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Originally Posted by mjg8729
It’s actually a deck I got from you a few years ago, this was my first time using the s-video output and I’d say it happened after about 6 hours of transfers.
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That's disappointing to hear.
Very often, too often, all it takes is a single bad insert, and the solder can break. I know this, because I did it about 15 years ago. My (at the time) prize JVC 9800 was victim to me pushing in a "better" s-video cable, which had a "death grip" header. Even headers that seem "fine" can be too harsh. I tend to only use cables that are buttery smooth at insertion, or I use short 6-inch cable extension to save the deck I/O.
Was this the same deck with the overscan off? That's a first. Shipping jostle can knock parts out of alignment, so not overly surprised. Gravity also takes a toll on decks (the downside of living on Earth), used or not, sometimes in just a few years for parts that have a tiny >1mm tolerance.
In fact, shipping jostle, more like excessive mishandling, could also cause the s-video solder to weaken, as the s-video is bolted to both the board and the case. These tiny tolerances can give if the box was subjected to excessive force, extreme dropping (example = 10 foot), that causes the internals board the shake hard inside the deck, thus solder shake lose.
I have a deck here that was dropped by USPS, likely from the plane to the ground. So how high is that, 30 feet? Catastophic damage, caused by stupid.
