Wow, i am soo late to this party. lol. i just requested my dupe thread in the JJP sub forum be closed. should this be moved there?

Well played JJP, cant wait to try it tonight.

From what I have seen discussed previously, they said it was a hardware fix and expect it to be out at the end of the month. I'm sure if there was something in the software for this, Alex would have put it in the notes above.

I had to do this when 2.0 came out and I was having issues with ECMB locks and wanted to make sure it wasnt software related (it wasnt), I had a spare SSD so i just popped that in and loaded the old ISO to test it (didnt want to loose our high scores and settings, lol)

me2, sucks to be us.

Dam you east coast ppl!

Touche, but at the same time, you'll be dodging all the "early" issues with the lights boards, power supply, etc, etc. not that it makes the wait any easier.

I ran into this very issue with 2.0 and wondered if it had to do with the software. In the end, the problem was the lock bar on mine was going too low and the weight of three balls was too much to lift it. I made the following adjustments and havent had a problem since:

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I should mention there was some trial and error with that adjustment, at first i made the lock bar too high, so when i put a ball in the ramp it would just go right through, so I had to take a flat head screw driver and bend the lower limit plate back the other way slightly and then I had it just right. ball in ramp would stop at the lock, but it didnt go soo low that the weight off the balls would counter act the magnet.

The diverter coil and the ECMB lock coil aren't related that I know of, I havent even gotten to play 3.0 yet (stupid work emergency) so unless they added a coil adjustment to strengthen the magnet pull (is that possible?) then I believe this minor adjustment is your best bet.

If you go into coil test and repeatedly lock 3 balls in there and try the release to success you should be good to go.

it should always pop up at the very least when you turn on the machine and start a game, if it isnt, then the is probably something mechanically wrong with the winkie drop target (loose switch, etc etc) I would post on the jjp google group or at the very least, open a ticket with JJp support, Lloyd will get you back up in no time if something needs to be tweaked or adjusted.

Odd, my experience has been the opposite, i reg'd my game, gave my shipping and contact info once and havent had to do it again with the couple of times i've needed replacements (SSD, trough optos, power board)

Hrmm, didnt mean to come off as "well i dont have a problem, so it must be you". I know i previously had issues with the ticketing system not sending me updates, but with the last ticket it did, so i figured they fixed it. I would probably just confirm with them that they have your info in their system so you dont have to keep giving it out. good luck.