Hi,
I just got a conquest 42. CRT display was know to be bad. Can see burnt coils on the back of the CRT. Replaced with a LCD retrofit.
Just got power to it and powered it up. First time display come on, but was a little choppy. Looked like System Alert on the top and a bunch of "1" in sort of a triangle below.
Powered off and back on. Now screen just flashes. Unplug the 20pin blue honda connector and the screen goes grey, flashes a saying in Japanese for a few seconds, and shuts off. One could only assume it says no input.
When powered on, spindle fan comes on, and a couple case fans. There is a small LCD readout on one of the boards. Flashes F-01 on power up, then changes to a flashing SU-01. There is 4 buttons to the right of the small display. Set Data, Mode, Up and Down arrow. They do change the display some.
History of machine. New in 92, owned by one guy up until I picked it up. Parameters were saved and machine was powered down in 2002, and has been sitting since.
3phase power was removed from the building so an inspection couldn't happen. Coolant was just oil and the whole thing was coated with oil residue. Virtually no rust for sitting that long in Iowa. Bad thing is, there was some mouse activity in the control boxes. Rear on and behind the display. No visibly chewed wires, but some crap and pee everywhere....
I know it was a gamble, and the only thing I have into it so far is the display and cost of getting it moved to Colorado. Payment of machine doesn't happen until it works.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. If you know of anyone that could help that would also be great. I am in the South Denver area. I am not opposed to paying or trading. I'm a gunsmith.
Thank you!
Denny