replacing 17in Crt with 17 in or 19 in LCD possbile?

[Amechanic]

I gaurenttee if you bought a brand new Ceronix LCD from Lisa that you would find that the plug only has about 15 wires in the 19 hole plug.


So your choices are spend $500 from Ceronix after taxes and shipping, or buy a good used one from a Vender like Ken at Ohio Gaming.. I know of only 2 types of plugs used in the 17" cabinets. That is a 19 and a 25.

[Tilt]

I was just confused why none of the dealers here will sell a lcd to me saying it will not work.

I sent a email to Ceronix about the issue

here is my question and reply from Lisa

Hello
 I have a 3902 game king upright with a 17 in crt. The crt went out and been looking for a replacement monitor. The plug has 17 pins. I was wondering if a 19 pin lcd or crt witll fit for the replacement. I been getting different answers from slot repair places. one says it will work, others say it wont work and I need to get a 17 pin.
 
 Can you help clarify? Will a 17 in 19 pin LCD work? I attached a pic of the plug

response

Hi there! Yes, a LCD with a 19 pin connector will replace your CRT with a 17 PIN connector J



So what the heck is going on with the dealers here?

Your dealers don't know what the hell they're talking about...that's what's going on.  As had been stated repeatedly there are two types of monitor connectors for IGT Game King/I-game's.  19 pin or 25 pin.  You determine which one you have by the total number of pins the connector supports, not the number actually installed (populated)  Count all the holes, even the empty ones and you will have either 19 or 25.  Then get a monitor with the matching connector (19 pin or 25 pin) and you will be all set. 

Ken's photo shows where it can be even more confusing for some people.  If you look at his 25 pin connector in the photo, it actually only has 19 pins in it.  Some people will want to say they have a 19 pin connector because of that, but you don't you have a 25 pin connector that has 19 pins populated.  Buy the wrong (19 pin) monitor and guess what, it won't fit.   This isn't rocket science.

As Amechanic check with Ken, he may still have some good used LCD's for sale.

 

[Ken]

Sold the last of them last night. I hope to get more down the road but for now ... I am out of them.

[loudness]

Thanks for the update Ken

there is a another dealer I contacted. They said they have the LCD and the Crt that will work(surprisingly only dealer that said so) that are both 19 pin for sale

the prices she gave me was 300 for the LCD and 175 for the Crt.

Should I pull the trigger or wait?

[Ken]

I don't know when I will have one available. Could be next week or a few months from now.

You also need the monitor bezel that mounts on the door for the LCD too. See if that is included. I sold LCDs w/bezels for 200 plus shipping. Maybe I was too cheap?

[Tanner M]

Ken did you ever receive any more of the LCD's for the game kings?

[Ken]

Sorry .. don't have any right now.