So where do we stand now?
-Cabinet is painted
-Metal parts are sandblasted and powder coated
-Monitors have been cleaned and recapped. Suspicious parts have been replaced
-Speakers replaced
-PSU and topper fans replaced with silent Noctua fans
-Bulbs and starters replaced
-New side arts and front stickers
-New control panels for various games (Voot, Rotary, Smash TV, etc)
-All locks installed
-All new joysticks and buttons with silencers
Excuse the mess as I am doing a expansion on my house and everything in my Garage is now all over my home
So what is left to do?
Well sadly the 2P monitor is dim. It is playable but for sure something is off. I have two current ideas to trouble shoot it. One is to swap the RGBS connectors on the 1P and 2P monitors and see if there is any difference made. I would have to make a longer loom to do that now that everything is buttoned up. I also need to source a rejuvenator and see if this monitor is just tired. I must point out that the 2P monitor is not the one where I changed out the components. It was a strait up recap.
I spent 3 hours on P2 side monitor with convergence strips and got it pretty sharp. But no matter how I adjusted the flyback or the remote board it wouldn't get any brighter. 1P side monitor is the 2933 and is very bright but I ran out of strips and got it only looking about 80%. I will have to revisit both these monitors in the future.
2933 looking bright!
2930 looking dim but sharp
2P BEFORE
2P AFTER
I will put an order in for more strips in the near future. This is a very time consuming venture. Shout outs to my pal
@BuddyC who walked me through dialing in the monitor.
So to summarize I still need help with:
-2P monitor is dim. I did smell a faint burning when I turned it on AFTER the recap and assembly but it still works. Overlooking the chassis I detected nothing wrong. I will source a rejuvenator (any help on where to look?) and maybe send it out if I can't brighten it.
-1p monitor needs more attention to convergence
-Going to get another alberto versus panel for 2P side, the one I have is original but faded.
-LED strips on the topper as opposed to bulbs