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Thank you so much for all the kind words...and the help! I'm gonna have a pretty busy weekend, but I'll definitely be looking into every solution suggested. LOL and bugging Jose for more help too :)

And once again, compared to other people I know, I got off easy. I know at least one person who Yaton screwed out of over $5k. Hopefully we can put a stop to this ;/
 
Try replacing U450, the horizontal size IC. Doesn't help? Then start checking components that are connected to pin 6.
Good suggestion. Are we sure this is the right chassis for the right tube though? At the moment, that chassis is fully recapped, so I don't want to start pulling parts if this could be solved by trading with someone.
My apologies for being extra cautious...I just don't want to screw this up any more than it already is? Also, here's a direct link to the pic if anyone wants a quick reference.
 
Is there a sticker on the tube or the frame to identify it?

Anyway, your current issue isn't tube or yoke related. You will still need to repair the chassis in any case.
 
I just bought something on his website and he responded to my follow up email right away.
 
I'm never going to understand how desperate one needs to be for video games to continue to enrich a seller who routinely screws over their customers.
I think the unfortunate reality is he has a lot of stuff no one else does. On top of that, it's all about perception. When dealing with some dude selling old parts from a dirty warehouse in China, I have zero expectations. If I spend $100 and get what I ordered within 6 months, great. If not then I'm out $100 or I'll do a chargeback.
 
I just bought something on his website and he responded to my follow up email right away.
Why do people feel compelled to respond to topics like this where there's clear evidence the seller is screwing over people to the tune of thousands of dollars with comments like "the $50 power supply I just bought from him came fast I don't know what your problem is."

Seriously, this isn't the place for it. Go start the YATON positive feedback thread and white knight there.
 
Why do people feel compelled to respond to topics like this where there's clear evidence the seller is screwing over people to the tune of thousands of dollars with comments like "the $50 power supply I just bought from him came fast I don't know what your problem is."

Seriously, this isn't the place for it. Go start the YATON positive feedback thread and white knight there.
I was not white knighting, you are misinterpreting. I posted what I did as an example that he is 1. not dead, and 2. able to communicate. Either as hope that he will respond to your problem, or evidence that he is avoiding you.
 
You have it backwards, Benime. People posting facts about their experience is just data, and should be used to draw the overall conclusion about yaton. You interpreting it as white knighting is weird, dude.
 
I think the unfortunate reality is he has a lot of stuff no one else does. On top of that, it's all about perception. When dealing with some dude selling old parts from a dirty warehouse in China, I have zero expectations. If I spend $100 and get what I ordered within 6 months, great. If not then I'm out $100 or I'll do a chargeback.
I've been in this hobby almost 20 years and I will let you know there's not one thing Yaton sells you can't get elsewhere.

While I don't think you're white-knighting, it is without argument in poor taste to go "I just gave the guy who screwed you guys over more money, and it's working out for me so far". It's kind of a read-the-room situation. No need to rub salt in other peoples' wounds kind of thing.

And unfortunately we already know he's continuing to do business as usual with others. Unfortunately Yaton of today lacks the integrity that Yaton of yesterday had.
 
While I don't think you're white-knighting, it is without argument in poor taste to go "I just gave the guy who screwed you guys over more money, and it's working out for me so far". It's kind of a read-the-room situation.
Yeah it was a poor choice of words, but you basically covered what I was trying to say.

It isn't helping anybody. We know he's still posting shit to facebook and doing business.
 
I did not know you knew those things. I also did not know about this thread before buying. I also don't use Facebook. I was only offering my experience to use to inform your own situations, not to defend the guy. I haven't bought anything from him since the days of dirty mvs carts on eBay in the 00s.
 
The windings are fine. If the windings were broken you would have major color separation. Look at the video in the thread you linked to.

Try replacing U450, the horizontal size IC. Doesn't help? Then start checking components that are connected to pin 6.

MS9 schematic is here:

https://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?p=546329#p546329
I got new u450s here, next time I go up to bobs place I'll bring them.
 

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This is slightly off topic, but only a bit.

We could probably stand to be a little nicer to each other here. Like, not immediately jump down the throat of a fellow hobbiest for the most minor of infractions.

It actually sucks that @RetroRGB and @cruzlink2 have been made to feel unwelcome here for instance, because both of them have contributed a literal fuckton to the hobby. If you don't want to be their buddy over some slight or whatever that's cool, but Bob keeps a ton of people informed about a lot of stuff that would otherwise be very hard to keep up with, and Cruz has fixed more retro gear than plenty of people here have even touched.

Either of them would be welcome in my arcade in they were in town. The hobby is better for both of them being around, and it would be cool if they were here more in my mind, and not feel like they were unwelcome for stupid reasons.

And, at least in my view, and with what they just said, @notsonic clearly was just trying to be helpful. If you don't automatically just assume the worst. I don't use Facebook for instance, so I had no idea Yaton was actively posting there still.

Just saying, maybe we could all (and I'm guily at times too of being a dick, not excusing myself) stand to cut each other just a little bit of slack and help each other out more. We'd all benefit.

Off my soap box now.
 
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