just unboxed my first NIB and powered it on
says Node 8 board not found

tried to start a game and it says locating pinballs
then nothing

ive reset all the cables and added the pinballs with the power on \

nothing

it keeps saying locating pinballs \
\
any ideas

this is the worst,

PinMonk yep exactly what it was. This is my first new stern, still getting familiar with under the hood. Thank You

Im having problems with my left outer orbit registering. I bought the Pinball Life opto fix and they have been working for awhile. The Problem seems to be the 2nd opto not registering the shot as I get the sound effect when it passes through the first one. Whenever I hand feed the loop it registers every time, Whenever I flip it or plunge it mechanically it does not register at all. I have cleaned the optos and reseated the plastic angle. Still nothing.
Any Ideas as to why this is happening?

I have
it reads the right orbit every time
its just the left outer does not register unless i manually feed the ball

its so bizarre
just played a game where 0% of the left orbit shots registered
every other orbit did
took the glass off and manually fed the left outer orbit 100% of the shots registered.
kept the glass off played a game 0% shots registered whether by auto plunge or flipper
manually all shots registered. some I did fast, some slow
it makes no sense

When I put it in switch test the 2 optos and roll over switches all register every single time
whether manually, flipped, or autoplunge

Ive done slo mo with the manual feed and the flipper feed
both look the same and ball is where it should be in its travel
same results
in switch test all three register whether its manual or flipper/plunge fed

@pinmonk
Awesome!!
Seems to be working!!
Ill Play around with it and continue to monitor

1 hour later, 15 games later and I say its registering 80% of the shots.
in fact I just had my best game ever of 480 million
I took off the piece I got from PInball Life when I applied the tape
debating if I should put it back on or just be happy with the 80%

Thanks Again @pinballmonk i really appreciate the help

after 5 more games it seems like it is now registering 25% of the time
Im going to tape the receiver of the opto to see if that helps

Was it a matter of "dialing it" in terms of tape placement and coverage in order to achieve the 100%

I do have the "blinder" mod and It worked great for awhile then it stopped registering
I have the Tape method in place currently and its working 50%-80% of the time
Would the tape and blinder together be effective?
Any other type of alignment adjustments to be made?