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Title: Wells Gardner U3100 Yoke Flip - solved, thanks!
Post by: dweebs0r on August 27, 2005, 02:25:33 pm

Hello,

I have been reading all of the "yoke flipping" articles.

Including the Bob Roberts article, http://homearcade.org/BBBB/yoke.html

I am using a Wells Gardner U3100 SVGA monitor.  Here are my wires:

(http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9797/monitor0027qr.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Do these look like I can pull them loose? or do I have to cut them?

I have already ruined a PC monitor with my inexperience and I am pretty reluctant to start cutting here.  Would I be better off buying a PCI video card that supports hardware flipping? (my onboard video doesnt rotate).

Suggestions?

Thx,
-Dweebs

Title: Re: Wells Gardner U3100 Yoke Flip - Help!
Post by: whammoed on August 27, 2005, 03:55:21 pm

Its easy.  Just pull off that connector, cut it in two and flip both sides around.  Here is what it looks like after:

Title: Re: Wells Gardner U3100 Yoke Flip - Help!
Post by: dweebs0r on August 27, 2005, 10:27:30 pm

How much force does it take to get that connector off?

I yanked on it pretty good. 

Am I supposed to squeeze the sides or anything or just pull it straight off?

Thanks again for the help.

-Dweebs

Title: Re: Wells Gardner U3100 Yoke Flip - Help!
Post by: HaRuMaN on August 28, 2005, 07:19:42 am

Quote from: dweebs0r on August 27, 2005, 10:27:30 pm

How much force does it take to get that connector off?

I yanked on it pretty good. 

Am I supposed to squeeze the sides or anything or just pull it straight off?

Thanks again for the help.

-Dweebs

I had the same problem.  I could not get that connector off.  So what I did was just cut and strip the wires, and switched them that way.  (Connect red to blue, blue to red, etc...)  This is also how I shocked myself.  So please please please make sure you are unplugged before doing this!    ;D

Title: Re: Wells Gardner U3100 Yoke Flip - Help!
Post by: dabone on August 28, 2005, 08:04:16 am

The connector will come off.

DON'T YANK!

Rock the connector back and forth long ways.


If that doesn't work alone, take a small flathead screwdriver and use it to leverage the connector loose, after you get it a little loose then just pull it off the rest of the way.

And unplug your cab from the wall when doing this.


Later,
dabone

Title: Re: Wells Gardner U3100 Yoke Flip - Help!
Post by: whammoed on August 28, 2005, 12:07:02 pm

Quote from: dweebs0r on August 27, 2005, 10:27:30 pm

How much force does it take to get that connector off?

I yanked on it pretty good.

Title: Re: Wells Gardner U3100 Yoke Flip - Help!
Post by: dweebs0r on August 28, 2005, 09:58:10 pm

Well, I got the connector off with a pair of needle nosed pliars (really helped, I just couldn't pull it off by hand).
I then cut the plug in half and reversed the colors, just as I was told.
I plugged the monitor in (half expecting to see smoke and hear some frying noises.
None of that happpened so ... I plugged it in the computer and cranked it up and it worked perfectly!

Hooray!  Thanks to all of you for all of the help.  I have had such a string of failures that even just this little thing working out correctly makes me feel a little bit better.

Now, if I can get this monitor positioned correctly I will be well on the way to completing this project.

Thanks again!
-Dweebs