your machine should have one of these there
http://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=23-6551

RFM apparently does NOT follow the same rules as AFM for lighting the extra Ball insert at the SOL Scoop. We tried the getting 10 SOL's, no extra ball light. I did see it as an mystery award in SOL.

Extra Ball at 20 collected Missiles (via ramps or loops)

Thank you. I'll get one ordered. So the guide is correct, what else could be causing the super skill shot from going STDM? Coming from the pops, it heads down fine, the speed of the super skill though changes the trajectory. I can't imagine that's normal behavior to go STDM.

Try loosening screws and move rail as left as possible. You can also try bending the rail carefully.

This can be changed in the feature adjustments as well.

make sure your playfield is level

Sorry thats what I meant. You need to score 20 missiles to light it, then 50

i believe you can chage in menu to 10 and 40? not sure but think so

today recieved my PUB update 1.7
and installed my rgb leds in saucers and spots pointing at martians
then put in my fighter jets and tank.
gonna be looking for a cooler better looking tank because my little nephew wants it back soon! lol

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After several years, I found a mint condition RFM a couple months ago, and am really happy to now have a P2K

A really fun game. Not enough humour in pins nowadays...

Question. I have a RFM complete computer with prisim card. Not sure what is wrong with it, I can only boot into bios but the game will not show up. Has the new VGA sync converter card installed for LCD or CRT, new ram. Any idea what value this has, considering I cant get video to show up. I have no use for it since I am running nucore now.

I'm babysitting an RFM and have yet to have a good game. My highest score so far is 300 mil. So today, I finally have a really good flow going, lots of ball control, making my shots, ball 1 and already at 74 mil (good start for me), and this happens. Crap.

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Oh man....ya gotta quite hitin the flipper buttons so hard. A little super glue will fix it right up.

WOW, gotta take the bowling balls out and just use regular pinballs
I've never seen this happen in all my time owning machines, but i do replace the bats when they get cracked though. That's an epic fail of the plastic that !!

wow epic flipper kill you are dangerous dude!

was your cpu overheated at any point?

What does 1.7 version give you. I thought 1.5 was the latest??

i had contact with mr. Wiest from http://www.pinball2000.de i send him my PUB card as i had 1.2 on it
he updated it for me , real nice and friendly guy!
i dont know what 1.7 does believe it is also for online but i dont have network card
i wanted 1.5 for loop shots and ball save and before i had disapearing martians in bar scene but he gave me 1.7 !
dont realy know what was updated after 1.5 cant find anything online about changes

See http://mirror2.ipdb.org/files/4446/Bally_1999_Revenge_From_Mars_ROM_Revision_History.txt for info thru 1.6

thanks anyone knows 1.7?

do you guys know, my rfm has a green cyrix motherboard , will it run with the yellow cyrix motherboard to
do i have to change stuff if i swap boards?
greetz

Not sure... however, the fan was unbalanced at one point. It boots bios just fine. I don't plan on tinkering with it any more. I installed new ram, new VGA converter card for LCD or CRT. The Prisim card has power, test lights blink properly. Do non working with unknown issue pinball 2000 computers have any value? Otherwise I will just give it to my flipper friend for parts.

Prob no value, but you may want to consider seeing if Borygard (Rob from Lock when lit.com) could use it as a 'guinea pig'. He's helped a LOT of people on this forum, myself included. I don't want to speak for him, but this could probably help diagnose similar future problems like yours. We would all win. Just a thought, though, as it's your computer.

I think you need to go by motherboard model not color

There is a Pinball 2000 FAQ page somewhere that lists the motherboards that work, and I think there are only 2 models that work as p2k needed a special graphics chip that was only on those 2

Why would you change your motherboard?

New Stroke of Luck Lights for RFM from LeesParts.com. Light up your Stroke of Luck hole with your choice of Yellow or Red when it will score Stroke of Luck or Extra Ball and Green when it will score Martian Attack. Thank you for looking!

http://www.leesparts.com/products/rfm-strokeofluck-light.html

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this is the board
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SMALL-SIZED-LSI-Cyrix-MediaGX-CX5520-Gxm-CPU-MOTHERBOARD-ISA-PCI-SDRAM-22W-20D-/221928949948

bought it as backup for if mine ever fails by capacitor exploding
dont know were or how to get nucore or pinbox (not good at computer programming to!)

