Hey gang. New pin owner. Having a Star Wars Power issue. Replaced the power board and have now discovered it's and issue at the fuse down in the volume control box. It's finicky and had to be twisted in just right for the machine to power on. It has since gotten extremely worse. The bottom of the fuse holder will literally catch on fire if turned on. Holy he'll. What do I do?

Having a couple issues.

First: both slingshots aren't kicking. Went out at the same time. Both metal prongs on each side behind the rubbers acknowledge contact but won't activate the kicker.

Second: Have a pop bumper that's not activating fully. Southern most pop bumper won't pop unless the ball rolls on the left side of the plastic ring. Anything on the right does't seem to be allowing that plastic piece to push down and activate. Is this normally because of a worn spring or plastic ring or something else? I can push it down with my finger and make it pop properly but the weight of the ball just isn't cutting it any longer.

Third: (and most annoying and probably hardest to pinpoint. Bought a Pinsound plus board for this machine. First one was faulty and had awful sound quality and had to send it back. They sent me a new board and it's still not what i envisioned. It acts better than this first board they game me but still really muddy sound and seems to sound distant. I have Pyle speakers and sub that sound good with the factory board but so far don't jive with Pinsound +. I have all the positive negatives connected properly on the speakers. Everything is connected properly to the pinsound +. Have adjusted all audio dials. I even have the extra pinsound power cable that they suggest getting to ensure there is no loss of power. Didn't know if anyone here has a pinsound plus in theirs or have had any similar issues? At this point I'll probably pull it back out take the loss and try to recoup as much of my $400 plus as I can. Super frustrating.

Interesting. I'm going to go take a look at it tomorrow. Machine is on route. So do you have your speakers and sub hooked up through the line out or just one or the other? Just trying to wrap my head around the setup. Pinsound has not been very helpful in troubleshooting. They rather have just blamed me for hooking it up wrong. I'm done with them.

Thanks, it was helpful because it gives me some options to ponder. Are you saying that you had some pyle speakers in yours and then you upgraded to the Pinwoofer? I have a pinwoofer in my Walking Dead that sounds awesome. And, yes he was very helpful. My amp had a bad power cord but he quickly got me a new power cord.

I guess im probably at the point where im not going to sink any more money into the sound system in that machine. Not sure what's causing it not to jive as well as it should but there is something. I have hooked it up with and without the added power cord and I hear no difference in quality. Just real muddy, and alot of mid despite recalibrating the pinsound every possible way. I have the same Pyle speakers in my Iron Maiden with no added power or amp upgrades and it sounds great.

I'll try another pair that i was going to throw in Walking Dead but these are less than a year old and they sound fine with the original sound card. Not hearing or any fuzz or static or anything but ill try the other ones just to rule that out.

Ok now having all sorts of other issues all the sudden.

Death Star motor and door motor both quit. The Death Star motor has been replaced in the last year. I find it hard to believe it’s bad already. Door motor is original. Door still acknowledging hits. Sensor works properly but door won’t raise or lower. Motor not spinning under play field.

Have gone through all fuses. Have resoldered flimsy connection points on coils.

Still nothing. Flashers still dead. Kickers still dead and dead in coil test.

Beyond frustrated.

Unfortunately R2 has never spun. He hops though. The motor and another piece inside was missing when i bought it. I bought the motor to replace, that's when i learned there was another connector type piece inside missing and I just scrapped the idea because i have no idea what other piece was missing to connect to the motor.

I'll post some pics of everything in the head here in the next day or so.

Hello, having a first time issue with my Star Wars. Keeps saying 1 ball missing when all balls present. Will not start a game and all coils kick a ball out when I drop one in.

My first guess is that it’s a switch issue in the trough that’s failing to acknowledge but I’m not an expert and haven’t had the issue in any other machines.

If so, if you could tell me the kind of switch I can order it from Marcos but I’m a beginner when it comes to knowing about switches.

Thanks!

Having issues with my flashers not working and back box lights being dimmed at times. I can jiggle the wires and the lights either work fully or turn off. I was advised to change the connector and repin the wires.

The picture shown is that of the correct/old connector. I took that then cut the wires. What I didn’t realize Until after cutting is that some of the wires are the same color.

I traced everything back the best I could and repinned and reconnected but now the top half of the back box lights are off and none of the flashers are still working. I believe I have 2 wrongly placed pins.

What I am asking is if anyone familiar with the order and knows which pin controls those 2 issues?

In case it’s unclear that is the connection at the bottom left inside the back box.

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So J5 is the one I am repinning. I apologize if I misspoke

Also, another queston, I am having trouble finding a replacement part, maybe because i don't know the exact name. Underneath the cabinet is the on off switch. It is connected inside to a small grey box. This small gray box is inside the metal box where the volume knob is. The small gray box has (I think) 4 power wires connected to it and it switches the current open or closed based on the power switch position on the bottom of the cab.

I have replaced this part before but now I can't seem to find it online now. Anyone know the exact name of it because I can't seem to find it on Marcos or Pinball Life. Thanks.

