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Many lights in center of playfield replaced from LEDs back to incandescents.

Lights that are still out:

  • Three martian snap targets on right side
  • Both martian eyes at bottom of playfield
  • Right coin slot light
  • Spotlights at the top of slingshots
    Not sure if this is an electrical thing, martian eyes for example would not light up regardless of the lights I put in
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Open Problem: Several lights are out in the playfield: - Alien Abduction - Martian Happy Hour - Martian’s Right Eye - Skill shot right rollover
Work

Opened up the RFM PC to attempt re-applying of thermal paste. Further research is needed to determine how to remove the heatsink safely. I put the PC back without any work done on it.

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Open Problem: One of the PC fans sounds sick on startup. Let's replace it before it fails.
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Hard to make this one consistent, it comes in waves. Note in the video that the plunger retracts much more quickly after relaunches than after initial launches. But even that doesn’t obviously relate to strong versus weak initial launches. I got weak and strong initial launches without obvious connection to how long the previous plunger extension stayed extended.

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Open Problem: Ball is struggling to launch all the way (weak) on the first try. Usually fine on the 2nd attempt. Machine still playable.