The first ball is served, but the next ball never leaves the outhole, and a ball in the top right saucer stays there.
Outhole and saucer won't kick out: cracked joints on the driver board pins
Cause: Cracked solder joints on the driver board header pins feeding those solenoids.
Checks
- Fire the outhole and saucer coils in solenoid test.
- Remove the driver board and inspect the header pins for those solenoid circuits for ring cracks.
Fix
- Reflow the header pins on the driver board (ideally replace the old headers and repin the connectors).
Systems
Games
Related tips
- Burnt 27 ohm lamp matrix resistors R149-R156 on the driver board
- Physically blown 7408 on the driver board
- Solenoid fuse blows at power-on and solenoids fire: driver board logic chips
- Slings and pops all burned at once: CPU lock-up from the 40-pin interconnect
- Driver board transistors and what they drive
- Test a 2N4401 pre-driver with a meter
- Leon's code with the driver board attached
- Add a blanking LED to a driver board
Source: Pinball Repair help group!! (Facebook group)