I wonder how this will ever get fixed. If the issue is caused by intermittent power loss to the board because of either bad connectors/pins or zip tied wiring that causes fraying, not much stern can really do. Seems like it will be up to each owner to inspect their connectors and wiring and fix on their own. Stern can send out new boards, but the board itself isn’t the issue unless they can figure out a way to manufacture boards that won’t blow if there is power loss. That still doesn’t fix the underlying issue of power loss. Hopefully new batches of games will resolve the issue.

I think so, but how many people are capable of doing that? Maybe stern will have to cover the cost of a service visit.

Sending out node boards doesn’t seem like a good idea. We’ve already seen a few posts where the board has blown a second time.

I don't think they've said anything other than the warning sticker saying not to unplug anything with power going to the board.. the cause is not a frayed wired, but loss of.power. if s wire frays and causes power to drop, blown board.

We don’t know for sure, but that appears to be the situation in this case. I don’t think it’s been an issue for other games, but not really sure on that. If that is the case, more slack in the wires and looser zip ties would likely resolve it. In general, you should not unplug or plug anything in with the power on.

There’s some bad shit going on with the mail. Two people in my neighborhood had an Apple Watch and iPhone delivered by fedex. Outside box was sealed, but the apple boxes inside were empty.