So I ordered the EMI with help from Marcos I’m getting one that would work but now my problem is getting it to function with the on off switch. The old one, that you see burnt to a crisp, would fit snug onto the toggle switch when placed on top of it. The new part, pictured, doesn’t have an opening underneath for the switch to fit into to be able to turn it off and on, open/close circuit. Is there a better part available or am I going to have to add more wires to connect to the toggle switch?

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I bought a set a year ago and used a few like the slingshots, boba fett, and maybe one or 2 others. I have them laying around here somewhere. Which ones do you need?

Things to consider when updating code: (JUST MY 2 CENTS)

Attract screens: Things to remove or fix
-Rocky and Bullwinkle screens
-"value screen" where it talks about 3 plays for a dollar
-Don't drink and drive screen (I find the "winners don't use drugs" screen comical so if it doesn't take much room i'd say leave it but wouldn't be mad about removing either)
-BSMNT 2000 screen talking about the "high power" audio
-I've always hated the "main theme", "shooter theme", and "attract mode" sound file during attract mode. Would rather be the star wars or the star wars win theme file

Gameplay:
-seizure inducing strobe flash when death star door is lowered.
-I don't get the storm trooper shootout mode. Seems like a distraction more than it adds to gameplay. I wouldn't miss it.
-When trying to shoot enemy ship and it wants you to use force because the ship is not visible (during extra ball), I feel like it doesn't play the "Use the force Luke" at the proper time to explain why there is no visible ship but only the SFx. I guess I'd want more sound effects or audio during that time like "use the force luke echo" "luke" "concentrate." Just think it would make that part of gameplay better. It feels super clunky

Other:

-Lowering the default high scores. My game is usually routed. Players like to see their name on the high scores even if the score is low. It's a pain in the ass to go in and lower each one like I have done in the past. This only happens when I have to reset the game usually for a repair.

Underutilized SFX: (labeled as they are in the zip download file)
There is a great disturbance in the force
This is some rescue
wait for me
evacuate in our moment of triumph
don't underestimate the force
blaster shot (any of the 3 files)
laser saber
cantina 2
i thought it s so bad on the outside (talking about the Tauntan)

If there is anyway to insert those into the game more that'd be cool.

Just all suggestions. I appreciate the time you take to work on and improve code. I'll buy an update ROM chip with it from you once it's done.

Yes and I have the reset turned off. the default high scores are really high. I find it that casual players play longer if they feel like they can get their name on the board. Manually lowering each one after a reset is a pain and time consuming. Doesn't happen often but i had some NVRAM repairs recently and I found myself doing it 3 separate times.

Yeah. down 50 would be fine

Yes, I think I noticed the change when upgrading roms but could be a coincidence and something else could be the issue. I’d like to fix it also

Finally got the art blades I ordered from overseas. There aren’t many choices online for blades but I deemed these to be the best.

(Don’t mind the crooked pop bumper, it’s intact about 75% of the time)

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I didn’t but it was a 2 person event. Wasn’t easy. Had to do some cutting also since the cuts on mine didn’t seem right.

I basically got one in place and then pealed the far end first and then stuck it and then slowly rolled the peel back behind as I went.

Got the idea from a forum topic here.

Having a sudden sound issue. I remember reading about someone else having a similar issue.

M-m-May May May m m m may the force be w w w w may the force be with you. Over and over usually until the sound cuts all the way out and game play is silent.

Do I have a lose wire somewhere or a sound rom issue or something else?

There’s A couple on EBay for about $88. There’s also an alternate here:

https://www.retrorefurbs.com/shop/star-wars-data-east-dark-side-alternate-pinball-translite/

I like the background of the alternate but Luke and Leah just don’t do it for me.

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I have a set of plastics sitting around that I bought awhile back. I needed just a couple so I still have the majority of the bag. I used the slingshots, boba fett and maybe one or 2 more. The rest are here and just sitting. If there's a specific plastic you are looking for PM me and I'll see if I have it and hopefully we can work out a deal to get it to you rather than you buying a whole set for just one or 2...like I did

I was never able to get my NVRAM installed properly and had similar issues so im following this also

I have some extras

I have some also that I can part out.

I grabbed the Ministry ones. Love em. Get lots of compliments.

I’ve had them installed for a couple years now. Game changer. Just the lowest level Pinstadiums

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If you are hearing something but no movement could just be off track. I had to adjust mine recently. It came out of position underneath. There's a metal piece that rolls around the plastic piece (bottom of the death star door) and it can get off track and then it will either not function or actually go down when it should be up and vice versa. If that happens to be the case you can pull the plastic piece underneath back so that the metal piece fits back on the track. You can actually do this without disassembling anything. It's not the easiest thing but I did it.

Basically there are 2 switches on each side under there. The metal part moves in a circular motion and is supposed to stop when it hits each switch. One is a switch that tells it that the door is up and the other tells it it's down. Mine got off track and up was down and down was up.

I have also replaced the motor in the past few years. Marcos tends to usually have them in stock.