Arcade1Up Pinball Mod Tutorial - Part 1

[@cooltoy]

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[@nephron9924]

Do you have a graphics card in your PC? That might be important along with the general specs if someone was to copy this to see what kind of power you need to run the cab at the 1080p settings your are using

[@jarredscully8256]

I was also wondering about the specs of your pc cooltoy

[@tango.fife.foxtrot4019]

This has become one of my favorite channels. Incredibly thorough, informative, and entertaining. Thank you. Excellent job!

[@cooltoy]

thank you so much for that wonderful feedback!

[@DoubleDguitar]

I can't believe so many stock pieces died so quickly. Really makes me feel much less pressed to get one and to just go ahead and make one with Steam. Thanks Doug! Definitely motivating me to do dig in.

[@ER-rt9le]

I specifically bought one to gut and mod it! :) price cabinets and graphics and ALL the parts just for a diy kits. This is the best value for a first beginner VP In a clean ready made package worth it for that alone. Like to see the community doing successful lcd back glass and improved playfield monitors already. Even the stock actuators currently being worked on, love the A1U mod community ingenuity.

[@jasonschneider4560]

I'm have been looking into building a groin cab, but this maybe a cheaper beginning point

[@mikeboss416]

I've wanted one of these from day one. The mod would be a necessity for me. To think that your stock parts failed so quickly is a complete shock ! That is crazy !

[@KongsRUs]

I've been waiting to see how you did this!!! thanks for sharing the VS Display adapter link, makes sense it needs to be the appropriate size adapter which is why I failed converting mine. 😆 can't wait to see the rest of this series

[@cooltoy]

glad I could help

[@zro2gon]

Looks so much better with 1080p resolution. This is what the unit should have been from the factory.

[@Roguebudo]

This is literally the only thing stopping me from buying one. The original screen looks awful comparatively.

[@Hecksii]

@@Roguebudo the original screen is 1080p my machine is modded to be used with a PC with pinball fx3 and the stock monitor is actually really good when you mess with the settings it's a perfect base to start your virtual pinball journey especially for the sale price right now of 449

[@ActionMenWorldPeacekeepers]

Facts

[@topcat43truffles15]

Just thrilled (dripping sarcasm) to hear about your problems with your unit. I haven’t even gotten mine out of the box yet. Thanks also to Game Stop (more sarcasm) Came home to find the box sitting on the sidewalk in front of the house I’m staying at. No e-mail heads up from Game Stop, no shipping notification, nothing, zip, just a box sitting on the sidewalk....(Ninth Ward in New Orleans) Where things have a tendency to magically disappear.... And neither David Copperfield or Mr Scott in the Enterprise transporter room are involved. So you can understand how thrilled I was... Wish me luck Doug. Even though these mods are WAY above my pay grade I always enjoy your posts. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻😎

[@bmg50barrett74]

This video is awesome. I really appreciate the links to the things you used. No having to guess.

[@StLounatic]

Just to think. That Dell PC sat on someone's desk used to create boring excel spreadsheets and TPS reports, and is now enjoying its retirement having a blast playing some vpin. Great work!

[@cooltoy]

100% that's what happened! I bought this particular Dell from an office liquidation sale in my area.

[@jimharper5710]

Was looking forward to this video. Didn’t disappoint! I saw you mentioned in one of the comments that your Marvel unit was preproduction. Knowing this type of thing sometimes happens with preproduction units, just a recommendation that you add that to copy accompanying the video. I have AFM on preorder and was a bit concerned at first!

[@skudfisher]

This is awesome. Thanks for this! I have the Williams one coming in the mail. I really wish the original graphics were just in 1080 or there was at least an option to switch between even if it meant a frame rate hit. I own literally every table on Pinball FX 3 on steam so the idea of upgrading this to play all those (and the digital backglass hinted at in the end) would be completely awesome.

[@NoahSties]

It would be great to set up visual pinball on this cab, thanks for this tutorial, made me a little bit more excited about the longevity of these things

[@cooltoy]

I've got VPX and Future Pinball on my PC as well and the games play great on this machine!

