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
Here’s a sound problem I ran into with a logic board swap into a Sega South Park pinball machine and a tip to avoid the problems I had.
Game repair
How many times have you chased a “problem”that ended up not being a problem? I’ll admit I’ve done it a few times. This is one of those times…..
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…..
Audio Amplifier
Game Plan pinball connectors are definitely a weak link. Check them whenever your troubleshooting problems on your game first before digging deeper into a problem.
Bally Pinball
If your early Bally or Stern pinball machine is randomly tilting or pop bumpers are firing when they shouldn’t you probably have shorted capacitors on your switches.
Game Plan
In this article I show you how to diagnose a faulty Space Lab in your Game Plan Super Nova pinball machine.
Audio Amplifier
So I’m tasked with getting a Squawk and Talk board working for a Bally Fireball 2….
Game Plan
Even though connectors can be a problem on any game, they are especially problematic on Game…