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Update: I spoke with the guy today to clarify what has and hasn't been done. He has NOT recapped the chassis (believes that to not be an issue because heating everything up isn't having an impact), and he has NOT changed the horizontal transistor (believes this to not be an issue because it's...

I'm having with the horizontal width on one of my XM29s, and was wondering if anyone here might be able to help. Basically, if I try to fully open the horizontal width, the picture gets fuzzy. It wants to be a much smaller picture that doesn't fill up the screen and if I shrink the size, it's...

Oh, great, thanks! I ended up getting it running with the J17 wire, but it's much cleaner looking going underneath from PAL to CN5, so I redid it that way.

I think I need another clarification of the instructions. The Walsdawg video talks about putting a wire from CN5 C13 to PAL3 #9 on a Rev 4 board. I did that, but then in the Darksoft manual, it says to remove any such wire and instead wire from PAL3 #9 to J17 on the Multi. So is the video...

Oh great, thanks! Is that only if you're doing the key writing? Or even without it? (I was going to do the key writing install but first, I wanted to check the rest of the install with unencrypted ROMS + dummy key.)

Regarding Jumpers: The latest version of the instruction manual says "There is no need to modify the jumper configuration." Is this still true if my jumpers are in a different configuration than what's in the Walsdawg installation video? Or was that statement about not needing to modify based...

I'm just going to use the Alpha 1 board. I suppose I could then put the Alpha 1 ROMs onto this one, since that connector section isn't needed. Thanks everyone for your help on this!

Update here: I got the set of micro drill bits and drilled through to remove the solder, then added the connector and soldered on. I installed the multi kit (though didn't bother to do the key writing until I confirmed everything else was working), but I'm getting a marroon-ish/purple-ish blank...

Thanks guys. Looks like a desoldering gun is how I have to go. One other thing I saw looking at some videos was to use a drill. Basically I'd need a micro drill bit. I can get a set for $10, so that may be the first course of action before I buy the gun. If it doesn't work out, I do have...

Thanks to Anselmo, I have the connector now. I wasn't concerned about soldering, but I've run into an obstacle with getting the connector pins through the board. There's a little bit of solder in every hole, so I'm unable to pass the pins through and mount the connector. I have solder wick...

Thanks for both of your help! I’ll order one, and try to think about other stuff to order while I’m at it because the shipping is $20 on a $5 item :/ Unless @Anselmo, if it’s already removed from your parts board or not too much trouble to remove, if we can ship for less I’d love to go that...

I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me locate a missing part for a B board. I think it’s a generic part, just one of the white pin connectors that sits on top of the board, and to which you connect a multi kit. I’ve circled the spot of the missing part in red in the picture below...

I have a couple Astro City cabs. One of them just went through a complete re-capping as well as some work to fix the vertical display, as it was all crammed tightly in the middle of the screen. This turned out to be very expensive to repair and included me having to transport the cab to and...

I had ordered mine from Paradise Arcade a few months ago (only got around to installing recently due to finding a donor board at a decent price). I'm fine widening the holes if I have to. I'll DM you. Related, are the wider buttons going to be the standard now? I had the dogp case printed up...

Not sure if this is the right spot but.. I had seen somewhere that some LCDs were shipped with the wrong length selector buttons. I just printed a case for the LCD and it seems I ended up with the short buttons. How would I go about getting the correct long ones? Thanks for any guidance, and...