[@FadoraMan83]

That was a lot of good solid impactful information. I will have to keep that in mind if I ever decide to mod one of my three arcade one-up pinballs. I would love to have more of the game repertoire to my cabinets you sir are a genius

[@MadDadsGaming]

Very nice mod CoolToy. I can't wait to see what else you do to this. We appreciate you.

[@cooltoy]

Thank you so much!

[@MadDadsGaming]

@@cooltoy No problem man.

[@propwash6880]

Dam dude, I actually want the 1 up now. Can't wait to see the updates on this. This one looks so much better than the Atgames especailly with the dmd and that awesome backglass mod!!

[@Graczula]

Legend. This motivates me more into making my own Virtual Pinball.

[@compamac]

I just got my AFM yesterday and had ordered everything I needed to do these mods the same day, with addition of the 21'' LCD you recommended. I played with the stock parts for maybe 20 minutes and couldn't believe the delay that the flippers had on every game. Was so glad to upgrade everything with the ability to play almost any game on the machine that I want, thank you so much for this video.

[@cooltoy]

Glad I could help, enjoy your newly modded machine!

[@Zehrfox]

Wow Doug! - One of your best videos! I am sooo excited to see how you add haptics, accelerometer, and analog plunger to this. I have built my own vpin, but it is lacking those addons. I have been looking into adding them, but getting good info is difficult, most people recommend a very expensive solution $300-700 to add those. I didn't want to spend that much on my first vpin. You always explain things very well, so I am REALLY looking forward to your next video on this. Love the channel, long time subscriber - Take Care :)

[@UAG]

Doug man you truly out did yourself. Excited for this series.

[@cooltoy]

thank you very much.

[@MrLivewire1970]

I just did this mod today and it all went really smooth. Only thing I would add is you can change contrast and brightness settings of the DMD display with the Nvidia control panel.

[@scottj.7639]

COOLTOY, you're MacGyver'ing the heck out of that thing lol I love it! Can't want to see the next installments.

[@CompleteGeekTV]

Pretty big difference on the flippers! Awesome video dude and excited to see the Advanced Mod.

[@cooltoy]

It's a nice noticeable step up from the 720p

[@buffalotruckstop]

Thank you so much, I just got the Marvel 1up and u are making my life much easier

[@cooltoy]

Glad to help

[@castleranch738]

For Max users, I wonder if you can run Parallels and use a Mac mini?!

[@officiallyunofficial4K]

Well, I got all of my parts in to start this mod (only thing I'm not doing is adding the nudge buttons). We will see how it goes. Your video seems to be straight forward so I think I'll be able to do this! :-)

[@cooltoy]

best of luck on the modding! 👍

[@Justin-lf9dl]

Great video man! Can’t wait too see the haptics, accelerometer and back glass video! Keep up the great work bro!!! 🎮

[@jskjellman]

Great video @CoolToy everything was cleanly explained. Looking forward to more content in this area.

[@MichaelBtheGameGenie]

So Cooltoy I have to ask....what is you favourite Home Pinball cabinet now. Okay now that I got that out of my system back to watching the rest of the video.

[@cooltoy]

😂 I'm just going to get that question made into a shirt at this point.

[@MichaelBtheGameGenie]

@@cooltoy I will absolutely buy one haha

[@thejediknightswatch]

Always learning something new from your videos. Awesome content sir

[@scottfarrar3441]

Nice! Curious as to (approximation) how much each of those upgrade components cost...especially an estimation on the Minimum Computer ($$$) and Recommended Computer ($$$) - Buttons (FREE), Encoder Board ($10), VS Display Board ($32), Y-Splitter Cable ($10). Looking forward to the next videos in this series! Thanks.

[@hollywoodpolo9872]

Doug thanks for the very detailed and and awesome mod tutorial. I'd love to see you and Bee maybe do a collaberation livestream together where you guys talk to us about the future upgrades and options you'll be doing with your pinball machines.

