Unless one is hot, yes.

LTG : )

I had a similar problem on a Blackhole.
My issue was a switch stack located in the bottom lower left of the playfield was slightly misaligned.
Not sure if your game has that switch stack.
Good luck.

Also does the fuse blow when the playfield is fully raised?
I’ve had that happen because there was some ground wire touching a coil only when the playfield was lowered.

Measure the resistance of all of the coils, including the coil under the apron. Since the pop-bumper boards were disconnected and the fuse still blows, neither the pop-bumper boards or pop-bumper coils are the problem. A coil can look good but be the problem. As you check each coil resistance, examine anything around the coil lugs that may be causing a short.

Don't forget the knocker and the coin lockout coil on the coin door.

Go around and try moving the coil plungers one by one by hand and see if any are seized. If so, that is the likely candidate. Disconnect the single wire from it and replace the fuse and see if it holds. If it was a frozen solenoid, it probably took out the driver transistor on the new board. You will neeed to replace it and the coil to get everything back in business.

Try something simple a reseating this big connector.
I know that’s also solved many problems for me in the past.

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Check the Q and T relay coils for resistance a possible a short. These are on the right underside of the playfield. If these are OK then remove the driver connectors at the driver board. Keep the MPU to Driver connector in place. With the driver connectors removed the fuse should hold. If not it is back to the 24V rectifier. What is the DC voltage output of the rectifier?

This indicates you likely have a shorted coil or something shorted by the coil and a shorted driver transistor. Can you post a picture of your new Driver Board? Game off, meter set to diode test, positive probe to ground, negative probe to transistor tabs, looking for a short reading.

So you are saying that with ONLY A3J3 connector removed from the driver board that the fuse F6 the 24VDC supply fuse does NOT blow? This connector is associated with the Tilt and Game relay drivers and lamp drivers. To determine where that particular pin goes, which I believe is pin x consult your driver board schematic for the machine. I don't have a schematic for James Bond.

1. Do you have the manual for James Bond?
2. Does the cut wire go to the coil of the Q relay -- Game relay?
3. Closely examine the terminal lugs of the Q relay coil for a short to things around it.
4. Manually operating the relay does not blow the fuse?
5. ****** Measure the resistance of the Q (game) relay coil.

Alan, in retrospect testing the coils for resistance would have identified the problem sooner and saved a bunch of fuses. Barry in Harrison - I remember you..