Bally Pinball
Before pulling your early Bally or Stern power driver board out for service always check your display voltage as it can run high meaning there’s a failure in your high voltage display power circuit.
Game repair
After explaining the importance of protection devices to protect against excessive voltage and excessive current drain I thought now would be a good time to go further into power and how your game uses it.
Game repair
Now you know what a varistor is after reading part 1 of Understanding Protection Devices, here in part 2 I’ll discuss why you need fuses to protect your game.
Game repair
Do you know what a varistor is? Do you know why you have one in your game, or why you should if it isn’t there? Read on to find out more…..
Diner
Here’s a William’s Diner that literally handed me my ass. Sometimes coils and flash lamps would randomly lock on and other times the game would play fine…..
Farfalla
Someone rebuilt the power supply in this Zaccaria Farfalla and the game wouldn’t start, after several board changes including a different power supply and a brand new logic board, it still wouldn’t start. It’s always fun figuring out a problem when multiple hands have been involved.
Bally Pinball
When servicing your early Bally power driver board, always make sure to check the display output voltage *before* removing it for service. I forget to do this sometimes and end up having to take the board back out despite the displays working.
Back To The Future
Data East Pinball powers supplies have several weak points. Read on to learn how you can deal with them and get your game up and running ASAP!
Game repair
Here’s a few quick tips you can use when rebuilding your early Gottlieb System 80 series…
Data East
Is your Data East pinball machine acting like it’s possessed? Read on to see why the cause could be something simple.