mrbill2084
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saving a matsushita tm202g out of proto crystal castles UR
I got a call the other day to help fix Franz Lanzinger's proto crystal castle UR. He thought the tube neck was broken in a move, but it actually was the monitor chassis. It got snapped by the flyback and on the other side they broke off the horizontal width coil(took some pcb with it on the small board).
I put a 4900 in the cab and he was happy, But I think I might be able to fix the break and give him back his monitor(The game has 750 plays on it and the screen had zero burn). I think I might have a spare chassis around(probably dead).
So the question is, Should I try to fix the monitor pcb or should I try to swap it? I can post pics of the damage later. I can't imagine its a multi layer board, so I would think it would be straight forward to repair broken traces. Never capped a matsushita monitor before. I have only seen 2 or 3. Are they very reliable? He has the same monitor in his proto xevious. Again with zero burn on it(my guess about the same use, but the cab got exposed to moisture).
He is happy with the 4900, but I feel the urge to keep his game 100%.
I got a call the other day to help fix Franz Lanzinger's proto crystal castle UR. He thought the tube neck was broken in a move, but it actually was the monitor chassis. It got snapped by the flyback and on the other side they broke off the horizontal width coil(took some pcb with it on the small board).
I put a 4900 in the cab and he was happy, But I think I might be able to fix the break and give him back his monitor(The game has 750 plays on it and the screen had zero burn). I think I might have a spare chassis around(probably dead).
So the question is, Should I try to fix the monitor pcb or should I try to swap it? I can post pics of the damage later. I can't imagine its a multi layer board, so I would think it would be straight forward to repair broken traces. Never capped a matsushita monitor before. I have only seen 2 or 3. Are they very reliable? He has the same monitor in his proto xevious. Again with zero burn on it(my guess about the same use, but the cab got exposed to moisture).
He is happy with the 4900, but I feel the urge to keep his game 100%.
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