Those pinblades you made are awesome! Any chance I might be able to convince you to make me a set

always good to have a spare

a question for the maker of the Stroke of Luck Lights for RFM from LeesParts.com
the mod looks nice. the only question I have is why does it flash red/green or yellow/green at times? I would prefer that if the 'stroke of luck' is active that it just flashes on/off in yellow (or red) and then when martian attack is active, it flashes green. is this a user changeable setting?

During play, the scoop will be lit the same as the lit insert (flashing). Yellow or Red (you select which color you prefer when ordering) for SOL and Extra Ball and Green for Martian Attack. If multiple inserts are lit you will get a mixed color since there are two lights active.

I can also do a version where the scoop will be lit with just one color any time that any of the three inserts are active.

The SOL scoop light from Lee's Parts is installed in the RFM I'm babysitting. Yellow/green version. I like it. I concentrate on the ball more than I listen to audio cues so I sometimes don't hear when I light SOL or Martian Attack. Having the visual cue of the scoop lighting up is a nice enhancement to the gameplay. I like the yellow/green combo because they blend well when both lights are lit.

My scores on this game are plateau-ing around 300 million points. Any tips on how to score higher? The GC score on the machine is 1.2 billion so I know I have a lot of room to improve.

completing the game modes quickly will net you a larger bonus. acquiring 10 saucer lights (as well as completing all 9 of the basic game modes) will allow you to "attack mars" (where, if you complete it, will net you some huge points

keeping the ball alive in the multi-ball modes (martian, fuel, mothership) and progressing through them will net you progressively larger bonuses.

on the default settings (3 ball, no ball saver), I believe that my current high score is around 1.7B

No SWEP1 club I wanted to check to see if anyone knows the latest available LED tube I can use to replace the fluorescent tube. Also should I be proactive and replace my power supply, fan, etc or wait until something goes wrong? Mine has 1,000 plays and was HUO. Unfortunately I have a Ducksan monitor so not sure I will try to tackle the vidamp.

Any suggestions appreciated.

At least replace the CPU fan, second replace that power supply. When these items fail, they can cause damage to other components. It's all of about $50 and an hour to improve reliability and for piece of mind.

I replaced my RAM, doubling from a single 64M DIMM to 128M (two 64M DIMMs) - all I noticed was a longer self test, otherwise game play seems exactly the same. Just for the record.

Okay, which ones do you recommend?

ebay.com link: Pinball 2000 Power Supply Revenge From Mars and

I bought the same power supply from this Ebayer in a combo with the CPU fan/heatsink. but I did not use the fan since I located a suitable replacement n my computer spare parts. If you want the CPU fan/heatsink that I didn't use just PM me, and we'll figure something out.

My ducksan monitor works great for now FYI. That being said I do have the amp and the lcd just in case, but replacement might not be needed depending on the picture you are getting. Recapping and other things can help too, but i don't know a lot about that kind of stuff

Its been a year since I installed my LED tube and I finally found the purchase info to post.

This is the tube I installed.

http://www.creativelightings.com/T8-LED-Tube-Light-18-Inch-120LED-7W-NW-p/cl-smdt8-1f45nw-7w-120.htm

Its an 18 inch tip-to-tip and required me to mod the unit to NOT use a fluorescent ballast. I also had to install new receptacles (form Lowes) as the originals pointed the light UP instead of OUT (towards the front of the machine). I used zip ties to hold the receptacles in place, instead of #6 screws (which I need to do).

An adjustable tube would be great (to avoid replacing the receptacles), but I could not find one in 18 inch length.

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Well im in guys. Just bought my rfm today. Grail pin for me. I love it! The cabinet on mine is rough but thats cool with me. Players games tend to be a little less expensive

Welcome to the club! It really is a great game!

Welcome Dan, hope everything works.

I touched up the decals with acylics and replaced the T molding and now mine looks much better

I picked one up last night , I'm in the club!

Hey good goin, hope it's in good shape.

It had better be! It was when it left my house

So he knows the seller then. For your sake I hope it's in good shape cuz he knows where you live.