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Ok, just got my STTNG back from a friend. The ball launch keeps launching balls when you start a game. Any suggestions on where I should start trouble shooting? I want to replace the boards in the back back box and clean up the ribbons and wiring. Any suggestions on where I can get replacement boards?
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Ok, just got my STTNG back from a friend. The ball launch keeps launching balls when you start a game. Any suggestions on where I should start trouble shooting?
Sounds like a staging problem. Start with your subway diverters, ensure they are operating correctly and not gummed up or locked on.
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I want to replace the boards in the back back box.
I would not recommend this action unless your boards are unrepairable due to severe corrosion or hacked really bad by botched repairs. Why do you want to replace all your boards?
The coils look pretty burnt out on the diverters. I am going to replace them, hopefully this works...
I am shopping out the machine with a new cabinet, playfield, graphics, coils, ect... So I figured that since I am going to have the machine torn apart that this would be a good time to clean up some of the panels. I bought the replacement panel for the power spike issue and since I am installing a color DMD I thought this would be a good time to replace the DMD board. I am also upgrading the sound board. Huge mistake?
Quoted from Watkinsd13:scott9 looks great! I just messaged a Pinside yesterday about getting some powder coating done. Thought I knew what I wanted to do and then I got looking at all the options and now I’m lost lol. To many options!
With your powder coating being dark, how well can you see it when it is in your house? I’m leaning toward a similar look but worried it won’t be noticeable in the house.
I have a lot of UV lighting in my game room so it shows well, when I have the normal lights on it also looks good. So no complaints about it either way. Check with Matt at Back Alley Creations, he does amazing powder coating for me.
Quoted from Pin_Guy:how is the other one?
I don't have any issues with the DMD that is in the machine. I also purchased a fix for the voltage issues. Now I feel like a child repeating words I hear my daddy saying compared to the level of expertise you have with this machine. So I will literally take any advice you can give me. I have thick skin, so feel free to call me dumb ass and a moron when appropriate. LOL
Quoted from pfinny:Nothing like throwing money at it trying to fix issues, I always repair the original Bally / Williams boards not a big fan of rottendog stuff, granted sometimes you don’t have a choice.
I have a feeling that I am going to be returning a handful of these boards. I just wanted to have everything in hand incase I had an issue when I moved everything over to the new cabinets ... Who do you get your boards from?
Quoted from Pin_Guy:It would be best to fix everything you can before doing this cabinet swap, or take really good notes on exactly what doesn't work; that way if you have a better way to judge if problems you have afterward were pre-existing issues, or problems that are new and likely caused by the move.
Swapped optical last night, still having issues. Should i Install a new optical board?
Quoted from Zukram:Anyone know if those are for sale somewhere ?
Not for sale, but I can hook you up with the guy overseas that created these for my machine. You have to design and create your own theme for it to be a homebrew
HELP....
I just finished refurbishing my machine and have an issue causing my F115 fuse to blow and take out my 12V power. I need help from anyone who might know where I should look first. Thank you all...
Scott
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Quoted from mrossman5:Do you have a bunch of LED mods? You are likely overtaxing the 12V power.
Also, where did you get that speaker panel?
Zero MODs hooked up to the boards. I wanted to get it up and running before I did any lighting or mods. I bought the speaker panel overseas. Took me a year to find it and convince the guy to make one more for me. Nightmare
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