[@rlc949]

Can you give some insight or guidance on PC set-up? As in; how to power-on the PC, when it's neatly tucked away and out of reach, and how to launch FX3 (auto-launch at PC power-on?). Interested in achieving: Switch-on the machine, PB-FX3 launches straight away and I'm into the application without any mucking-around. A one button/switch activation would be great :)

[@fahriakalin5936]

doug - you never disappoint - great mod

[@cooltoy]

Thank you 🙏

[@DJ_Blaker]

Looking forward to seeing you replace the backglass to a monitor. Great video

[@FrozenMonkee]

Have you thought of adding a small subwoofer to the cabinet? I’ve been thinking of getting one of Arcade1Up’s pinball machines and mod it with the backglass as well - along with a subwoofer.

[@317Chris]

This is fantastic! I wasn't sure I was going to mod it, but now I'm definitely going to. Thanks COOLTOY!

[@symbolic2v1]

Love these videos! This man is the G.O.A.T

[@cooltoy]

thanks!

[@scottsod123]

i had the dmd and sound go out i did a 22 inch lcd mod for the back glass have my dmd on there for now would be good for art work

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

On/off switch burned out? Solenoids board burned ? Woah. Awesome mod though 👌😍

[@lacrossed55]

Yeah, uh ...what?

[@neomoe5555]

Cool video but I have to say that is concerning that solenoids and switch stopped working so quickly. Sorry to hear that for you. I was lucky enough to get an AFM preorder in and really don’t want to tinker with it....

[@daviddeming1916]

Im not buying a arcade1up pinball anytime soon now

[@neomoe5555]

@@daviddeming1916 I am concerned, but Cooltoy did say his was a pre-production unit...so maybe they ironed out the issues with the production run? Hopefully that is the case, but I guess we’ll see...

[@djd-cepticon]

Dude this is epic. Can’t wait for the next mods you previewed. But the fact your A1up components died already... df! Hope they give you money back or a replacement.

[@williamwheeler5128]

Glad I avoided this. I’ve heard of multiple units breaking! Great mod!

[@michaelsuna6248]

Thanks for the video. Scary that the pre production unit died so quickly

[@Eli0569]

Nice job of modding and great video...keep'em coming!

[@MrShatterX]

I'm confused about the ground going into the back of the screen. Can anyone help me with this?

[@vilhelmstein2091]

Love your channel man keep it up

[@cooltoy]

Thank you kindly!

[@JackPineSavagest]

Great show as always!

[@cooltoy]

Thanks!

[@argcades]

Very cool introduction for people who are starting on virtual pinball... One note for you, that may help you in the future. Dont put the dmd or backglass on TOP ot the playfield or to the LEFT... you'll have issues with future upgrades in other type of pinballs like visual pinball, future pinball, and if you use pinup player or popper... negative values are ok with pinball fx or even pinball arcade but you'll have problems with the rest.

[@cooltoy]

Yea, I'm fully aware of that. But since the main focus was for just the main playfield and the dmd scoreboard in FX3 only for this video I wanted to make it super simple for people. I'll show the other method of having the monitors arranged side by side in other videos where I have the back glass monitor installed and am also running VPX and Future Pinball.

[@garogercade7850]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@cooltoy]

Glad you liked it!

[@randywise3004]

Love the video .. I'm looking in to digital right now because the real pinball machines have got insane in price .. so of course after watching all these upgrades I wanna just upgrade right away a new digital one up machine .. is there a better way to go ?? THANKS MAN I HIT THE LIKE AND Subscribe BUTTON . .LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE

[@adamkalb1412]

Brilliant Review❤️🏁👍

[@cooltoy]

Thank you! 👍

[@thedaddan717]

Great job w/ that 1080p!

[@cooltoy]

Thank you!

[@beeslandscaping]

Thanks was looking for something like this

[@cooltoy]

Glad it was helpful to you!

[@justingay9413]

When preparing the stock monitor for the VSDISPLY do you simply remove that existing smaller metal box from the back of the monitor. Any more details around this step would be appreciated. I ordered a mix the parts form this step one video and the the step 2 video for the plunger, accelerometer and button controller. Has anyone documented this process further? Thanks for the great videos!

[@cooltoy]

Yes, I removed the smaller metal box entirely since I am no longer using the stock PCB that that metal box was housing. The only major details you need to focus on is making sure you ground the applicable ground cable and make sure the LCD controller board isn't touching a conductive source of any kind before you power it on.

