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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Prodmage on December 29, 2004, 02:39:15 am
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Hey, I've got a 25" wells gardner monitor from an old TMNT machine that I have been working on. Not too long ago a poorly attached speaker inside the arcade fell off and disconnected/broke the neck board at the pin connector. I tried just plugging it back in (though i may have done it incorrectly) but i don't get any picture on the screen. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Ummm...... if you haven't repaired the broken neck board then you won't get a picture!
Are you sure only the neckboard was damaged and not the neck of the picture tube itself?
You can call the parts department at Wells-Gardner and order a new neckboard.
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While we're on the topic... I have a Hantarex that I got to mess around with, unknown working order, that has a snapped neckboard. I haven't really looked at the PCB yet... how hard are these to jump so it works again, usually? I'm still fairly new but am learning at a lightning pace...
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Most neckboards (depending on the severity of the damage) are fairly easy to repair provided it's clean and you do a good job of glueing the broken section thus strengthening it.
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I'll take a look at this one and see... I was actually thinking of using some small plastic or wood strips around the edges to hold the halves in place, rather than just gluing the crack. Or is that silly?
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I use epoxy glue to fill in the crack and hold the broken parts together.
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I'll go with that then... you're the man with about, oh, 100% more experience than I have. ;)