I am no expert on DMDs. However, any time I have ever had a problem it was the ribbon cable connectors. I clean them with rubbing achochol, clean the pins on the boards and then attach them back. So far that has worked for me every time.

I wish you the best of luck and I hope someone like LTG sees your post.

1) Yes, DMD's can crap out at once
2) Every game is not hte same. You didnt list your game. This prevents helping you.
3) Ribbon cable being reseated is always a good first step.

Try describing your problem better, include pictures, the game, how often it happens, if it fixes after power cycle, etc.

Yeah, seeing what it looks like would help a lot. You may also need to reflow some connectors but I would prefer you get a more expert opinion than mine before you break out the soldering iron.

You reseated the cables also on the board side in the cabinet?

Before soldering I suggest you start swapping parts between your family guy and your spiderman one thing at a time and test. You could start by swapping the whole ribbon cable that goes from the CPU board into the Dmd board. Then you can swap dmds and Dmd controller boards (swapping the roms). You'll quickly get to the bad component when the problem moves to the other machine.

Could you post a picture of what is Erin with the DMD please?

Autocorrect. Love it

Jeff,

It may certainly still be fixable. If you prefer to just order a new one, I'd highly suggest listing your old DMD for sale with a description of the problems and a picture. I sure someone would be willing to give you a few bucks and try to fix it themselves.

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Erin = wrong

Did you verify that the old Dmd behaved badly in the family guy?

Right. Otherwise it was solved by the reseating of cables etc.