Hi all - I posted last summer with a New Net City cab that wouldn't give me an image. After a bunch of troubleshooting I swapped the chassis (a PD1843) for one from Yaton and it worked great for a year. A few weeks ago it stopped giving an image. I sent the chassis to PNL who told me the flyback was dead, and sold me a tested working replacement (PD2367).
When I first powered on the cab, my test PCB (Tekken 3) worked but had a very washed out image. The second time I powered it on, there was severe pincushioning and the remote board stopped working. The third time, there were two loud pops/snaps and there was no image any more. John at PNL had me take photos of the chassis and my wiring, and everything looked good. He then had me power up the cab with no game board, and there was purple neck glow with some arcing inside, and the usual "No Signal" didn't display on the screen. PNL said this meant the tube was dead.
Is this definitely the case, and is there any reason I should hang on to hope and keep the tube, or should I start looking for a replacement and disposing/recycling the dead tube?
When I first powered on the cab, my test PCB (Tekken 3) worked but had a very washed out image. The second time I powered it on, there was severe pincushioning and the remote board stopped working. The third time, there were two loud pops/snaps and there was no image any more. John at PNL had me take photos of the chassis and my wiring, and everything looked good. He then had me power up the cab with no game board, and there was purple neck glow with some arcing inside, and the usual "No Signal" didn't display on the screen. PNL said this meant the tube was dead.
Is this definitely the case, and is there any reason I should hang on to hope and keep the tube, or should I start looking for a replacement and disposing/recycling the dead tube?