Ice Cold Beer - Light #1 doesn't work. Socket and bulb are good. - Common issue?

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Ice Cold Beer - Light #1 doesn't work. Socket and bulb are good. - Common issue?

Just wondering if this is a common issue and maybe there is some trick or something I should know about these machines.

All of my hole lights work (during attract and as far as I have gotten in gameplay) except for Light #1. It was working when I got it but it just stopped working last night. I have verified that the socket and bulb are good by jumping another light to the #1 socket. I haven't pulled my meter out yet but thought I would ask if there was some common or known thing I should be looking for with these ICBs.

Thanks!
 
Two possibilities....a broken/loose wire associated with the light socket......or whatever drives the light has died. I'm not familiar with Ice Cold Beer (the internal workings)....sorry, I don't know how they drive the lights. I'd guess, similiar to how pinballs drive their feature lights.

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Just wondering if this is a common issue and maybe there is some trick or something I should know about these machines.

All of my hole lights work (during attract and as far as I have gotten in gameplay) except for Light #1. It was working when I got it but it just stopped working last night. I have verified that the socket and bulb are good by jumping another light to the #1 socket. I haven't pulled my meter out yet but thought I would ask if there was some common or known thing I should be looking for with these ICBs.

Thanks!

Check the edge connector on J2 & try to reseat the 8910 @ U10. The output goes *almost* directly from the 8910 out to the light.
 
If you have a playfield light that is stuck on or wont come on alot of times its a bad uln2003. There are several on the board but if you look at the schematics it is very clear which ones control which lamps.
I have these in my store and they are still commonly available at most places like digikey, jameco, etc.
That being said, the edge connectors pins seem to flatten out on these quite often. Check those out first.
 
I fixed it. All I did was reseat the edge connectors and made sure they were on good and firm. That was all it was!

Thanks for the help!
 
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