Hey all,

I have what I hope is a quick question.

On #Star Trek (Pro), about 1 in 5 times when either flipper is pressed, the center opto (switch 33) under the ship fires, behind the drop target. That opto works fine on its own, and nothing in column one will activate it. Pounding on the playfield or cabinet in switch test does NOT fire it.

The opto board was replaced to see if perhaps that was the issue, but it wasn't.

Any ideas?

So this wasn't an alignment issue, but I think it was actually a weak joint on the opto boards or something. This was a friends machine, and he ended up replacing all 4 of the optos (2 Tx, 2 Rx) under the ship (while the whole thing was disassembled). And now the issue is gone.