Sony BVM-9045QD: Neckboard Joint Fix & Full Recap

New arrival from Japan via @Buyee. BVM-9045QD. Much like the M4 one whole color os completely missing. I was wondering if I was going to be lucky twice. Let's dive in. 🧵👇#Sony #BVM #CRT #repair

Yup, exactly the same issue. Broken solder joint on the neckboard. @usa_retro is this such a common issue in your experience? After reflowing the neckboard everything is fine. Looks great, crisp 450 TVL with vivid colours. #RETROGAMING #SegaGenesis #Castlevania #SonicTheHedgehog

Your average chain smoker owned monitor. Years of nicotine and dust buildup. #restoration #Sony #BVM #CRT

The other day I opened up the PSU on my #Sony BVM-9045QD and found that the big cap was bulging a lot. I ordered up some caps that arrived today so I went ahead and recapped it. Looking much better now. #CRT #restoration

Tested it for an 1h with some #Nintendo 64 playing #SuperMario 64 and some #SegaGenesis #MegaDrive #Castlevania Bloodlines. Also reflowed the solder one the inputs or the input board as I suddenly had no red and I had already fixed that on the neck board. All good. #RETROGAMING

Continuing with the theme, I figured I may as well recap the deflection board, to replace the caps that usually go bad (marked with -). New ones marked with ·. Made a slight misjudgement by not measuring the caps, the 1000uF I bought for a different project, turned out a tad big.

Ended up reflowing most of the joints on the D board, seems to be a common theme on my Sony acquisitions.

And finally, testing the work with some Super #Metroid on the #SNES and Truxton on the #MegaDrive. Looking mighty fine if I may say so myself. #RETROGAMING #Toaplan #Taito #Sega #Nintendo #Sony #CRT #restoration

For the final steps I decided to reflow the colour board while I waited for the super glue to dry out and also, apply dielectric grease to the anode cap. #Sony #BVM #CRT #restoration

After a slight scare with the blue only button, everything is fine. Testing with some #SNES games. #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #Castlevania #LegendofZelda

Let's play a game. These are all 9" Sony monitors using an S-video source, 3 are 250TVL PVMs and 1 is a 450TVL BVM. Can you guess which is the BVM? Individual pics below. 🧵👇 #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #N64 #Sony #CRT #BVM #PVM

Monitor #1.

Monitor #2.

Monitor #3.

Monitor #4.