Went to help a guy with a Stern Playboy this morning which was not booting. Reseated the 5v plugs on mpu and power supply board and got all that sorted. Will replace the plugs and header pins when I get more time.

However, I played a few test games and occasionally in the middle of the game the 'press start and free play' messages appeared on the dmd. Then you would hit a shot and the normal animations and score display would resume. It was quite unusual... Like the dmd thought it was in attract mode when it was in the middle of a game.

I reseated cables and chip on the dmd controller board and it didn't seem to make a difference.

Anyone had a similar issue with SAM games or suggested fixes?

#2 5 years ago

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robm

Pinside member

Townsville City

12y 45,050 623

Bump - any ideas?

#3 5 years ago

TEB

homebrood

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Glenview, IL

17y 81,300 1,309 12 10

Maybe redo those connectors like you plan on and see if it's still doing it?

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