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Before I kill myself, can someone help me
vader:
actually....looks like it will be easier just to unsoldier the wires at the yoke and just reverse them......I jguess to do a 180 turn......just swap the red/blue green/yellow...correct ?
Thanks Tim....
vader:
I also notice two small copper line coming off of each connector post....those stay where there at I suppose, right ?
MonitorGuru:
Don't desolder at the yoke itself. The reason being you might mess up and break one or more of the very fine yoke wires and permanently mess up the yoke. Do it on the thick wires next to the chassis connector.
Also the yoke wires, even though they look "bare" are coated in a thin non-conductive coating(otherwise they'd short out with each other). You have to ensure that you don't damage the yoke wire by working around it/pulling/flexing them, etc.. And if you're trying to solder you need to ensure you have the coating gone from the ends you are soldering of course to make contact.
I don't know why you can't remove the yoke plug. I know they're kinda tight on new monitors.. I dont think you are gently rocking it enough to move it. Bobs suggested fix is the best course of action so you dont put in more connectors and increase the resistance of the wire/etc..
Also, I will reply to your other thread, but I now am confused why you're even trying to rotate this via hardware. Mame can rotate whatever game you want with a command line option. Unless your front end can't rotate, there is no need to rotate the monitor.
vader:
I should have waited for your input, but the reason I needed to switch the yoke wires was I wanted Windows to be oriented the right way and player one on the left side. I didn't even consider windows rotation for some reason although I use it on my lcd all the time. Go figue....I believe player 1 will be on the right side of the cocktail, but I'll just live with it. I already cut the wires last nite but did it towards the board it self and used molex connectors so I could swap them back easily. After noticing the rather small wires on the yoke, I decided to leave them alone. Since the wires are already done I'll leave them be. Less stuff to confuse windows with and rotation....lol...thanks for the help.....
Tim