(Topic ID: 201079)

Heighway Pinball support (Full Throttle and Alien)

By SunKing

6 years ago


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“How well is Heighway supporting it's customers?”

  • I don't own a Heighway game 127 votes
    72%
  • I own a Heighway game, and the support has been great! 8 votes
    5%
  • I own a Heighway game, and the support has been OK. 16 votes
    9%
  • I own a Heighway game, and the support has NOT been OK. 12 votes
    7%
  • I own a Heighway game, and have received ZERO support despite many requests. 14 votes
    8%

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Post #407 Explaination of lighting labels Posted by bcd (5 years ago)

Post #423 Version 1.2 notes Posted by SunKing (5 years ago)

Post #850 Game hardware diagrams Posted by Per_ (5 years ago)

Post #867 Updated hardware diagram Posted by Per_ (5 years ago)


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#585 5 years ago
Quoted from Oneangrymo:

Thanks for the suggestions.. yes it works fine, it just misses it sometimes I guess. New problem now is some vibrating noises during some music.. not all. I hate vibrating noise.. dont even know where to start looking. Mostly only in the music when you hit the airlock.
I also need to get that rubber for the end of the launcher because it just keeps going back into the launcher. Also the launch ball always hangs.. so I guess I need to make adjustments to that piece of metal where the ball comes out of.

The first place I would look for a rattle would be the launch wireform. It’s a bit too high and touches the glass.

#588 5 years ago
Quoted from Oneangrymo:

Ok new problem guys, I need help. The vibration noises, which is quite loud is coming from inside the cabinet. I tried pressing on everything, and can't figure it out. Its quite loud.. only when there is bass really. I tried pressing on the woofer itself and it makes it worse to some degree. Anyone have any ideas? Never had this much issues before, and this is new. Do you think its because of a power issue with the pinlights and the shaker motor causing some sort of "dirty noise"? or do you think my woofer has malfunctioned?
Thanks

unplug both the pinlights and shaker and see if the problem persists

#606 5 years ago
Quoted from rlslick:

Upon setting my game up and playing a few I noticed some issues. Seem like bugs and maybe one mechanical issue. Can anyone chime in if they have or are having similar issues.
1. There have been times when I power up the game and it freezes on the screen that says booting. I have to turn the power button off/on again and usually it will complete booting up to game play. What’s happening here and can it be fixed?
2. Right upper flipper at times will just stop working. If a ball drains...the flipper will work again. No consistency on when it will stop working. What could the issue be??
3. During a player 1 game play I hit start to add player 2. When the player 2 game started...I noticed that some of the lights were off. Shot the ball into the top left scoop and it didn’t recognize it. It eventually went through ball check and knocked it out. Shot it into another scoop off to the left and the same thing happened. I believe had I shot at any target, the same would have been an issue. Help on understanding what may be the issue here would be helpful.
Thanks - A

Do these three things first:

1) Make sure you are running the latest game software and IO board software.

2) gently unplug the mini usb cable from the top-most IO board and plug it back in.

3) move the upper flipper by hand. Does it move freely and quickly snap back to original position when you extend and let go? If not, it doesn’t have enough gap. Increase the gap and you are good to go.

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#633 5 years ago
Quoted from Oneangrymo:

Well it worked great for about 3-4 days then the ball started to get stuck again in that groove.. must be the tape didn't keep the tension. Anyone else have a simple solution? Should I put a small piece of wood in that gap? Its like right between the apron and the metal part of the ball launcher I hope its clear in the photo above

On my game, it's not the gap so much as that goofy screw head sticking up. But it only happens 10% of the time for me, so I haven't tried to address it.

You are perfectly level and have a nice aggressive 8ish percent incline, right? Just doing those things really helped mine initially.

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