Thanks again nomoresonys - The cutting's already happened too. The second picture is the contacts on one of them afterward. If they look random or uneven, it's actually because I read that you need a tool with a "guillotine" type action, rather than scissors or knives that cut across the pins, as that can spread the copper sideways. I tried to do the chop-down way with a really sharp new scraper blade, but the ribbon was too tough, so I ended up using the blade as an edge and running a really sharp razor knife across them. I propped the ribbon up on something afterward and gently filed...

nomoresonys - Yeah, all that stuff was done already. Replacing ribbons is an option I guess, but they're as much as the T-con board cost me, and I was hoping maybe someone could tell from the pictures or description if that sounded like a lost cause. It definitely was a winner back in its day. I got it per recommendations (either here or AVS), and he has run it all day, every day since it was new. I replaced three or four supply caps once, but that was it, and it would still be running now if I hadn't ruined it.

Wish there was a cheaper source for those ribbons. The overpriced...

Hi all,

I made a big-ass mess here of my father's beloved P602, and I'm trying to figure out if I should order a batch of overpriced ribbons or if I'd just be throwing more good money at the bad.

He woke up recently to a bunch of white bars going down the right side of the screen. From what I'd seen in these places, I figured the T-con board has gone out or has a bad connection. I took the back off and gently poked at the socketed ribbons and sure enough, got the image back. It was mainly the far left ribbon, and it would snap back to stripes if I let off the pressure....