Quoted from Scorpius:

Pin has been pretty solid thus far. Slight gargoyle adjustment and the connector at the bottom of the crypt for the optoboard got unplugged somehow mid-play (weird) but I am having some difficulty with the ball rolling back out the front of the house.
Assuming it's bouncing off the back of the subway behind the playfied and coming back out as a softer shot sticks no problem. Any adjustment for that or when the game slows a little bit does it resolve?

Quoted from Pin_Fandango:

This happens to me too, have not looked into why it happens yet...
Worst part is the game goes completely dark if you start a mode.

Quoted from minwick:

Any chance anyone can figure this one out? Unhappy hour starts by itself and continues without a ball on the playfield. It continues for about 30 seconds and racks up over 300 mill on the score. Checking out realigning ramp optos, but I have been unsuccessful thus far. Recent issue. We have had the game since relatively early in production. This is the first issue we have encountered. I have a video. Just have not figured out how to upload it.

Quoted from minwick:

Any chance anyone can figure this one out? Unhappy hour starts by itself and continues without a ball on the playfield. It continues for about 30 seconds and racks up over 300 mill on the score. Checking out realigning ramp optos, but I have been unsuccessful thus far. Recent issue. We have had the game since relatively early in production. This is the first issue we have encountered. I have a video. Just have not figured out how to upload it.

Quoted from 03whtlightning:

My distributor was told by Stern he would only be getting 5 but 17 actually showed up.

Quoted from minwick:

Any chance anyone can figure this one out? Unhappy hour starts by itself and continues without a ball on the playfield. It continues for about 30 seconds and racks up over 300 mill on the score. Checking out realigning ramp optos, but I have been unsuccessful thus far. Recent issue. We have had the game since relatively early in production. This is the first issue we have encountered. I have a video. Just have not figured out how to upload it.

Quoted from 03whtlightning:

Picked up my EHOH yesterday. Now I just have to set it up and find a way to tell the wife that I bought it. Haha!! I find it much easier to get forgiveness than it is permission. Anyway, a little info to pass, my distributor told me he was allocated 20 machines and then told by Stern he would only be getting 5. 17 actually showed up.
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Quoted from BallyKISS1978:

Those who grew up in the 70’s should recognize the pic

Quoted from Halfwasted:Just got a new Elvira!
I am having an issue where I am being awarded back door skills shots in the wrong moments.
For example I shoot the "Wild Women Multi Ball" shot and lock a ball, the game rewards me a back door skill shot.
Another example is I shoot the cellar when open and it grants me a back door skill shot.
I guess this is an opto issue in the house? Not sure where to start.

Quoted from Halfwasted:

Solved this!
It appears the connectors for two optos were switched. Backdoor seems to be operating correctly now.
Get your QA in order Stern!

Quoted from Scorpius:

but I am having some difficulty with the ball rolling back out the front of the house.
Assuming it's bouncing off the back of the subway behind the playfied and coming back out as a softer shot sticks no problem. Any adjustment for that or when the game slows a little bit does it resolve?

Quoted from EaglePin:

