On my Williams IJ about 6 months ago the Lost Treasure flasher wouldn't turn off. I went into the Test Menu and ran through the flashers and it worked fine then and I haven't had any issues with it since then. A couple weeks ago I had a column of the Lamp Matrix that was not working correctly (flashing very weak and intermittent). The transistor tested fine and then I went into the menu to test the lamps and they all worked fine there and haven't had any issues with them since. Kind of sucks not being able to replicate the problem so I can narrow down the issue and finally fix it but it seems they went away.

This happen to anybody else?

#2 11 years ago

JGB

bballfan

Pinside+ Frequent

Wichita Falls, TX

14y 122K 1,499 10

On the locked on flasher make sure the ribbon cable to the small 8 drive board located upper right in the backbox is good or one or more flashes will lock on.

#3 11 years ago

RLP

rplante

Pinside member

Forest Lake, MN

13y 46,650 497 5

Happens all the time but not to worry, the problem will generally reappear as faith healing is seldom permanent

However, if you reseated a cable that could have been the cause and your good to go!

#4 11 years ago

DWR

rancegt

Inactive member

Rio Rancho, NM

11y 34,650 799 5

Cold/cracked solder joints and bad connections can both cause this.

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