first time builder with spacing issues

[Xiaou2]

Please Stop the Presses.

 This is probably quite the Rare game, as Ive only personally ran into one Once in my life.. when I was a kid, and I remember enjoying and dumping quite a bit of cash into it.   The music was especially memorable.  Very positive and upbeat.

 Even if you do not enjoy it... there are collectors out there that would probably pay good money to have that in their collection.  Especially in such great condition.

 Some may trade you for a generic cab more suited to your desires.

[yotsuya]

Please Stop the Presses.

 This is probably quite the Rare game, as Ive only personally ran into one Once in my life.. when I was a kid, and I remember enjoying and dumping quite a bit of cash into it.   The music was especially memorable.  Very positive and upbeat.

 Even if you do not enjoy it... there are collectors out there that would probably pay good money to have that in their collection.  Especially in such great condition.

 Some may trade you for a generic cab more suited to your desires.

I'm in total agreement with you on this, my friend. However, the OP has made up his mind, so be it.

[paigeoliver]

I'll be happy to cover shipping on the Quartet board just to have a spare.

You didn't offer him a year's worth of 24/7 support. 

He didn't ask for it.

[blitzd]

I think I'm about to piss some people off.... so in advance...My bad.

So when we moved the cab out of the bar something happened and the screen wouldn't come on anymore. at first you could hear sounds but no picture but eventually  event eh sounds stopped. So I was googling troubleshooting methods and was gonna at least try to fix the screen, but then I ran into a big issue....

The entire back of my cab was made out of particle board. It was 2 separate pieces but both were drilled in and the holes were covered with the artwork of the cab. So I had to use a jigsaw to cut 2 distinct holes in the cab to remove the back panels to check everything. After going thru every step I could that didn't involve going out and buying every replacement piece cause nothing seemed to be blown, I decided to chuck the monitor. Also most of the wires inside looked like they might have been chewed on by a mouse at some point and there was water damage to most of the wood I cut out.

Looking inside the cabinet it was obvious to me that someone else had already hacked away at this before I received it, most likely in an attempt to fix the game. wires that were inside there weren't hooked to anything. the Marquee light wasn't even plugged in, and there were just wires hanging everywhere. So yeah, the cab has been 'cleaned up'. Lifted up what I can only assume was the amp and the power supply and moved them to one side instead of the middle of the back, to give my computer more room. The 'stand' if you want to call it that that the arcade monitor was mounted on was 2 swiveling pieces of wood that weren't really that thick for how heavy the monitor was. I'm going to remove them tomorrow along with a few other pieces of wood inside the cabinet so I can fit my crt television inside. I'll also most likely take a piece of plywood to replace the particle board that was used to support the back.

I also finished my control panel pushbuttons. I am in the process of getting the a router

[blitzd]

So my arcade cab is FINISHED!!!! once again, crappy camera but it is up and running. plays NES, SNES, Genesis, Dreamcast and MAME games. There are a few more things I have to do to make it look prettier. The TV mounted inside of it can be easily seen, and I'd like to be able to cover that up with some kind of black frame. I wanted to replace the QUARTET marquee, but it seems to be actually on the glass so I'd have to replace the glass completely. Since I really don't wanna do anything when it comes to the glass, and I still have the Quartet control panel, I think I'll have to suck it up and keep the glass. Once I get a better camera I'll take some pictures but alas my crappy iphone 3gs doesnt have flash or a good camera so this is the best I can do.