The outhole kicker, shooter diverter and gumball motor do nothing, even in solenoid test, and the game reports the Geneva switch. The coils fire if their drive side is grounded and a new power driver board makes no difference.
Outhole, shooter diverter and gumball motor all dead: CPU board chip at U4
Cause: These outputs all come from pin 9 of their driver connectors (J125, J127, J130), which share one data bit from the CPU board. A failed chip on the CPU board stopped that bit.
Checks
- Note whether all the dead outputs sit on the same pin number across the driver connectors.
- Reseat or replace the CPU to power driver ribbon cable first.
- Check whether lamp row 8 or column 8 is also missing.
Fix
- If the ribbon cable is good, the fault is on the CPU board. Here, replacing the socketed chip at U4 fixed it.
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Source: Pinball Repair help group!! (Facebook group)