texasmame
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EDIT: FIXED - GO TO END.
Okay. Had a G07 chassis for my Spy Hunter that I suspected was okay but the tube's neck was broken. Did the tube swap and it was. Sweet.
Great, now that I know the chassis is fine, I'll recap it before I get into purity and convergence, etc. for the new tube.
Do a cap kit and install an NTE94 in place of the X04 and double checked the wiring and made sure it was correct and wasn't grounded to the chassis. Check.
Plug it back in and. . . dead. No crackle, no glow, no nothing.
I see F901 is blown and that leads to a shorted HOT on the flowchart. I didn't have access to a new HOT so I didn't replace it or even touch it during the cap kit.
My questions three:
~ Is there something you would do during the course of a cap kit that could cause the HOT to short? And, once it's shorted, is it crapped out for good and must be replaced?
~ Secondly, the PCB says 1.25A 125V for F901. Still trying to locate more of those locally but do have 1.5A 250V - would be a poor idea to try one of these, yes?
~ Lastly, could having used Arctic Silver for the heat sink compound for the new REG have messed things up? I've used it before for gaming purposes but not on a G07 REG. From what I've dug up here, it should have been fine, tho. FWIW, the REG case is not showing continuity with the frame, so thinking it's fine.
Bah.
Okay. Had a G07 chassis for my Spy Hunter that I suspected was okay but the tube's neck was broken. Did the tube swap and it was. Sweet.
Great, now that I know the chassis is fine, I'll recap it before I get into purity and convergence, etc. for the new tube.
Do a cap kit and install an NTE94 in place of the X04 and double checked the wiring and made sure it was correct and wasn't grounded to the chassis. Check.
Plug it back in and. . . dead. No crackle, no glow, no nothing.
I see F901 is blown and that leads to a shorted HOT on the flowchart. I didn't have access to a new HOT so I didn't replace it or even touch it during the cap kit.
My questions three:
~ Is there something you would do during the course of a cap kit that could cause the HOT to short? And, once it's shorted, is it crapped out for good and must be replaced?
~ Secondly, the PCB says 1.25A 125V for F901. Still trying to locate more of those locally but do have 1.5A 250V - would be a poor idea to try one of these, yes?
~ Lastly, could having used Arctic Silver for the heat sink compound for the new REG have messed things up? I've used it before for gaming purposes but not on a G07 REG. From what I've dug up here, it should have been fine, tho. FWIW, the REG case is not showing continuity with the frame, so thinking it's fine.
Bah.
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