Hello all, I've had an issue with my Scared Stiff where it would start acting nutty in the middle of a game (serving up multiple balls and generally disregarding the optos). The last time this happened I noticed that the LED on the playfield-mounted 16 opto board was not on when the game was powered up. I re-seated the connectors and that solved the issue. I of course, checked all the connectors involved elsewhere and checked fuses F101 and F109 for power as well. This was a year or so ago.

Fast forward to today, and the game again exhibits the same flaky behavior in the middle of a game. I power cycle the game and get the "Check fuses" error message. I immediately go to the 16 PCB opto board, and the light is again, off. This time, re-seating things and checking fuses does not solve the issue, so I checked for 12v at pins 12+13 at connector J5 on the opto board. There is voltage there (actually read 13.5 volts or so), but no LED.

Did the board crap out?

I am at the limits of my troubleshooting skills here, and would greatly appreciate some guidance as to what to do next!

Thanks very much for looking!

Wiggling the connector at J5 does make the light come on, but it fails during game play, so it is a connection issue. I reflowed the joints where the pin connectors attach to the board, but still can't get consistent results. It seems the the redesigned board is out of stock everywhere. Does anyone have a source for it?