So I had known something was up for awhile, the DMD was "smokey" on my Shadow, basically sections of the display were out and would slowly fade in after a few seconds. Here is a vid of what i mean that was taken 5 months ago

I have already swapped the DMD from my Shadow to my BSD and it works perfect, so i know the DMD itself is not the problem.

Just last week the DMD didnt come on when I turned on the game, just a blank screen, i started a game and the DMD came on 100% about 30 seconds into the first ball and it stayed on for the rest of the time i had the machine on.

Now the DMD does not come on at all, there are maybe 6 or 7 dots that show up in the bottom right corner but thats it. So after doing some research it would seem like this isnt uncommon and that the HV section of the DMD board gets burnt up after awhile sometimes, it would appear this is the case, because after a closer inspection of the board last night this is what I found

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looks pretty burnt up down there.

So my questions are these,

Do you believe I'm correct in my diagnosis?

If so, should i get a HV section rebuild kit? or should i buy a new board?

From what ive read, sometimes the damage is beyond the components so the rebuild kit doesnt do much good and a replacement of the board is necessary.

Thanks for any opinions/advice.

Thanks guys. Ok so I could also try swapping the board from my BSD to further confirm the problem?

Both DMDs worked in my BSD and both DMDs had that fading effect in my TS

I think im gonna try the replacement kit and if that doesnt work ill just buy a new board.

Voltages from the connector at the DMD

Pin 1 - 120
Pin 2 - 108.1
Pin 6 - 4.8
Pin 7 - 12.1
Pin 8 - 15.2

from what i can understand, the first 2 pins are off by about 4volts? is this right?

ah man, the rebuild kit on GPE is out of stock, where else can i get one?

lol, thanks for all the help guys, im gonna try to replace the components, I could use the practice, and if i mess up ill just buy the rottendog board

After giving it the ol' college try and removing all of the affected components from the board, I realized some of the traces were damaged as well, so I decided to just buy the rottendog board and the game works perfect now.

Is this old burned board worth anything?