Thanks!
Plugged it, and it seems to work fine!
The image on the screen was completely off though:
- Super blurry
- Image all shrunk and misaligned
- Colors super off
After tinkering a little bit with the flyback, no more blurriness! The control board is located under the control panel, and turning a few dials took care of the image alignment and size. I also unplugged the P1 Start button doing so without realizing it, and that gave me a few seconds of frustration (looks like I will probably extend the cables for them as it's super tight at the moment).
Now the colors are not great, and I don't want to play them too much with today. I can also notice a clear sign of discoloration that probably would be solved by a degaussing.
I have the coil at hand...
Ok let's do it!
Following the advice gathered on forums and
this very useful youtube video From Arcade Repair Tips, I use my
Degauss Coil purchased at Fry's.
Slowly circling from 6 feet away towards the screen, then away from it for 1 min, the results are immediate!
Definitely look better, but the colors are still off. The white has a yellowish tint... Time to turn some RGB nods!
Locating them on the board of the screen was easy, and using a mirror I can finally see the colors come to light: not enough blue and too much red.
All done!
The image is now really good, which I was almost not expecting at this point. I still see some purple tint on the lower left corner but decide to stop there, taking in that the screen might be damaged.
After putting the cab next to my computer desk, I turned it on. And the image is really discolored on the left, side of my desk!
I then realize that the culrpit was my computer setup creating too much magnetic interference. Could be the speakers or everything else I have on there.
I decide then to put the cabinet in another corner of my office, and surprise! The picture is now perfect!
Sounds like a great way to end the day
(On this, still a small discoloration as I turned it close to the desk. Crazy how this setup is interfering with it!)