[@timdawg9198]

Thanks for this. I was thinking about picking up the Attack From Mars machine but reviews made me sceptical. Now with this mod I believe I'll pull the trigger. Being able to have some of my favorite pinball games and not having to build a cabinet is perfect for me, the novice gamer. I have bought the Sharpin Ultra last year when it came out, for some reason I have very noticeable lag and owner seems not to want to help support US buyers. I see the upgraded 32" monitor and 21" back glass monitor so I will add those projects as well. Thank you again. I'll let you know my progress. I will gift myself Attack From Mars for Father's Day Ordered Attack from mars from Best Buy, should be here 06/17

[@ebwholesaler]

You WILL love it, that pinball is FANTASTIC. Wait when it yells: A T T A C K !!!! at you...

[@andyspinball]

I am doing the same Tim. I just ordered my AFM, both monitors recommended as well as the $160 board that does the accelerometer and provides the updated plunger. I have a small HP Z2 PC that has an i5 processor, 4 display port output ports using its built in nvidia card, 16 GB of ram. I can't wait for all the parts to arrive.

[@Cosanplayprops]

Wouldn't a mini pc work as well too instead of having a normal pc. Like how much ram do you need to run pinball, an how much memory? Couldn't you use a mini pc with 16g with 256?

[@cooltoy]

Virtual pinball is highly taxing on ram and gpu’s. A mini pc is just going fill you with compromises in performance and make you wish you used something different. Mini PCs are great for arcade emulation, but not so much at virtual pinball running high frame rates with multiple monitors

[@dustinporter4038]

Vp display turns on but nothing shows. Up on screen, the light turns green then turns red on vp display, someone please help

[@graydogg51]

I was thinking that if I replace the back glass with a monitor I’ll scan the image on the back glass and use it as my screen saver so it matches the original cabinet when not in use.

[@cooltoy]

That’s a great idea!

[@paulkearns2364]

Great work! Thanks

[@cooltoy]

Glad you liked it!

[@supsnap]

Is there a way to do this with a raspberry pi instead of a pc? Just thinking cost wise.

[@cooltoy]

@@supsnap pi isn’t powerful enough

[@supsnap]

@cooltoy are the pinball games resource heavy? Just saw a video of a guy using steam in a raspberry pi 5 playing half life on low res and Minecraft. I know what you're saying but maybe the newer ones can?

[@joshrennef619]

Is there a reason you didn't use the geeekpi encoder so you could use tbe stock plunger ? Instead of the normal zero encoder ?

[@cooltoy]

Yes, I explain why in the part 2 video

[@sulfurshark3220]

Probably a dumb question, but is there any way to get the stock On/Off switch to turn on/off the PC? I know you can buy buttons with wires that plug into the motherboard, but I'd really like to use the built in toggle switch. Maybe some sort of wire converter or something between the existing wires and the PC plug?

[@CWFL5]

Can you use the factory on/off switch and volume buttons with the Pc?

[@cachanilla1375]

Some one know if we can play the "ninja turtles stern pinball" & "data east ninja turtles pinball" on this arcade 1up pinball machines???

[@cooltoy]

Data East TMNT game yes, Stern version no

[@cachanilla1375]

@@cooltoy thank you, at least it could play data east, so in that case, I gonna get one of this arcade 1up pinball machine

[@cachanilla1375]

@@cooltoy can you make a tutorial video on how we can add the "ninja turtles data east pinball game" to the "marvel arcade 1up pinball machine"?, I already bought a "marvel arcade 1up pinball machine" & i wanna mod it to put the "ninja turtles data east pinball game"

[@janettelynch8444]

Hi I was wondering if I can do this with a Nintendo switch instead of a pc as that’s what I have at home.....if so is it the same process with encoders etc? Would appreciate your time to comment, trying to figure out if I can mod this for my kids!

[@kcpiranha58]

I know this is an old video but is it possible to keep the machine stock and only add video settings board to the stock machine to control brightness and other functions?

[@cooltoy]

There is no way to control the stock monitor settings

[@kcpiranha58]

@@cooltoy I see, I misunderstood about that add on display board

[@eonbree8593]

im almost finished with this mod! i do have one question though. how do i connect my pc to the lcd hdmi controller board? i may have missed the step but i dont think i can find that instruction.

