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Quoted from rotordave:The guy compared all the components with node boards from a working game and worked it out. Old school style detective work.
But Wait!!
I thought these things were un-repairable boat anchors if a node acts up??
Unless of course, we had schematics, then the next Stern abomination would need to be sorted.
Quoted from westofrome:Is the (presumably huge) profit margin Stern makes on these replacement boards worth the loss of customer goodwill? What's the unit cost to Stern of these?
How much is an x-pin replacement display? WAY more than the sum of parts...,how much for Pinstadium?,,a topper?, what about the cost of those JJ light board kits??
People need to get over dissecting these boards and complaining like Spike nodes are the only thing in pinball that is overpriced.
Oh, and most people that need one, and it fixes their issue, are prolly fine with a couple hundo, that's what a service call costs anyway, maybe now some won't need a tech.
But let me know when you all are ready to dump your Spike games from Fear of the Node, I'll pick them up for free.
Quoted from vid1900:Most ops don't route pins anymore because they say they are too expensive. If it now turns out that every repair involves a few hundred dollars in boards, I expect it won't be long before no ops route them.
Most ops don't operate pins because they are lazy.
EVERY repair now involves a new/broken node board?
Everyone can keep spinning this the way they want, but there are more pins being operated now than there has been in the last 20 years, and there will be ways to repair them.
Quoted from vid1900:I run service for a few ops.
They are not lazy people. They are hustlers that KNOW their business.
I am an op, and have 30 years in the industry. I said most ops, glad you work for some good ones, most that still have the will to route pins are pretty good.
So,...never replaced a $400 CD player? Never had to buy a new monitor? Replace a touchscreen? New ramp? There are plenty of repairs that cost equivalent.
Node boards go bad in 3's now? Wow!
Haven't seen that one.
Quoted from Luckydogg420:Would you be ok with replacing one of these parts in a machine that’s less then a year old? Like if a touchscreen went out within a year of it being new, would you be upset with the cost, o
Touch screens usually have (had) a year warranty, unless vandalized. Now go bitch about Sterns warranty.
As for the rest of your insults, you have no clue who I am or what I do, so I won't feed trolls.
I've said my thoughts, now I'll just go, have fun Fearing the Node.
No node problems so far....
But you guys almost have me scared enough to start hoarding node boards!!! I can mark them up even more than stern! Ca-Ching!!
Oh, unless they happen to be pretty fucking reliable.
But most people prolly put hundreds of thousands of play in their house.
IMG_2962 (resized).JPGIMG_2964 (resized).JPGIMG_2961 (resized).JPGQuoted from hoby1:Why wouldn't they, cheap to make and $$$ in revenue stream. 25 buck for a 2/3 hundred dollar part..... Shit id make these till the cows come home.
Perhaps a later SAM board is backwards compatible?
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