Hey everyone, new member of the club here. Picked up a really nice LE about half a week ago, and unfortunately the trough optos are faulty. JJP is sending me new ones, which is awesome. Just wondering how many of you had an issue with yours and after replacing them had zero issues afterward. I know some people were able to reflow the solder, but I’m past that now as I’ve tried it and ball #6 still isn’t registering at all in the trough.

Up until the optos started acting up I was able to get some great games in. Can’t wait to get her up and running 100% again!

My trough test never showed any red, but it did finally start showing that slot #6 was completely inactive all the time. So if you drained a ball, it wouldn’t register that it was drained and the game would go on as if nothing happened. Then it would go into ball search mode. Very frustrating.

Thankfully JJP sent out two new trough opto boards and now my game is working 100% again.

Hope you get your situation resolved quickly. Sucks having these amazing machines but they don’t work properly....but that’s pinball!

Great minds think alike!

Well, I made it to Pure Imagination today. Didn’t nerf the game completely, but I did make it easier. Even with the easier settings, it was still a bitch to get to!

Won’t spoil it for anyone, but I have to say I was a bit underwhelmed. Much like Showdown on Dialed In. In the game’s defense, I did totally crap out during the mode. Couldn’t keep the balls alive long enough to do any real damage score wise. But no ball save (at all) is a real kick in the shin.

Going to ramp the difficulty up a little more and try to get it again tomorrow.

This game is just amazing to play!

What a day. First I get to Pure Imagination for the first time, then while watching my son play tonight I notice my trough start to act up again. Already replaced both opto boards once, and now I’m seeing random balls ejecting for no reason. Didn’t happen much, but for what I paid for this machine, I don’t want it to happen once!

How many of you have had to replace the boards multiple times? Someone please assure me that this will end at some point! Please?!

This has probably been asked and answered a million times already, but if I’m running a code that’s a few updates behind, should I just do the full install of the newest code?

Thanks in advance!

Okay. So just download the newest code and install it? That’s all?

Interesting development with my Wonka. While in test mode the flippers will work for a few flips, then by the fourth or fifth they slowly lose power and then stop working completely. But when I exit out of test mode and start a game, they work fine.

Thoughts?

I'm a dumbass.