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  1. thewebexpert

    Server Back up. 12 hours data loss.

    The old datacenter is down, they are having networking and hardware issues, thankfully I moved this weekend, however we had issues getting access to the PBR domain, thanks to PBR's founder Brock Hemming, we managed to get the domain pointed to the new server. So, if you see this, you are on the...
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    Server Maintenance Tonight

    Hosting Provider doing a migration, which requires a power outage There can be 2-3 hrs downtime during VPS migration from ( 21:00 CST to 6:00 AM CST) which is 10pm-7am Eastern.
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    ANSWER TRON recognizer beam issues

    My Tron Pro laser beam for the recognizer must be out of alignment, it just randomly starts going off and you hear the cheering and then you get immediate multiball. Does not look like there is any access to the components from the bottom... Has anyone had this problem before and have some tips...
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    Pinball in Ottawa - Freeplay Sunday

    For those on the west end of ottawa, the Ottawa Pinball Arcade is a nice little gem, they just announced Sunday free play! https://ottawapinballarcade.ca/family-free-play-sunday-amateur-pinball-league-starting-in-september/
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    ADS

    Our Google AdSence account was closed, their reasoning is that people were bots, or clicking on ads because they were paid, it is unfortunate because the google ads were not that intrusive. However, in order to raise a bit of money to pay for hosting, software updates , maintenance, I am trying...
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    TIP YAHOO EMAIL NOT WORKING

    As I mentioned on another tread, we had to change the IP Addresses of the server, The new IP Address that was assigned to us was "dirty" and as a result, Yahoo has blocked all email originating from this address. I have logged a ticket with Yahoo, as did my Hosting Provider, we now just have to...
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    Server Maintenance Completed March 5, 2022

    My ISP changed ip addresses of my server again. This time they gave me notice, however I will be migrating the site over to the new ip this weekend. There will be down time as your DNS kicks in to the new IP. Mail may go to spam for a while until microsoft and the internet resolves itself. 6...
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    WTB First pinball under $3000

    I have a friend that wants to get in to pinball collecting, looking for a pinball under 3K in Ottawa region .... anyone have something they want to cycle out?
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    Site Outage Fixed

    Brock's GoDaddy account got compromised and they tried to hijack the domain.. Thankfully Brock got his account back and I was able to reset the name servers.... So fear not! PBR is not going anywhere!
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    Toledo EM Help

    Hi Gang, I have a Williams Toledo (https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2577) EM Wedge, and a while ago it stopped working. I did get it to start again, it was a short in the coin door. But in my troubleshooting I must have done something because the middle targets do not work, immediately after...
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    WTB 1 1/2" T-Moulding white, 25 feet.

    I am trying to located plain white t-Mouding for the tables in my camper ... This is the stuff I want, but they do not offer 25 foot sample rolls in the 1 1/2 size, only the 1 1/4 size, and I really need the 1.5" size. https://www.outwater.com/products/zz-105-672/ Anyone with any canadian...
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    Website Upgrade Tonight

    We are running XenForo 1, I will be upgrading to XenForo 2 as well as updating the theme and plugins to work with 2.0 The site will be down or look strange during the upgrade.
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    FS Mr. and Mrs. pac man pinball machine $500 - Not Mine- Sold :(

    This was on facebook: Flipper needs repair. One bumper to be replaced, and needs a new back glass It sold so fast .. someone walked away with a score ....
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    Create account ReCapcha

    I added a new recapcha thing to the account signup to hopefully slow down the amount of daily viagra and overseas bride posts we are getting ... it only affects new accounts. Cheers!
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    ANSWER Cloudflare and the Internet

    In case anyone was having issues connecting with PBR this weekend, it seems that somewhere in the internet, routing between some CloudFlare datacenters and my datacenter was not working. My ISP added a new IP Address to the server, and we migrated the site over. Everything should be fine now...
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    Site has been moved to a new server

    I moved the site this morning to a new server. My ISP opened a new datacenter and I elected to move to it. It was more bandwidth and better DDOS protection, which should help with some of the recent outages we have had. We are using CloudFlare technology, so the move from the old server to new...
  17. thewebexpert

    upcoming maintenance - June 5th

    We are sending this advisory to inform you of an upcoming maintenance to be performed our the server in the datacenter. Event Date(s): Friday, June 5th, 2015 from 9.00pm until 11.00 PM CST Event Location: OK-R1 ~ R7 & DL-R1 ~ R3 Impact: Up to 30 Mins Downtime Event: During the maintenance...
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    Dr. Who DMD Issue

    Hi Guys, no picture yet, but I need help. When I power on the game, the DMD has perfectly spaced lines going up and down through the DMD every 1 inch. What is up? The game was not played for a while, turned it on today, and we have those lines. Any troubleshooting tips would be appreciated I...
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    Site was down 19 Dec 2014

    The site was down for a while friday morning. Our datacenter had a problem with one of their cisco switches, they reflashed the firmware and fixed it. The server itself, as well as the backups remained up and running. Hopefully this will not happen again, but remain assured that the actual...
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    Titles????!

    Like most bulletin board software, you can give people titles... like "newbie" or "Pinball King" depending on the amount of posts..... Any ideas ???? Suggestions?