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Thanks again, that’s 2 for 2! Again thought I may as well check behind the display and yes you got it…. It was half out!
Would be nice if it were that simple
When it comes to pinball fixing it is that simple by comparison to other issues.Would be nice if it were that simple
Where is that best place to buy fuses?
The manual say 7a S.B is that all the info I need?
Great thank you
Just ordered the 7A and some 3A for the fliptronic board from pinball heaven.
Well that’s encouraging, fingers crossed it’s the same for my situation, thanks
No, that will most likely be either a blown transistor (on the fliptronic board), coil or both (probably both).
Oh, so much for my logic
Oh, so much for my logic
Does the fliptronic board control all the coils or just the flippers?
Or is it really all in the name lol
) With my STTNG i stopped restoring/repairing, as soon as I suspected an issue with the boards. Both the fliptronnic and power driver board had issues, once these where resolved troublshooting all the other problems was do-able. (with assistance from helpul forum members)Forgot to add boards to be checked are:Moonraker very experienced and help me diagnose my STTNG.
As I said before, in my experience your wasting your time until you get the boards checked.
1) Send boards away to Check/repair boards
2) Chang Diodes on all coils. Little black thing with a band on it. Make sure banding is the correct way round.
3)Check all wiring is plugged in correctly on the boards, tripple check all diodes before turnnig it back on, other wise you probably blow soemthing on the boards again.
Moonraker or others might advise other things, however all roads point to issues with the boards. They are minor if you know how to change and troubleshoot, howoever based upon previous threads, like me you don't
I'm sorry to bring a reality check, Keeping aimlessly troubleshooting won't get it to work and you will probably cause more problems. (and I say this with best intentions
if it didnt might be the CPU board.
I know your right, but it just seems so close to working and then something random goes wrong. It’s driving me mad .Moonraker very experienced and help me diagnose my STTNG.
As I said before, in my experience your wasting your time until you get the boards checked.
1) Send boards away to Check/repair boards
2) Chang Diodes on all coils. Little black thing with a band on it. Make sure banding is the correct way round.
3)Check all wiring is plugged in correctly on the boards, tripple check all diodes before turnnig it back on, other wise you probably blow soemthing on the boards again.
Moonraker or others might advise other things, however all roads point to issues with the boards. They are minor if you know how to change and troubleshoot, howoever based upon previous threads, like me you don't
I'm sorry to bring a reality check, Keeping aimlessly troubleshooting won't get it to work and you will probably cause more problems. (and I say this with best intentions
*lol* welcome to STTNG. It took me 4/5 months to get mine working correctly. 3 of those was doing what you have been doing, only finally working out it was board issues, beacuse STTNG has so many potential challenges people correctly where saying check this and that, however fixing this and that just caused this and that to break in a loop as the root cause was the boardsI know your right, but it just seems so close to working and then something random goes wrong. It’s driving me mad .
Lesson learnt
trying to save you months of pain @myPinballs I think repairs boards or will check them, drop him a message or pinball heaven He's offered others help with something similar although a stern
Thanks I’ll drop them a message. I’ll update this thread when it’s working and what the problem was for future reference*lol* welcome to STTNG. It took me 4/5 months to get mine working correctly. 3 of those was doing what you have been doing, only finally working out it was board issues, beacuse STTNG has so many potential challenges people correctly where saying check this and that, however fixing this and that just caused this and that to break in a loop as the root cause was the boards
No worries, I actually bought one of these:Although not related to this thread, thank you so much @cmrl9 for this piece of information.
I'd completed a flipper rebuild and ensured the flipper was a small distance from the playfield when tightening the clamp, however, despite the flipper moving freely, after a couple of games, it stuck in the up position and wouldn't return.
I was pretty stumped as to why, as when I lifted the playfield, it moved freely again.
After reading this post on this thread, I re-adjusted the position of the clamp by putting a plastic membership card under the flipper, pushing the flipper against it, and re-tightened the clamp. It's been working perfectly for quite a few games since, so I'm now off to do the other 2 flippers in the same manner.
Many thanks!
no worries, you'l probably need to troubleshoot the canons at some point and or the opto.Thanks I’ll drop them a message. I’ll update this thread when it’s working and what the problem was for future reference
Funny you should say that, return to duty staying on too long is one of the new random faults!
one of the joints just needed reflowing, pretty easy when you know what your doing.
This is all confirming what you’ve been saying about the boards
Thanks for the info, all adding to my limited knowledge of this S.O.B of a machine
