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Originally Posted by aramkolt
Total speculation, but I did once have an AG1980 shipped to me that did that. Happened to be that the transformer in the power supply (which is admittedly the heaviest part with the most momentum during a drop) broke some of the trace contacts during a drop in shipping. Resoldering it did fix the problem in my case.
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For a recently-shipped deck, I'd go with this prevailing hypothesis. Test to make theory.
In my case, it had been my working deck for almost a decade. But I rarely used it, because it was a far cry from the quality of the AG-1980P. It was mostly an R&D deck for testing. Then, one day, it was retrieved from the shelf, and simply did not power on. It's been on the shelf since.
I had planned to send it to Deter, but the mere mention of "1970" sent him into a tizzy. Which I found amusing, as I could relate. Some video gear gives you PTSD, elicits anger, piss, and vinegar. That's the 1970 deck for sure, especially in the repair/refurb process.
aramkolt here initially offered himself up as an alternative repairman, but that quickly reversed too.
Someday I might make a Youtube video, showing various things like "what happens to a VCR when you drive a car over it" or "what happens to a VCR when you hit it with a sledge hammer".
True story: in the late 90s, a buddy and I threw a deck out his 3rd story window, and watched it land on his brick driveway. The deck was shockingly intact from the exterior, but the innards were trashed. That was just a consumer Panasonic VHS VCR, a notorious terrible deck. I don't think the 1970 would do as well.