[@eonbree8593]

is my computer going to require 2 hdmi ports (or a splitter?

[@Jedi-Nite]

Can't you use the pi?

[@ActionMenWorldPeacekeepers]

Iam gonna have to mod mine because the pcb board died on me so iam glad i dont have to get rid of it just gotta change some things this is really a shame arcade1up couldnt do this from the gate smh

[@joshrennef619]

Is there anyone or place that makes custom panel artwork?

[@cooltoy]

arcadegraphix.com

[@Hecksii]

I'm just looking to know if I can still have the advantage of the solenoids that come with it with my PC mod is that possible? Can I still use the haptics while playing different games on a PC?

[@cooltoy]

yes it's possible, I made a separate video on that topic specifically.

[@Hecksii]

@@cooltoy hey thanks for your reply man I've seen that video but I thought those were aftermarket solenoids we're those the ones that came with the cab?

[@ThomasGrillo]

Sorry to hear the A1up components died, so soon. Did A1up even offer to replace them? Nice job on repurposing the existing cabinet. A good lesson for those who already spent good money on this cab, and want to continue using it, with way better replacement hardware, without having to buy, and build a new cabinet. Looking forward to the backglass monitor install video. Thanks for sharing this.

[@cooltoy]

I never asked for replacement parts from Arcade1Up since this was a pre production unit sent to me for review purposes. I didn’t want to ask for replacement parts because I didn’t want to take away from customers who might need those parts more than me.

[@ThomasGrillo]

@@cooltoy Ah, ok.

[@misterkeebler]

Sounds like this is going to be a really fun series of videos to watch! I need more space before buying pinball, but I like the idea of using a PC and changing the back area to a monitor to match the game as opposed to buying multiple VP cabs. I never really took a close look at the DMD before, but I dont understand why they can include something like that without issue on the pinball, yet be so hesitant to confirm inclusion on a Dragon's Lair cab. Hopefully they figure that screen solution out soon. I much rather pay extra for a proper second screen and not possibly using my own, versus getting some deluxe edition that includes another stool or something. Lol. Sidenote; I know you originally started looking at these products just because they were more cool toys (pun intended) for the community, and now you've sort of been given this extra pressure to *immediately* inform the Arcade1up community of any red flag or update you come across lol. I guess it comes with the territory. Hopefully you are still having fun with everything. I appreciate the videos and whatever you decide to present to us when you have the chance to do so.

[@solomonkim]

Great video! Thanks so much--i used the teachings herein to repurpose my arcade1up pinball into a dedicated Pc-based pinball fx3 cabinet. Quick question: would it be possible to connect the power for the DMD/speakers/backlight into a USB port in the PC, using some sort of barrel-to-USB adapter, so that the entire shootin' match powers up when I power up the PC? Or is there a way to power everything off of the PC power supply?

[@lakecountryalignment1776]

Excellent video

[@CrownedOne2000]

I’m trying to follow what you did with the VSDisplay hookup to stock monitor. I’ve got the main playfield hooked up and showing my pc desktop. However the small DMD screen isn’t recognized when I go to look for it in windows. It doesn’t look powered on either. Can you give me a more in depth tutorial on how to use the VSDisplay with the stock monitor and DMD hookup please? Thank you!

[@cooltoy]

The stock DMD monitor has nothing do with the VSDisplay adapter. You simply need to give power to the DMD monitor and connect it to your pc via an hdmi cable. It’s hard for me to provide any more insight or info as I can’t see how you have things connected on your set up or what you are using

[@CrownedOne2000]

@@cooltoy I have the hdmi cable from my gpu going to the VSDisplay board. It’s detected and working. The hdmi cable from the dmd can’t go on the VSDisplay board as it’s taken. So I would have to run an hdmi cable from the DMD directly to my PC right? In my case, I’d have to use my integrated gpu hdmi since my dedicated gpu only has one hdmi connection. The DMD powers up and turns blue for about 20 seconds then goes black. Windows doesn’t recognize a second monitor. I guess I’m getting confused since you said you left everything stock the way it was plugged into the back going down to the VSDisplay board.

