Alien (Heighway Pinball)
Heighway Pinball, 2017
Full Throttle
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Quoted from Arcade:Took a year for us to get our replacement playfield monitor for Full Throttle.
Just got it in a few weeks ago and then sold the game.
Had enough.
A few weeks ago means the new Heighway at least has some of their tech support gears turning. Hopefully they get that ramped up now that a decent stream of games are moving out of the factory.
Has anyone shown pictures of how they level the playfield screen? Mine is still kinda low, doesn't seem like I can get it to go in further.
Quoted from swenny:Could another Alien owner do me a favor and check something for me. Are the black and blue wires that come off of the switch on the airlock VUK soldered directly on to the middle pcb or do they terminate with a white plug? Here's mine, but I suspect this is not standard.
Mine has that. Looks like they dumped that extra sensor switch on the chest burster shot.
I'd be cool leaving my machine with Shaggy from this old Pinball. He's the reason I've been able to fix pretty much anything [Pinball]
Quoted from delt31:I'm hoping that's not the case b/c this game is so good.
I completed self destruct the first time tonight. such a great game. 
Rensh
There's a known bug where switches with lots of bounce can get in an inverted state which results in what you describe. The dev guys are aware of it, i'm sure a fix will be in the next rev.
If you get a log of it, send it to [email protected]
Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:How about info on top resister (square) on I/O board? Resister out in 2 boards and that part must be soldered.
Mosfet?
Looks like these maybe.. seems like something would've caused these to blow.
Quoted from Agent_Hero:Finally, would anyone have any ideas for a way to frame and protect the "in play" edges of the lower playfield LCD? Seems like the clearcoat in that area could chip/flake/crack.
I'm using a static cling vinyl sheet like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Grafix-9-Inch-12-Inch-Cling-6-Pack/dp/B002J6CO9I/ref=pd_bxgy_201_img_2
I've had a few LEDs go bad, and they'd work sporadically like you describe. Replace or swap with the end of a gi chain is what I'd do.
Quoted from Astropin:Nitro in Canada will be coming out with replacement I/O boards...when exactly I don't know but they did say they would be doing it.
I can't wait to see these up for sale.
Quoted from rlslick:1. There have been times when I power up the game and it freezes on the screen that says booting.
Afaik this is a known issue. No known fix, but the work around is easy enough.
Your other two problems sound like you need to replace the USB cables with something of better quality. The ugreen ones the game comes with look ok; they're junk.
I was thinking about trying to put one of these passive ball stops in. Looks like I'd have to cut the apron tho.
https://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1168
I had a buddy size me a couple caps to shore up the 70v power supply. I can't say this is needed for other heighway games, I've never played any other, maybe I just got a weak one... But this is a great mod, flippers feel more solid, multiball is way better. If anyone tries it out please post your results. Wired in parallel.
Attach97041_20180906_133656 (resized).jpgAttach97182_20180907_195518 (resized).jpgIMG_20180907_193401755 (resized).jpgQuoted from knockerlover:kneissl what is the wiring for your capacitor mod?
I'll do a write up on the mod tomorrow.
I experienced a number of blown mosfets after I ran thicker gauge wire from the power supply in my quest to fix the weak coils. One might make an argument that the current factory configuration is more of a hack.
They're not weak like you get with worn mechs or hot coils, I didn't notice till I was playing with my daughter on one side me on the other. If you flip left and right at the same time you should notice it. After I noticed it, I started to recognize it happening in multiball.
Quoted from take2-take5:I know we possibly couldn't have picked a worse machine for a first pin (full throttle) but refuse to believe that there's nothing we can do to get it running properly again. Please guys way out of my league here, any help is appreciated.
Does the shooter fire reliably in coil test? maybe a loose connection somewhere?
Quoted from Per_:Wow, that would really be some kind of "dirty hack" to limit currents with undersized wire. I already asked myself if Heighway ran out of acceptable wire and planned the replacement together with the ridiculous thin 12V cables to the mainboard. But with the caps there should be even more blown mosfets (if it is current related)?
I'll have to find an O scope or something to try and figure out what is going on with the blown mosfets.
Per_ I think a good place for that would be pinwiki:
http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Heighway_Pinball_Repair
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