ReplicaX
Grand Master
So brown/gray "should" be your vertical
FS Egret 2/Windy 2/NNC/Q25 (Repair refund)
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90sCyberThriller
Student
Maybe I missed it somewhere in the thread but why are you replacing the tube? They look like they are in pretty decent shape from the others I've seen. Was there a problem with the tube as well as the chassis?
Correct! 8bit's turned out to be horrendous after unwrapping (the E2's were nice though!). I had a spare 29" tube sitting in my storage, so I did him a solid and swapped them out. Now we're just hoping to find out what a compatible chassis is for it (the one in there now is 31k only).
Damn right your doing me a solid. Cant thank you enough. Its to bad the monitor that came with it was garbage. Ill also be buying one of his other monitors since I gotta fix the shit show of monitors kc sent me with my blasts.
Sure did.
anyone get a windy2 marquee with their windy2 and it was blue can you chime in here?
ya I looked online I cannot find any scans of them. I'm very happy I got a marquee though just need it to be the right color.
You'll find no horror stories with the NNC's =)
if by chance one of the windys is not salvageable but the psu works ill buy the psu. Just throwing it out there
LaTraille
Student
Montreal got at least one blue windy2 marquee, what’s the proper way to scan it?
well who ever got it chime in or can someone contact them so we can get a scan coin on it
BanishingFlatsAC
Champion
You know, not for nothing Hawaii, but wtf.
Do you know how lucky you are that you got two free power supplies?
Do you know how lucky you are that you have @rewrite basically repairing multiple cabs for you?
I know you got fucked by KC, but stop begging and barking out orders to people. You're not doing it "for the community", you're doing it to benefit yourself.
If you want a blue marquee so bad, scan a different color one in and fix it in Photoshop.
Do you know how lucky you are that you got two free power supplies?
Do you know how lucky you are that you have @rewrite basically repairing multiple cabs for you?
I know you got fucked by KC, but stop begging and barking out orders to people. You're not doing it "for the community", you're doing it to benefit yourself.
If you want a blue marquee so bad, scan a different color one in and fix it in Photoshop.
I know I'm very lucky and humble by it. I'm sorry if i have come off wrong in anyway.
I apologize to everyone.
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It's small enough you can just go to most any local office store and have it scanned. Go for 300DPI, just make sure they line it up nice and square to the edges of the scanner. I'm going to get the green one done tomorrow and get it uploaded to the AO wiki.
Fixed up the first of my cabs. Started with the Irem Madonna.
I always test cabs one part at a time. So unplugged everything and took out the monitor. Remove the neck board and anode cap. Connected to my CRT analyzer, all three guns give a reading. I rejuvenate the green as it's showing 'bad'. Reconnect the chassis and plug it in the wall. Have glow at the back, good stuff.
Next up the PSU. Connected a cheap PCB to the jamma harness and plugged in the PSU. PSU light lights up, all three voltages look good.
Marquee light and the fan at the back of the cab, also running off AC, are done for. Will swap those with some LED strip and a new 12V DC fan.
Alright, time to put the monitor back in. Connect the video connector, turn everything on. There's a green square in the middle of the screen with some kind of vertical interference going on. I grabbed my camera and I was about to take a pic of it when the screen cut out.
OK, so it's faulty.
Removed the chassis, turned it over and there's a few spots that look very toasty. Time for a recap. Not my favorite chassis to do this as there's three vertical PCBs that need to be desoldered. Put all new caps in, replaced a few resistors that had visible heat damage (they read OK on the multimeter, but better swap them out now) and went over the cracked solder joints with new solder.
Time for another try!
And what do you know, it works. Dialed in the colors and geometry and it looks absolutely stunning. Razor sharp and the colors really pop out. I attached a pic, but naturally it looks way better in real life. Got to love the MS8.
Cab is still rusty as hell, but it works.
22 cabs to go.
I always test cabs one part at a time. So unplugged everything and took out the monitor. Remove the neck board and anode cap. Connected to my CRT analyzer, all three guns give a reading. I rejuvenate the green as it's showing 'bad'. Reconnect the chassis and plug it in the wall. Have glow at the back, good stuff.
Next up the PSU. Connected a cheap PCB to the jamma harness and plugged in the PSU. PSU light lights up, all three voltages look good.
Marquee light and the fan at the back of the cab, also running off AC, are done for. Will swap those with some LED strip and a new 12V DC fan.
Alright, time to put the monitor back in. Connect the video connector, turn everything on. There's a green square in the middle of the screen with some kind of vertical interference going on. I grabbed my camera and I was about to take a pic of it when the screen cut out.
OK, so it's faulty.
Removed the chassis, turned it over and there's a few spots that look very toasty. Time for a recap. Not my favorite chassis to do this as there's three vertical PCBs that need to be desoldered. Put all new caps in, replaced a few resistors that had visible heat damage (they read OK on the multimeter, but better swap them out now) and went over the cracked solder joints with new solder.
Time for another try!
And what do you know, it works. Dialed in the colors and geometry and it looks absolutely stunning. Razor sharp and the colors really pop out. I attached a pic, but naturally it looks way better in real life. Got to love the MS8.
Cab is still rusty as hell, but it works.
22 cabs to go.
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