[@CrownedOne2000]

So I ended up using an hdmi to dvi cable for my GPUs dvi port and hdmi end to the VSDisplay board. Then I used hdmi from the DMD to my GPU’s hdmi port. Up and running now. For some reason my integrated gpu wouldn’t recognizes 2nd screen despite enabling multiple displays in the bios. Anyway thanks for the tutorial and help!

[@Botbar1]

This is amazing thanks!

[@cooltoy]

Glad you like it!

[@giovannicrisafulli5965]

Can you only use the VSDISPLAY just to improve the stock screen quality to 1080p or do you really need a pc also? I am only interested in doing a screen mod to inprove quality & contrast from the stock screen. Please let me know.

[@cooltoy]

I don't believe the monitor has the capability to save any settings, so once you remove the VSDISPLAY adapter you would lose whatever changes you made.

[@giovannicrisafulli5965]

@@cooltoy Tks for responding. Can I just simply add VSDISPLAY HDMI VGA DVI Audio LCD Controller Board without the need a pc? The only mod I am interested is really screen resolution on the stock.

[@jamesguralski5156]

Id look to just fix the back dmd! Screen resolution!

[@theadventuresoftiffany]

Can u makr pinball m(steam) work on this arcade 1up pinball machine ??

[@Brian-Vader4633]

Wow, can't believe it has that kind of problems already.

[@jrelyea]

I did this mod yesterday. Your video was really helpful, some of the connections are a bit confusing. The DMD works in Windows, but haven't gotten it to work with the tables yet. I got Pinball FX and FX3. FX3 works really well, but I wanted to play Mandalorian, and that is through FX. I got a bundle of 2 games with FX. The flippers work with one, but not Mandalorian. Definitely still have some more work. I'm conflicted on what to do. Do I take this farther and get the better encoder and upgrade my PC? I would love to upgrade the screen, the stock display is not great. There are so many tutorials out there, the more I look at this stuff, the more I want to do. But...with the stock PCB, everything works. I loaded all 30 tables plus the Zen and Pinball Arcade mod. It's easy. I don't think I will go back to stock, but it's tempting. Just depends how much time, money and effort I want to spend. Edit: I got the flippers in Mandalorian to work. I had already setup Joytokey to work with FX3, and the keys are different in FX. I just went in and set the FX keys to match what I had set for Joytokey. Still don't know why the DMD is displaying my second Windows screen but not the game's DMD. I'll figure it out.

[@brianm1143]

Do the pc versions of the Steam pinball games have the horrible flipper lag like the stock hardware has? I may do this mod simply to correct the flipper lag if the mod does indeed correct it.

[@cooltoy]

PC version of FX3 > any other version

[@brianm1143]

Thanks!

[@Breadbag]

Amazing job! 🥃

[@loganq]

Why does Zen Studios tightly control using tables on a cabinet?

[@cooltoy]

To prevent people from selling or charging for commercial use

[@loganq]

@@cooltoy But it'd be OK for them to sell or charge if they were playing the games on a monitor?

[@cooltoy]

Zen doesn't want people making their own pinball machines using cabinet mode, and then doing something like placing that machine in a bar or an arcade where customers have to pay to play on the machine.

[@loganq]

@@cooltoy thanks for your interpretation!

[@metallicafan416]

@@loganq yeah shortbus it's their property

[@olblueyes7670]

I think the fact that these Arcade 1up components are failing already is a bigger story and needs to be addressed. Have you reached out to them for replacements or information?

[@Dead-bl7to]

Damn the unit already fried? Great video. I am going to do this on mine but I have to get a bigger screen.

[@Hecksii]

So with the PC mod you lose the functionality of the stock analog plunger? Also are there two separate display connections for the play field and DMD or do they run off the same lvds connector? Thanks a lot man for you help on this you're a lifesaver.

[@en4crcdn]

Awesome. Really appreciate the detailed mod info. Shame about the stock controller board dying so quickly (quality issue or just bad luck?). This looks like a no-brainer upgrade for most people who have a spare PC around to power their steam collection. Cheers!

