My GHSII was my favorite game. But lately I am having an issue which makes it less enjoyable to play. When I hit the pop bumper the supercharger sound is played. It stays this way until I hit the supercharger or the saucer and activate another sound. This is making game play a drag.

Not sure what caused this. At around the same time I installed a Pinsound and custom soundtrack I also blew a IC on the board by shorting the coil. I replaced the transistor and fuse and everything worked fine with the exception of the pop bumper/supercharger sound. I downloaded latest firmware and reinstalled new mix by Mr. Tantrum. I might have caused the issue then by my poor soldering job but not sure how to test this issue.

Any thoughts on what it could be? Would appreciate your thoughts on this. Below is the post to the issue I had with the transistor.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pop-bumper-issue-replaced-26-1200-with-ao-26-1200-diode#post-5219485

Just downloaded new firmware again. Reinstalled new files and still having the same issue. If one bumper fires by itself it doesn't trigger the super charger sound. Seems to only trigger the sound when multiple bumpers are hit.

Will try to post a video of the issue.

I did some work with one of the Transistors. I took the pad off the board when I tried to unsolder the old transistor but didn't think I touched any other traces or pads.

The correct sound does play when I hit the supercharger. If the supercharger were playing the bumper sounds I would think that I hooked up the wrong wire somewhere but that is not the case.

It is either an issue with my Pinsound or Board I believe.

Both good ideas. Will do right after the holidays.

Thanks

Guys,

Will you look at these photos and tell me if I have wired incorrectly? It looks like I did not pay attention to which side of the diode I soldered on. Does this make any difference?

Not sure if it is connected to the problem or not but would like to start here before I remove the sound board and install the original.

Thanks

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I switched the wiring and it did not fix the problem.

Here is a video of what happens when the bumper is hit. I have identified the top bumper as the issue.

Okay, will use ball in the future.

Have not tested the diode. Researching that now.

Think I have the wires soldered on the wrong side of diode. Changing that now. Possibly ruined the diodes??

Mike, I switched the wire to the black side of the diode on all of the bumpers. Problem is now solved. Can't thank you both enough for your help.

Feels great to have the machine working again and to solve the issue.