huntybunz
driver board
I ordered the parts I needed from Pinball Resource today. I talked to the owner, who was very knowledgeable and helpful, but unfortunately had a very gruff, "New Yorker" manner of speaking, so the entire time he was giving me helpful pointers and advice he sounded like I'd just kicked his grandmother down a flight of stairs.
One thing he mentioned was that that bad solenoid meant that I had a blown transistor somewhere. I was wondering what caused solenoids to go bad, and now I know. Armed with the manual, I tracked the bad transistor down. It's here on the driver board, which I've pulled out of the machine to replace the bad transistor.
POP ELECTRONICS QUIZ!!!
Can you spot the bad transistor that killed the solenoid?
Click on the next image for a subtle hint!
driver board
I ordered the parts I needed from Pinball Resource today. I talked to the owner, who was very knowledgeable and helpful, but unfortunately had a very gruff, "New Yorker" manner of speaking, so the entire time he was giving me helpful pointers and advice he sounded like I'd just kicked his grandmother down a flight of stairs.
One thing he mentioned was that that bad solenoid meant that I had a blown transistor somewhere. I was wondering what caused solenoids to go bad, and now I know. Armed with the manual, I tracked the bad transistor down. It's here on the driver board, which I've pulled out of the machine to replace the bad transistor.
POP ELECTRONICS QUIZ!!!
Can you spot the bad transistor that killed the solenoid?
Click on the next image for a subtle hint!