[@cooltoy]

My Marvel machine was a pre production unit sent to me for review purposes. I have no real way of knowing for sure if it was bad luck or a quality issue, since I do not know what may or may not have changed in the manufacturing process when the retail ready units were made.

[@en4crcdn]

@@cooltoy No big deal either way. There is an inherent failure rate of all electronics so let's just chalk it up to bad luck. Fortunately, as you proved it's really not that big a deal to upgrade/replace these parts for minimal cost. My guess is that after shipping costs are factored in, that A1up isn't making that much on these units, so it's still a great value overall as a vpin cab that can be modded.

[@JackPineSavagest]

Would you ever put a 32" monitor back in or is the 24" more than enough?

[@cooltoy]

I’d still probably avoid the 32” monitor because it’s too big to be recessed into the cabinet body

[@JackPineSavagest]

@@cooltoyok gotcha, it was too tight.

[@MrDeadBobo]

Would you be willing to sell the original pcb? I bricked mine. Thanks

[@RickyWeazz]

Incredible job!!

[@ketowolf]

Cool modding video! I don’t plan to mod my A1UP pinball but this was still a cool watch! The main reason I don’t plan to mod my A1UP pinball is, when I turn on the machine, I want a streamlined experience. I don’t want a window’s desktop UI, then having to launch Pinball FX with a Bluetooth controller, then exit and properly shutdown the PC through windows again, etc... does this mod or your future mod make it so that you never see a Windows interface or is that inevitable for a PC mod? How long was it before your stock haptics and switches gave out? And also, would A1UP have replaced them? I just got my A1UP about a week ago, and I’m loving it just the way it is, but if the haptics or switches crap out, I’d love to be able to fix them. Sorry for all the questions! Great video, very detailed, good visuals to match, and it’s cool seeing how far people push their mods!

[@jmqrsq]

So I just got the marvel 1up machine. The previous owner modded it so I have all the marvel boards, all the Star Wars boards and Williams boards. If I understand you correctly, I would need a pc and a different pcb in order to utilize the stock playfield at 1080 correct? In other words, what is the bare minimum I would need to get 1080 resolution from the stock board and not lose haptics or accelerometer?

[@knevil753]

cant you do a steamlink and 0 delay encoder so you dont need to buy a standalone pc?

[@cooltoy]

not on the stock PCB

[@bond008a9]

Uh oh...problems less than a month ??? I am a little worried about my AFM pre order now. Did A1UP warranty the parts with replacement parts?

[@cooltoy]

I didn’t ask for replacement parts because this was a pre production unit sent to me for review purposes. I could have easily asked for replacement parts and I’m sure they would have taken care of me. But I didn’t want to take parts away from customers who needed them more than I did, so I never asked.

[@oquatanginwann]

What specific graphics card are you using in the optiplex? Can it be any GTX 970? It has to have at least 3 video outputs correct? Thanks for the vid...can't wait for the others.

[@cooltoy]

3 if you want to do the additional back glass screen also, only 2 if you just want the scoring LCD and playfield. I'm using a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 D6 OC Low Profile 4GB graphics card in this particular PC.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

What about a Threadripper based unit with 24 core 48 threads or 48 cores 96 threads or 64 core 128 threads on a X399 TRX40 motherboard and 1TiB of Threadripper compatible 3600MHZ DDR4 RAM and some way of controlling the bumpers and what have you, Linux runs very well on the RYZEN Threadripper series of chips, You could go with Linux Mint 20.1+Wine64+Winetricks+Zip.dll to run the Windows software or install the STEAM client for Linux.

[@bountyclaw]

So strange that those monitor options aren't activated on the stock cabinet. Hopefully that's just because it isn't the production line and its something they offer in the actual product, or have it all turned on by default.

[@cooltoy]

Nope, I have a retail Star Wars pinball cabinet also and none of those settings are available on it either.

[@bwp6v]

Thanks so much for a great and informative video. You mentioned that you don't recommend getting one of these if your intent is just to mod them. Any other kits you'd recommend? I love the Star Wars theme and really would need that smaller scale of cabinet for my room, so modding this cabinet seems like a solid fit for me. I'm much more comfortable on the PC modding side than in building a cabinet from scratch, so some sort of kit appeals.