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Area 51 Maximum Force repair
zeus5150:
Hello. new to console repair and was able to pick up an area 51/ maximum force cabinet for cheap. the only catch was that the monitor did not work and the harness smoked when turned on. I replaced the harness with what I was told would be a correct fix. after receiving the harness, I had to cut and splice the wires to have the proper connections and once I plugged it in, the monitor worked for a second and I could feel the static from the screen....then a loud pop and a ton of smoke...confirming that I just burned 100 bucks. it there an lcd replacement that I could get to put into this thing or a whole new monitor/ harness? im about an inch from takin the whole thing out back and shooting it until its a pile of smoking rubble... at least that way I would get some satisfaction out of this thing. thanks for any help anyone could offer
yotsuya:
LCD isn't going to work with the guns.
What popped and what smoked?
jennifer:
:)
zeus5150:
until I can get home for a photo, the best I can do is describe the part. it is on the small board of the harness. a white circular piece that plugs onto the prongs on back of monitor...completely fried
lilshawn:
possibly a neck board? like attached on the back part of the video screen tube?
the collective electronics that make a monitor work is called a "chassis" a chassis consists of a "neck" board which attaches to the back of the picture tube (the neck) and a "deflection" board which makes the high voltages and makes the picture.
"harnesses" are typically wires that connect the video game boards to things like joysticks, buttons, and power supplies. they also uses harnesses to supply video signals from the game board to the monitor chassis.