Quoted from janus:While installing my Colordmd I broke the ribbon cable. I feel stupid, but just wanted to warn anyone else that the underside of where the ribbon cable is plugged into the existing dmd is hot glued to the circuit board. The glue is not initially visible. I should have realized it wasn't easily able to be unplugged instead of pulling too hard on it instead of investigating. Oh well, now I have to wait couple more days for a new cable.
I discovered the hot glue Stern used to seal the ribbon cables to the original dmds the hard way too. My first encounter was on Spider-Man, when I nearly broke the cable trying to pull it off, before realizing it was glued. Since then, I’ve added color DMDs to 8 or 10 Sterns from the late 2000’s to now, and most have the hot glue. I take needle-nose pliers and gently pull the glue off before removing the cable. It usually comes off in one piece. It’s pretty common in my experience.
I’m stoked to add a color DMD to my CSI this weekend. One of my all-time fav games. Great toys, great flow (despite some stop/go) and easy to follow rules. I’ve owned mine 2 years and I’ve never completed all 3 multiball modes in the same game to qualify the 50 million shot. I’ve finished 2, but I never seem to hit all the lit shots to finish all 3. The kicker is, each time you fail, it gets harder to finish the mode the next time around. Surprisingly difficult pin to reach the “wizard mode,” which sadly isn’t really that. Given that most high scores on Pinside are under 100 mil, that 50 mil shot is just huge!