An odd one. Lord of the rings, did work fine. Turned game on, started to play, left flipper died. Fuse next to flipper blew. Replaced fuse, upon power up flipper sticks up and blows instantly. All wires to coil and eos as fine, not broke off..same with flipper cab switch. Pulled driver board, left flipper driver transistor was blown (Q15). Replaced driver transistor and fuse. Power game up, flipper sticks up, blows fuse instantly. Pulled driver board, it blew the new transistor. So now, replace transistor again and replace fuse and added a new flipper coil for giggles. Power game on, instantly blows fuse and fries new transistor again. What else?

did that. I tested the new transistor both times after install. It tests fine, no "wrong" continuity anywhere on the board.

I cant find anything on the schematics that point to this.

UPDATE: replaced the transistor again and tried the board in another game and it works fine. So, the issue is coming from something else in the game that makes that transistor blow adn fuise blow to left flipper immediately.
Wonder if the mpu can have any factor since the cabinet switch wires go to the mpu?
the EOS opens and closes fine, all wiring is intact at flipper assembly, coil is fine (even tried a new one).