Quoted from Ridgeman58:I checked the switch first and it checked out ok. I'll take another look under the playfield after I reseat the asic and it persists.
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i was going to tell you that a logic problem diagnosis is an absolute last resort for a erroneous switch activation, only after you've exhausted all other possibilities. which it sounds like you haven't come close to doing. and even then, it's really unlikely. that's kinda like performing brain surgery on a person who can't draw a perfect circle.
anyway, what do you mean you checked the switch and it checked ok? i assume you mean you manually activated it and it came up closed in test? even if so, that doesn't mean other factors aren't also causing it to close, too. *i.e. vibration from the pop bumpers (or possibly something else). so if that switch is being closed by anything other than the ball actually triggering it, the game thinks the ball is in the Gift of Gab, and the VUK will attempt to release it, as well as spin the mixmaster if you completed the rule as a result.
go into diagnostics and go to switch test. then cause vibration on the machine. nudge it, hit the playfield with your palm, etc.. see if the gift of gab saucer switch activates.