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Area 51 Maximum Force repair
lilshawn:
I'm going to have to see a pic of the damage incurred before i'd be willing to suggest further action.
btglurich:
Hi. I believe I purchased this exact machine last year. Monitor neck board and chassis both fried as described here. The guy I got it from mentioned he almost killed himself trying to fix it and it came with a replacement chassis that was a bit messed up also. It was a Neotec 2515c chassis and I found a replacement, and did a cap kit and replaced the flyback on it. I hooked it all back up and there is no power going to the chassis and neck board now, no neck glow etc. I have it on a isolation transformer which I think was the reason it kept blowing up in the first place, but I read 25" Neotec 2515c didn't need an iso, but just for safety I put one on. There is the correct power at the iso but nothing after. Gonna recheck all the caps, my soldering, and replace the HOT. Any insight would be great. Hope someone sees this as it's a crazy old post. Thank you!
P.S. Any other reason the chassis may have kept blowing up like that? Game plays blind as I can here the sounds and when hooked to another monitor the picture shows up fine.
Ben :dunno
lilshawn:
wow, blast from the past. had to chuckle.
my last post still stands... i'mma have to see the carnage to make a statement as to what's possibly happened.
btglurich:
:lol
I laughed too when I saw the post, but it was too similar to the way he talked about it when I picked it up. He also mentioned trying to get help in a forum. It came with a Wei-Ya Universal Chassis and I got no where with that. It was originally a Primal Rage and he bought it already converted. It is a Neotec 2515c Chassis with a Zenith Tube that also has a Neotec sticker on it.
I found a replacement chassis in another group on Facebook for $40 and needed a cap kit and I replaced the flyback. I am suspecting the HOT might need to be reflowed or replaced as the soldering looks old. But I am new to collecting and repair so we'll see. Ha.
I am posting pics separate as the files were too large and I've typed this 4 times. :o
btglurich:
Chassis Pics