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Dervacumen:

I thought it might be the POT too so I unmounted it and took a look.  Turns out the ground wire had come unsoldered and a previous owner just twisted the wire around the lead.  It was jiggling around.

I resoldered it.  Between that and a 1 inch piece of wire I soldered in place to reconnect the broken wire going to the speaker I ended up with a totally working game with a good monitor.  So I played it for about an hour just to make sure.

Now if I can only get someone over here to play two players.





Dervacumen:


--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 01, 2006, 04:54:02 pm ---
...replacing it is quicker than the amount of time you'll spend tweaking it...

--- End quote ---

The Golden Phrase.

Unless you want to learn something.  I like to tinker around - not because it makes this job easier, but because it makes the next one easier.

Of course my tinkering usually lasts until I start cussing and throwing things and needlessly breaking all the other stuff that was fine before I started tweaking.  So there's probably a bit of wisdom there. ;)

{Derv walks by and gives a soft jab for no apparent reason}


Kaytrim:

Great Score :applaud: and quick repair.  Now to restore it and keep it, don't even think to sell it.  At least until several years have passed. :laugh2:

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