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Star Trek Club.... Members Only!

By Jean-Luc-Picard

10 years ago


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#2704 9 years ago

took mine apart last weekend to finally fix the ball sticking on the magnet and also the double flipping triggering in vengance 2. here's my observations as i can't find the other thread.
Tried all the usual twisting wires & swapping boards. here's what i did

Removed the guides with the opto's attached, reflowed the solder but noticed that one of the mountings was not at 90 degrees and therefore not correctly aiming the opto. this pretty much fixed the sticking ball issue but i found improvement by going into game settings #2 and setting disable magnet to yes. Bizarrely it doesn't disable it but appears to let go properly in vengance.

Went into switch test and mashed the flippers, you could see the bottom opto sometimes briefly triggering. It looks like it's the connector end as the don't securely fit. Took the board off and mounted it on rubbers which has fixed it. Seems a vibration issue.

All working now for the first time since i unboxed it!

#2708 9 years ago
Quoted from jawjaw:

Thanks for the info. How hard is it to take all that apart?

honestly, it's PITA. especially the left side but I did it all in a couple of hours.

#2713 9 years ago
Quoted from jawjaw:

Follow up on my issue with flipper hits trigger bottom vengeance opto with ball lock: I called Stern and they suggested checking the wiring. They mentioned something about bending the prongs on the board that the opto connects to under the playfield. I suppose the idea is that it's a loose connection and bending them will help create a tighter fit. I checked all that and the connections seem pretty solid to me. I rerouted some of the wires away from the magnet thinking maybe that might be something. After all the fiddling, I still have the issue. Stern mentioned the only other option is replacing parts but don't feel like going down that road over a minor issue.
On the positive side, I've been getting better and beat my high score several times the last week or so. Yesterday I got 162m and 24 warp shots. I was killing it with combos - love this game!

as i posted above, try mounting the board on rubber feet. It looked like a vibration issue to me.

#2763 9 years ago
Quoted from jawjaw:

Glad you fixed your problems. How did you tweak them?

tewaked mine by re-aiming the beam, had to bend the bracket it mounts to. Works perfectly now.

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#7292 5 years ago

Back in the club for the third time! LE incoming.

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