I cant help but think that the ball constantly smacking into the back of the forks is contributing to these failures. I updated to .092 this weekend as well and have logged about 20 games and no issues (yet) ... my machine currently has 103 balls played on it so perhaps my time has not yet come.

Were your ramps bent on arrival?

Thanks for the additional details. I've never felt easy about the ball constantly hitting the backside of the ramps. I dont have any bends in mine (yet) but it's definitely something we all need to keep an eye on.

As well as the ball hitting and bending the edges of the metal entry ramps. I know someone else already posted some pics of their ramps already banged up pretty bad. Mine have started to do that as well - I added some rubber edging over the ends to prevent any further damage but I think Stern underestimated that the nearby targets would protect those edges from the ball.

We are really loving the SW pin as well, I just hope it hols up over time.

damn bro ... a couple games = 2 hours of gameplay? Teach me!

So ... my forks are definitely bending outward as well. Although they do not seem to be impairing the up/down motion of the ramp (yet)... I know they were not like that out of the box because I got pretty intimate with the various components of the game when I was installing the playfield protector.

seems like Stern would have programmed the pop-up post to be up at the same time as the ramp and protect it.

A couple things to try if you hadn't already.

Make sure your game is physically unplugged (not just turned off) ... pull the cord from the back box if you have too ... wait a couple of minutes and then plug back in and try to turn on.

Slso you can remove the back glass and pop the SD card out of the Spike 2 board ... try and boot without the card and see if at least powers up. then power down and put SD card back in again.

If either of the above get it powered back on again then try to re-install the code update.

I believe you are right... I suspect either an alignment issues with the switches and/or the forks themselves binding combined with the new code is creating an overload scenario that is killing the Node Board.

I upgraded to .91 and .92 as soon as they were made available and been playing ever since without issue. Now I'm still mediocre at best so perhaps I am not making the appropriate order of shots to exploit the issue.

This is not an official communication from Stern. Based on the number, it looks like it's from Flip N Out Pinball ... I believe someone posted a ramp failure with .91 so we don't want to give false confidence in that version until we know for sure whats going on.

I have not seen this yet but I have been amazed at how precisely timed it seems to be (at least on my machine) ... it appears to open up at the absolute last millisecond and shut just as quick. Should be an easy (code) fix to have it open a bit sooner and stay open just bit longer. I know some have reported it opening late and it launches the ball at the glass.

better that than a dead machine. It will be interesting to hear from those with dead ramps if this code brings you back to life.

Would be great to hear if rollback revives the dead ramps ... if so i would think those on .91 or .92 that have not yet had an issue could continue playing on that code and IF they end up having a ramp issue THEN rollback to .89

Possible D2 as well unless that is just proximity damage.

Thanks for sharing the pics dnapac

downgraded code tonight. I miss video mode and light saber duel but better safe than sorry.

Mine are slightly bent if you look hard... I know others have mentioned this as well ... yours may be the worse so far... I would bring this to Sterns attention.