There's always going to be some tinkering/adjusting to do, but mine delivered a couple weeks ago has been solid and seems to have the main fixes from previous runs in place. The crypt shoots consistently (prior to putting the gargoyle mod on the kick out opening - I need to bend the kickout flap just slightly now so the ball doesn't make contact with the mod on the way out), the trunk lock & ramp haven't had any issues, and the attachment point for the left orbit exit screw is an open horseshoe so the end of the guide can be adjusted easily instead of just having a hole for the screw.
I adjusted the end of that left orbit guide out so the ball doesn't touch the sling when exiting the orbit, and other than that the only tinkering I've had to do so far was on the post that holds the ball behind the backboard. The post was binding a bit against the hole it goes through so it was sometimes getting hung up and balls weren't getting held properly when a haunt started. Very easy fix though to just add a couple washers to the screws holding the post coil to the backboard so it doesn't rub against the edge of that hole anymore and now it's working great.
Only thing I might check on is to see if there's a way to change the aim of the ball kicking out from the cellar just a slight bit. Right now it's going near the tip of my right flipper. It's fine 95% of the time but a few times it's sent it SDTM. I'd like it to hit a slight bit more toward the center of the flipper to try to control it a bit easier on the kickout and prevent any SDTM. I keyword searched this forum but didn't see anything on adjusting the aim of that kickout. My pitch is at 6.9 and it's level left to right both at the flippers and by the house. It's not a big issue so far at all though, just more of an "if I have time I'll look into it" type of thing.
Edit: I forgot about the shooter lane. That's the main adjustment I want to make on mine. The ball seems to drift slightly left as it goes up the metal shooter lane after it passes the forks, so it hits the inner guide on the orbit and doesn't go around very cleanly. When I adjust it by prying the left side up to prevent the drift it works for a game or two but then goes back out of alignment. There doesn't seem to be a good way to get that metal shooter lane ramp out to put some support under it to counter the lean without taking the whole orbit ball guide out. On AIQ there was a big opening under that part so I was able to wedge something under it, but there doesn't seem to be a similar opening underneath it on Elvira.

Quoted from JackOfPots:

Can you give me more information on this and how you fixed it? Maybe a picture of what you did ? I have those exact two issues. Left orbit sending the ball into the left sling (I've fixed this) and the ball not being held properly when a haunt starts.

Quoted from 03whtlightning:

Haha!!!! I’m trying to build up the courage to tell her!

Quoted from Pin_Fandango:

I wish an opto was just the only thing that slips by the non-existent Stern QC.
This is my power supply, in my 2 day old Elvira.
48v circuit 100 % not grounded. Also some of the insulation is damaged.
This is what happens when you have unskilled workmanship building games to improve the bottom line.
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Quoted from EaglePin:

Ball was rolling out the front of my house a fair amount also. When the ball was rolling out of the house I’d noticed I wasn’t hearing the same sound of the post as when the ball did get held correctly.
I checked the post in the subway behind the backboard by quickly raising it up repeatedly by hand and noticed it wasn’t smoothly raising. There was a bit of resistance because the post was resting against the edge of hole it goes through. Put two and two together and figured the post was hanging up on the edge of the hole so the ball wasn’t being held in.
I put washers behind the bracket that hold the post coil to move the post away from the edge it was catching on. It’s worked way more reliably ever since. There are still a few shots that come back out but those have generally been weak shots that probably just didn’t make it to get locked. Went from about 50% holds to over 90%. Here’s a pic of where I put the washers. One behind each screw for the coil.
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Quoted from TommyGavin:

My May 12th built machine

Quoted from Only_Pinball:

Our games share the same birthday.

Quoted from Utesichiban:

I swapped out my JP node board 8 (blue board under the playfield by the left flipper) to see if that was why my flippers were malfunctioning. As some have referenced, that at least appears to be part of the problem.
The good news is the flippers are now working properly and I can at least play the game. However, I noticed my GI lights on both sides under the slings are not working (referenced in one of the warnings). I 'm pretty sure it has been this way since I unboxed it last Saturday as I remember thinking the game was very dark. The other issue I'm having is that the ball rarely stays in the house now when starting a mode. It pops out the right side 75% of the time instead.
The warning I don't understand at all and am most concerned about is the node 8 overcurrent warning (see attached pictures). Anyone know what the overcurrent means?
Is the JP board different than the one in Elvira (doesn't appear to be). My distributor is going to contact Stern Monday about these issues but does anyone here have any insight? (I can't believe this is a NIB game!)
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Quoted from Lermods:

Overcurrent means you have a short somewhere. Check your light sockets. There have been reports of solder inside the sockets causing issues.

Quoted from Utesichiban:

Thanks! Which light sockets? The GI lights out under the slings?

Quoted from Utesichiban:

Thanks! Which light sockets? The GI lights out under the slings?

