Nicely done video. I was actually expecting a 20 second video of you beating on the transformer

This was really informative. I love those little test probe clips.... I use them all the time.
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I am going to try this...Thanks!!!

Very nice. Wonder if this can be done on data east machines like my jurassic park.

Nice Fix!!

OT question, but in the video I noticed that you have "welcome to Scott's arcade" message on you dmd.

Ive never done that before but decided to try on my met last night. I found two places in the menu that allows u to type in a message. But then when I went back to attract mode the message never displayed. Any tips? Am I missing a step? I'd like to do that to all 3 of my pins before I have family over for Christmas.

Thanks!

Excellent tutorial. Thanks for putting this together.

Cool, thanx for posting, having the same problem with my tspp, just noticed it last night.

Great mod.

I picked one of these up from SED6 and........ GOLDEN SILENCE..... so freakin happy not to hear that buzz/hum any longer I too have heard it for the last 12/13 years. He shipped as soon as payment cleared, no problems at all stayed in contact with me the whole time also. In my opinion very reasonably priced also!!

Thank you for a quick, easy solution!!

You rock SED6!! Happy New Year!!

Thanks for posting that!

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As advertised!

I built a set as Scott (sed6) demonstrated and they worked great! The ability to adjust backbox and cabinet speakers individually is a bonus. (R106 is backbox and R110 is cabinet)

I still have a bit of transformer hum, but that's been lessened by good beating.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/noisy-humming-transformer et al.

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Installed these on T3 this week and it really quieted things down. A big plus is you can adjust the backbox speakers volume separate from the cabinet... So those with a subwoofer it helps add some more punch to the sound. RED mode rules! Thump Thump!

Thanks for putting these together!

240v should not be an issue. I would wager he's hearing transformer hum rather than audio hum.

How about on mine ? Listen with headphones.

I picked up a TSPP a few weeks ago and saw this thread doing some upgrade/mod research. Of course I noticed the hum worse once I read that it bothered others! I had to keep the sound level to about 2. I made a set for each resistor and was able to keep the sound level to about 13 with no noticeable buzz. Thanks for the tutorial.

Anyone have experience trying these for Data East hum?

sed6, Thanks for the info! The hum on TSPP bothers me, so I just ordered up enough to fix up 5 games. I suppose 4 people could convince me to make them a set...

sed6, thanks so much for the info on this fix! I only recently taught myself to solder, and this seemed like an excellent first project (beyond the handful of kits I've tried.)

The actual creation of these went pretty well, and I used my DMM to confirm they were set correctly, but I'm running into an unexpected issue. The resistor (resistor? Right? I'm still learning this stuff...) at R106 is soldered onto the board in such a way that I can't get both of the clips on. A picture would explain it better, but basically, the resistor isn't centered, so on one side there's plenty of room to clip it on using the hook, but on the other there's none. The resistor is basically flush with the board.

What can I do about this? Is clipping both hooks on the same side a bad idea? If so, it seems like the only other thing I could do is try to desolder and resolder that resistor to the board. I am extremely hesitant to even consider that, given my noobishness.

Clipping on the same side would not work. You could solder a wire to the side of the resistor that you can't clip on to.

Follow the trace the resistor is soldered to, you might be able to clip it to the next component. Don't try this unless you're sure you understand what you're doing, maybe find somebody local who can help.

I'm interested in buying one, do you have instructions for install and what's involved? Any soldering or is it basically plug and play. I'm fine soldering, just want to know what to expect.

I'll be buying a set right now. Thanks!!

@lermods, check out video in post #1... the answers to your questions and more are explained there.

I ordered a set. Thx

Sed, you should consider putting them up in the pinside mod marketplace too! I made a set from your video instructions and the fix works well.

Hi, just watched the video, but it's hard to see exactly where the connection is made. Which resistors is it hooked to? Does it matter which clip is on which side of the resistor? Thx

Maybe a close up shot of the connection would be helpful to me and others.

They connect to R106 and R110, and one leg on each side of the same resistor. So one will clip on the left and right of R106 and one will clip on the left and right side of R110, but no it doesn't matter which side of the pot resistor is on which side of the board resistor. Probably best to connect them while the game is off/unplugged and make sure you get a solid connection without shorting to any other components. The little hooks on the spring connectors eject when you push on the back and you can hook them around the board resistor legs and they clamp on pretty good. Once installed hum will be gone and you'll need to turn up the volume a little on the game.

Pic of mine installed. You might not have the red board above, that's a PI-SIM.

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Just received my set. installation was simple and quick. This is a must have for Tspp owners. The speaker buzz is gone and the quality of the sound greatly improved. sed6 was easy to work with.

Perfect, thx!

Set ordered. Thanks as I have the original Moe's Sign mod that still works and the hum is even worse when the sign blinks on and off

Ordered!

Thanks a lot. I just ordered one.

I got the connectors today, but my board, which is original from 2003 looks a little different. R110 is not at the top and is down below next to 106. Am I still good to make the connections. Just want to be sure since the instructions show a different picture.

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I took a chance that it was the same r110 and r106 and it was. Amazing how quiet it is now. I modified my backbox with led strips and when they would fade in and out id get a terrible hum, same with my undercab lights. Its 100% quiet now...beautiful!

Took me a little while to get those clips on the resistors, i had to bend them out just a little to make the hook wider and easier to grab.

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I would assume this works with an lotr? Has anyone needed/used this mod on it?