Stern S.A.M. System Repair

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1 Introduction

S.A.M. is the current board system used by Stern Pinball. The first full production game to use the S.A.M. Board Set was World Poker Tour in 2006.

2 Games

  • World Poker Tour
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Family Guy
  • Spider Man
  • Wheel of Fortune
  • Shrek
  • Indiana Jones
  • Batman
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • 24
  • NBA
  • Big Buck Hunter Pro
  • Iron Man
  • Avatar
  • The Rolling Stones

3 Technical Info

Things like Data East's controller board was a copy of William's System 11 with some changes would go here.

4 Problems and Fixes

4.1 Power Driver Issues

This may not apply to some, as MPU might have been part of it.

4.2 MPU Issues

4.3 Power Supply Issues

4.4 Display Driver Board

Possibly doesn't apply to some, can't think of an example.

5 References

SAM system schematics are available on the Stern Pinball website here: http://www.sternpinball.com/schematics.shtml

6 Game Specific Problems and Fixes

Example would be servo controller on Independence Day pinball

7 Repair Logs

Did you do a repair? Log it here as a possible solution for others.