Bought a Whirlwind that had no lights in the display at all. Figured out the power board was not right, ordered and installed a new one. Now I have random symbols as seen in the pic. I have tested the 4 wire power supply from the power board to the display board on the board itself at the soldered pins on the back (as shown in pic) and they show the correct -100, 100, and 5 volts. I have reversed the 26 wire cable, tested all 26 wires at the female connector for continuity and all good. Not sure what to do next.

Also cannot get a free game to start. I'm guessing and hoping because it is not set to free play mode anymore? The batteries were pulled and replaced when I got the machine. Sure would like to play 1 game on this machine even if I don't know my score lol.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

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Thanks for the ideas. I’m going to check that ribbon orientation first.

The leds are : outside 2 solid, middle blinking.

I’m not sure what you mean by headers. The learning curve here can be intimidating but I like solving puzzles lol

IT WAS THE RIBBON CABLE TWISTED!!!!!!!! So jacked! Completist Set to free play and finally sent to bed about 2 am after playing games.

Now the list is: the extra ball drop target does not work, and the fan on the box doesn't run. The skill shot drop target that is closest to the flippers of the 3 when hit drops real slow, and doesn't always reset for the next player. I'll do my reading but man, you all had me up and running in 1 day!

I have a bad optical sensor on the single top drop target for the extra ball. Its the black one. Where do I order that sensor or the whole board? Thanks..

I will try and get picks of the heads up tonight also.

BTW my high score so far is 14,900,000 something. machine is getting worked by the family thanks again.

Thanks. The one that is on the board is 2 separate pieces, but I see the replacement is the black U.

I know this one is bad because on the black side, one of the wire posts is broke off the little black rectangle. The weird thing is, the target is always up at the start of the ball, but even if the drop target is down after lighting the extra ball, if you roll over the dropped target and hit the rebound rubber, it will award the extra ball sometimes. I can't see why it would register that hit with no drop target, and I do not see a sensor behind the rebound rubber.

Finally got that pic. Kids, and me, have been playing it hard. Thank you pinballmanicac40

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