neohusky Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Hi All Like everyone else I have been inspired by the greats of this community Chris, Maxx, DeeGor and many others. My project started over 12mths ago with the purchase of the screens and toys. Unfortunately, life (marriage and long honeymoon) got in the way . The plan is to build a Williams Widebody clone with all the bells and whistles. The theme is still WIP. Ideas change so rapidly around here that my plan for wiring and screens has changed. The delay of 12 months has seen the creation of LEDwiz booster and then revised booster boards. In addition to this pinDMD and then pinDMD2 were developed to bring us real DMDs. With both these significant changes all my plans for fuses, resistor boards and a long search or 15.6" screens we're in vein. Rather than sticking with original plans I decided to go with the latest ideas and trends. Cabinet - Arcadeworx Williams Wide Body flatpack - Ultimate Cab-Builder's Kit (Widebody) Computer - CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K (3.40GHz - 3.80GHz Turbo, 650-1150MHz GPU) LGA1155 Desktop Processor CPU BX80637I53570K - CPU Cooler: Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H80i - RAM: GSkill F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 8GB DDR3 RAM KIT PC-12800 1600Mhz (2 x 4GB) Dual Channel [Ripjaws] - MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (rev. 1.0) - SSD: Samsung 2.5" 128GB 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - GFX: EVGA GTX 560 Ti 1GB DDR5 Nvidia Graphics Card PCI Express 2.0 x16 - PSU: Thermaltake 775w TPX-775MPCAU Toughpower XT Cable Management PSU TT-TPX-775MPCAU Sound Sound Card: sound blaster x-fi titanium hd pcie Speakers: Creative GigaWorks T3 2.1 system Screens - Playfield screen: Samsung UE46D6000PW - 46" full HD Decased dimensions: mm x mm - Backbox screen: AOC e2752Vh Glossy Black 27" 2ms HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 20,000,000:1 (dynamic) Built-in Speakers Decased dimensions: 731mm x 368mm - DMD: Vishay LEE-128G032B controlled via pinDMD2 Cabinet Hardware Buttons: Launch Ball, Start, Exit (Pinballlife) 4 x Clear Flipper Buttons (pinballheavenuk) KeyboardEncoder: IPAC2 Plunger: Mot-Ion Adaptor Digital Plunger Kit Coin Validators: 2 x $1 Australian Force Feedback LEDwiz Zeb's Revised Booster Board Contactors: 8 x Seimens 3RT1016-1BA42 Gear Motor: VW Golf Mk3 Front Wiper Moto Replay Knocker: Williams/Bally Knocker Assembly AE-23-800 Shaker: Wolfsoft Shaker Nudge: Microsoft SideWinder Freestyle Pro Lighting Topper: 5 x Cree RGBW LEDs Playfield: 5 x Cree RGBW LEDs TR 2 x 22 LED Car Truck Flash Strobe Light UnderCab: 5M RGB 5050 SMD 150 Flexible LED Light Strips InsideCab: 5M SMD5050 LED Rope Strip lights 300leds Cool white Flippers: RGB litemite kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohusky Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 PC Assembled last week and Win7 installed. I tried winXP black edition to preload drivers for the SSD which was pre formatted on a win7 machine. WinXP appeared to install OK. After the first reboot following install I get BSOD. I persisted for hours and finally gave into win7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohusky Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 I looked far and wide for a 30" monitor that didn't require selling any body parts. A used Samsung 30" Syncmaster 305T popped up on eBay. PERFECT. I pickup it up in great working order and put it in storage while my project waited for 12months. I decased it with ease and recently connected it to the PC. Oh NO! The screen appears to have gone. I'm getting vertical stripping across the whole screen and a 1 inch horizontal blur across the top. I changed the dvi cable, changed resolutions, attempted self tests and even tried it on another computer. Bad news! It's now no good. I spent the weekend weighing up my options: 32" LED 720p tv 27" LED monitor A 32" means a slightly larger backbox and slightly higher price. Whilst the 27" will fit nicely in a std sized Widebody backbox with a bezel probably painted on the backglass. As many have advised in the past the backglass will simply display the static image and I was already ticked off at the loss of the 30". I've settled on a 27" AOC e2752Vh. I used a similar AOC 27" for my hyperspin cab last year and found it easy to decase and image quality was acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohusky Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Cree heaven. Had a few minutes spare before tackling the new monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohusky Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 The monitor decasing took a little longer than expected. I must admit that you can certainly see how cheaply these screens are assembled. Fortunately the image quality of the panel is acceptable for its intended purpose. The front bezel came off easily. When I flipped the screen the rear case wouldn't come off. Closer investigation revealed that the rear case was attached to the power/video board shroud. Pulling on the rear case actually began pulling the power/video away from the panel. wtf? I drilled out the point where the rear case was attached to the power/video board. The power/video board shroud is attached to the panel with duct tape ??? OMG, how cheap? Looks like I'll have to augment the duct take with some stronger adhesive. Finally, I broke the spot welds and removed to unnecessary brackets. The final product a 27" panel 731mm x 368mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViriiGuy Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Oh NO! The screen appears to have gone. I'm getting vertical stripping across the whole screen and a 1 inch horizontal blur across the top. I changed the dvi cable, changed resolutions, attempted self tests and even tried it on another computer. Bad news! It's now no good. It is probably the board. Not the screen. You should be able to find one on Ebay for fairly cheap. Replace it and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohusky Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 I've had a quick look on eBay. Found a video board for a little over $100 and similarly a power board for under $100. A little pricey,but, would have been more economical than buying a smaller 27" I decided yesterday to put it on eBay for sale and get some money back from it. I know I could save a bit by attempting a repair in the end I decided that there is too much else to think about with the cab (big picture) than get bogged down with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViriiGuy Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Given the issue you are having, it would be the video board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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