However, I now have coils that randomly fire, most notable the coil that kicks out the multi ball. It has been awhile since I tested so I will figured out what is triggering what and update. J1’s connector was replaced by previous owner.

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After running individual tests:

Left sling fires twice
Left target bank creates a spake on the upper IC board
05 05 A side, which is “unused” blinks the middle flashers in the back box, blinks flasher behind the middle drop targets and sparks a bit from the upper IC board

05 06 C Side - when it flashes the ball kick to the upper Playfield fires as well but it is very weak (it fires normal when I test it individually)

Left and right through lanes causes the middle drop target bank to fire

Spelling WAR makes the kicker going to the upper Playfield fire numerous times

Lowering the bridge by hitting the targets on the draw bridge cause the multi ball kicker to fire numerous times

Hitting the K N I drop targets makes the kicker going to the upper Playfield fire numerous times

That is all that I could tell that was going on. It should be noted that when the game is running the left sling only fires once and acts as should

The game worked flawlessly until I re soldered the upper IC board , J1 and J2

Already on the board. The traces are trash. I took them off to see what was under and the traces were broke.

Not any pinched wires that I can see. Makes no difference if the upper Playfield is raised or not. Still getting things that randomly fire.

If I unplug j1 and j2 everything tests as it should but obviously no power to the GI or pop bumpers or draw bridge. If I only unplug j2, everything tests the same. It’s when I plug in j1 that it causes the problems. That is the connector that was repaired.

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The upper interconnect board - located on the bottom of the playfield.

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This is where my inexperience kicks in. I’m not sure how to test electronics without a little help. I have my meter set as in the picture. Is that correct when checking if there is connections between the pins on J1. Am I correct in that there shouldn’t be a connection so my MM shouldn’t beep as I test the pins as you suggested?

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There is no pin on J2 pin 2 so I think pin 1 is correct.

I’ve got a beep on pins 2-3, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8

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Sounds good. Thanks!

pins 4-5 also seem to get a beep when testing on J2. The rest of the pins test ok on J2.

Not sure if that helps or not but thought I would test J2 as well.

I moved the orange wire on j1 to pin 1 instead of 2 like your machine. Here is a better picture on the back of my upper interconnect board.

I took the board out and retested the pins. Looks like the pins on both 2-3 and 3-4, j2 and j1 are only making the beep and both have burn marks by them. So pin 3 seems to be the common issue here. Not sure why I got some beeping on a couple others last night. But I think we are on the right track.
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Here is a better view. I took off the J1 pins and tested again. Same results. Pin 3 seems to be the issue. Could the trace between pin 3 on J1 to J2 be bad? Where do I go from here? Making progress!

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I had to use a screw driver to chip away anything between the pads. I didn't do the best job and slipped a couple times. I then cleaned the best I could with a toothbrush and alcohol. That worked!! Everything tested as it should on my MM. I put the board back in and everything is working. @pinballmaniac40. You did it again. Thanks for the help and education!

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PinballManiac40 Thanks again! The game plays awesome. Now on to the pinbot I saw you posted there too. I updated that thread.