I pulled out and setup the getaway today, its been put away for awhile ( wife's favorite game, AKA she calls it her pin). It does need some TLC, but figured we could get a few games in. I powered up the machine and all looked good, GI and controlled lights doing their thing, DMD working for the most part. I went to start a new game and no ball came out, that's interesting I thought, flippers are working, I opened the coin door and manually flipped a ball out to see what else is not working, hit the shifter and it would not launch the ball. At this point the glass is coming off, I took the ball out and the game did see the ball leave the shooter lane, that is good and in a few minutes it starts searching for the ball, I drop the ball back in and let it drain, hmmm it did not put ball back, I also tried the pop bumpers and they did not work either. Long story short I check fuses and voltages and they seem fine. After some fiddling with connectors on the boards everything starts to work per say. The solenoids work but now the controlled lights stopped, the DMD is getting all messed up and I am loosing sound. A little more messing with connectors and lights are back, but solenoids are not working again. I am guessing I am fighting bad connectors and its time to pull the boards clean them up and put new headers and pins on everything is my guess.

Am I on the right though process, this is something I was planning on doing anyway since it has the burnt connectors for the GI.

Just a heads up I reseated more connectors/ribbon cables on the boards tonight, I must have gotten everything just right as everything is working perfectly right now. I need to shop this pin and fix a few things. I have ordered some new molex connectors and head pins. I plan on removing the boards one at a time and give them a good inspection. The wife is happy now and has kicked my butt in several games. I think I have my name on the high score once and its her goal to make sure its not there anymore.