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Ultimate Solenoid Board Issue

By bigguybbr

2 years ago


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#2 2 years ago
Quoted from bigguybbr:

Today I received my Alltek ultimate solenoid board and installed it in my Stern Meteor. I start up the machine and start a game. Everything is working and playing fine then all of a sudden the displays start flashing, the game locks up and eventually resets. I power cycle the game and do a memory clear on the mpu board. I restart the game and go into the self test and run it through the tests a few times and again it locks up with the displays flickering. I tried reseating all the connectors and ran the tests again with the same results. Finally I put my old solenoid board back in, and now the runs without issue.
My question is whether the new solenoid board is bad, or is there something else I could be missing? Any insight is appreciated.

I doubt the new board is bad. was this the issue before you put the solenoid board in? First place I would check is the power supply board/fuse holders/connectors in the bottom of the cabinet

#23 2 years ago
Quoted from pins4u:

I admire your dedication to high quality and also your assistance to hobbyists.
However I think you forget that we are repairing pinball machines NOT space shuttles so the level of quality VS price certainly concerns many.
In most cases prime quality, military grade parts simply aren't needed or even warranted.
Consumer grade parts work just fine for practically every pinball machine repair.

Are we complaining about price through GPE? This could be the most ridiculous complaint ever. Last time I ordered from Ed I think i got like 762 components for about 22 bucks. Obviously exaggerating but still...

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