Quoted from Paddy-o:

I had this happen with a Batman '66. If you have another Stern machine, pull the spike board and try it in Elvira, using the Elvira sim card. If Elvira works, you have a bad board, and you'll want to call Stern or your distributor.

Quoted from Kside:

So I switched my boards and they both work in LZ and neither work in Elvira, neither board fires up the screen on Elvira

Quoted from pinaholic:

Just updated to V1.02 at Young Ethels in Brookline. The EATPM will reside next to these one day.
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Quoted from Pin_Fandango:

Bad cpu?
Have you checked the memory card as it waa suggestes before?
If not, flash it

Quoted from Kside:

I flashed the SD card, and it works! Thank you all very much! Any reason I should swap the boards back to their original games?

Quoted from EaglePin:

Ball was rolling out the front of my house a fair amount also. When the ball was rolling out of the house I’d noticed I wasn’t hearing the same sound of the post as when the ball did get held correctly.
I checked the post in the subway behind the backboard by quickly raising it up repeatedly by hand and noticed it wasn’t smoothly raising. There was a bit of resistance because the post was resting against the edge of hole it goes through. Put two and two together and figured the post was hanging up on the edge of the hole so the ball wasn’t being held in.
I put washers behind the bracket that hold the post coil to move the post away from the edge it was catching on. It’s worked way more reliably ever since. There are still a few shots that come back out but those have generally been weak shots that probably just didn’t make it to get locked. Went from about 50% holds to over 90%. Here’s a pic of where I put the washers. One behind each screw for the coil.
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Quoted from Gotfrogs:

I installed PDI glass on my premium last week and it looks great. Hard to see the difference in photos but in person you can not even see the glass.
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Quoted from Kside:

I flashed the SD card, and it works! Thank you all very much! Any reason I should swap the boards back to their original games?

Quoted from Utesichiban:

I swapped out my JP node board 8 (blue board under the playfield by the left flipper) to see if that was why my flippers were malfunctioning. As some have referenced, that at least appears to be part of the problem.
The good news is the flippers are now working properly and I can at least play the game. However, I noticed my GI lights on both sides under the slings are not working (referenced in one of the warnings). I 'm pretty sure it has been this way since I unboxed it last Saturday as I remember thinking the game was very dark. The other issue I'm having is that the ball rarely stays in the house now when starting a mode. It pops out the right side 75% of the time instead.
The warning I don't understand at all and am most concerned about is the node 8 overcurrent warning (see attached pictures). Anyone know what the overcurrent means?
Is the JP board different than the one in Elvira (doesn't appear to be). My distributor is going to contact Stern Monday about these issues but does anyone here have any insight? (I can't believe this is a NIB game!)
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Quoted from BallyKISS1978:

If it’s not broke don’t fix it. First rule I learned when I started in 2019.

Quoted from KlownHammer:

One of my fav philosophies in life man! That and the conservation of energy principle lol. Dude you are so close to the big win..almost time for some champagne corks to pop

Quoted from mrgregb123:

Few pages back I posted about how my ramp rail bumpers (nubs of death) were black, and busted and needed replacements. Most of you have blue ones, not black. I called Stern who said only blue exists and eventually they found the part # for black but didn't have them so they were sending me blue ones.
Then this arrived....
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Quoted from mrgregb123:

Few pages back I posted about how my ramp rail bumpers (nubs of death) were black, and busted and needed replacements. Most of you have blue ones, not black. I called Stern who said only blue exists and eventually they found the part # for black but didn't have them so they were sending me blue ones.
Then this arrived....
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Quoted from KlownHammer:

Good job on swapping the node board! When u did that, out of curiosity (and with respect to your error issues here), did you adjust the dip switch settings for the board like the one guy suggested? If not maybe that would solve these issues? V.much hoping this game gets sorted 4you quick man..what a drag

Quoted from Hayfarmer:

Fed ex sucks lately, we only use and request ups. Fed ex has left packages outside in 50 mph winds here, after we have told them repeatedly to leave in garage . Hoping your game arrives safely and 100%