I was playing the game for about an hour today when the right flipper suddenly got stuck in the hold position, and then died. The button still was registering with the computer display and changing skill shot lights, but the flipper wouldn't respond. I lifted up the playfield and found the 3A SB fuse had burned up in socket F1 (which deals with the right flipper) on the Solid State Flipper Board. I put a new fuse in there and again, flipper gets stuck and eventually dies. New fuse burned up as well.

Is this a problem with the SSFB or perhaps a board in the backbox? Anyone with experience on these DE machine issues dealing with the SSFB that could offer some advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

For the record, my PSB is a brand new X-pin, but the PPB and SSFB are both original 20+ year old boards.

Doing some googling, I've read where this is a lot of the time the SSFB crapping out (or rather components on it). I've been meaning to replace it anyway, so I've ordered an aftermarket Pinled 40001 replacement board. I'll post again on whether or not that fixes the issue when it arrives in a few weeks.

Copy that guys. I will save it. Even though the fix may only be a $3.00 job, I had been meaning to replace the board anyway. This just forced me to get off my rear and order it.

I yanked the old board out to inspect it and have included pictures (I removed the burnt fuse at F1). You can tell from the solder side that someone had clearly serviced this board at least once in the past. Note the scratches and difference in soldering quality in a few locations, specifically tip 36C as Brtlkat mentioned.

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Update: New Flipper Board from pinLED in Germany arrived today. Installed it and it works great! So as of right now, the machine has a new X-pin PSB, a new Vishay DMD, and a new pinLED Flipper Board. I've kept the original PSB and SSFB on hand so they can be repaired as backups.