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New pin: Lethal Weapon 3 (Update: FIXED)
Jeff AMN:
I have two pins with Rottendog boards and I've never had any issues with either.
shardian:
--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on December 28, 2009, 10:26:03 am ---I have two pins with Rottendog boards and I've never had any issues with either.
--- End quote ---
The issue apparently is that Rottendog uses some components that work prefectly fine, but are at or near the safety threshold. I believe the regulators are the main complaints. Allegedly, the long term life of these components will be much shorter than they should be. A repro board should be designed to give faultless operation in the long term. Pascal Janin and his spectacular System I boards is the quality standard bearer in this regard. He designed his board so that you can go homicidal with a screwdriver and short coils to switches, and the board will not be damaged.
Jeff AMN:
I know what the issue is, according to GPE, but I've not found that the actual number of complaints line up with the amount we should be hearing.
Jeff AMN:
RGP is fine for getting a feel of a product. Before putting one into my Bride of Pinbot I specifically asked about quality issues and nobody tried to deter me from buying one. One of my machines already had one in there, but I wanted to double check some opinions. If people have been burned by a product, they'll bark given the chance.
In fact, the only person I've seen really complain about Rottendog boards is Great Plains Electronics. They seem to dislike the boards, but I don't know if it's based off of actual history with the product or just a dislike for the specs. Either way, I have heard that it's easy to get them replaced if you get a bum board.
They're probably not bulletproof, but they're good enough that they don't have a black mark on them.
tattoo kid:
I have been following this thread and also the one on KLOV.I too have 3 Rottendog boards installed in my machines (all System 11 power supply boards) and have never had any issues with any them. Before buying them, I did alot of searching for issues pertaining to their boards and read only good comments.
You think with all the people that visit these threads (KLOV and BYOAC) that people with issues would start posting comments, but I still have not seen a negative comment other than an issue that pertains to their customer service (the KLOV thread in which the person does not even want to say what the issue is). I cannot comment on their customer service, because I have never had to use it.
Guess I can always go back to the original supplies (which I have repaired with components from GPE) if there are any issues.
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