Monitor Replacement Part 1

Getting anybody on board to look at or repair the monitor seems to be more of a hassle than its worth, so in the interest of having something working that I know the history of, I've decided to replace the entire monitor outright.  Probably not such a bad idea given that the current components are 20+ years old at this point.

So here's the machine with the front bezel removed.  There are only about 6 phillips screws holding the monitor in place on the cabinet frame.  Pop these off, unplug the power in back and the console connector cable and you're ready to go.  Also, if you haven't already, don't forget to discharge the monitor by grounding a wire and sticking the other end under the suction cup near the top of the flyback.  Likely won't kill you if you don't but you may get a nasty shock.  I'd recommend unplugging the power supply, turning the power switch on and not using the monitor for a couple days prior to doing this just to be on the safe side.

There are some tiny wooden bars on either side of the monitor, probably to keep the bezel graphics in place.  Take these off before trying to pull the monitor out, you'll get an extra couple inches of wiggle room.

Now you can pop that bad boy out and swap in your working hardware.  Still waiting for the replacement to be delivered so this will give me some time to clean out the back parts of the cabinet, the game console and possibly do some quick and dirty paint job for the sides and top.