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Having owned a couple of GS1200’S for about 20 years now, and knowing how fussy they can be, I have learned that the best philosophy with these machines is the old adage “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. Which is why Phil Murat’s V3 motor board for the GS1200 has sat idle on my desk for over a year now.
I purchased this board from Phil back in 2020 as a back up for any future board failure on my GS1200’S. Well Friday night my old version 1 GS1200 suddenly went into convulsions, with the heat shutter jumping back and fore like a machine gun, the motor speed going from zero to about 5fps, and the blower doing its own thing. I had seen this kind of bad behavior on my other version 2 machine, and the problem in that case was a failure of the OEM motor board. The solution in that case was a replacement board from Leon. Now, the same situation on a different machine and it was time to put Phil’s new board to the test.
The first thing you notice about Phil’s board is how good looking it is. It looks decades advanced from the comparatively primitive OEM board and the new board is meticulously manufactured with MIL-SPEC quality components and soldering. Just a fantastic looking board.
Phil supplies everything needed for a successful installation , including new mounting posts and supports., and he has designed everything to make installation as simple as possible. I had to remove the rear foot of the projector (as Phil recommends) to get access to remove the old mounting posts and install the new ones. Once you’ve done that its just a matter of very carefully sliding on the new board and plugging in the two connectors.
It took me about an hour to do the install. When I powered up the machine the little red LED light came on, indicating that all voltages were correct. I love that light – very reassuring when it lights up!
All functions on the machine worked perfectly. The 24fps speed was running way low when I first started up a test run of “ The Super Nanny” from Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews sounded like a man!). I made several counterclockwise turns on the new 24fps trim-pot, and normal sound was obtained.
So thanks to Phil for bringing my projector back to new life. And I can highly recommend his V3 motor board to all GS1200 owners. One thing for sure, that OEM motor board is going to fail one day – I’ve had two fail in two years.
RECOMMENDATION - 5 STARS!
I purchased this board from Phil back in 2020 as a back up for any future board failure on my GS1200’S. Well Friday night my old version 1 GS1200 suddenly went into convulsions, with the heat shutter jumping back and fore like a machine gun, the motor speed going from zero to about 5fps, and the blower doing its own thing. I had seen this kind of bad behavior on my other version 2 machine, and the problem in that case was a failure of the OEM motor board. The solution in that case was a replacement board from Leon. Now, the same situation on a different machine and it was time to put Phil’s new board to the test.
The first thing you notice about Phil’s board is how good looking it is. It looks decades advanced from the comparatively primitive OEM board and the new board is meticulously manufactured with MIL-SPEC quality components and soldering. Just a fantastic looking board.
Phil supplies everything needed for a successful installation , including new mounting posts and supports., and he has designed everything to make installation as simple as possible. I had to remove the rear foot of the projector (as Phil recommends) to get access to remove the old mounting posts and install the new ones. Once you’ve done that its just a matter of very carefully sliding on the new board and plugging in the two connectors.
It took me about an hour to do the install. When I powered up the machine the little red LED light came on, indicating that all voltages were correct. I love that light – very reassuring when it lights up!
All functions on the machine worked perfectly. The 24fps speed was running way low when I first started up a test run of “ The Super Nanny” from Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews sounded like a man!). I made several counterclockwise turns on the new 24fps trim-pot, and normal sound was obtained.
So thanks to Phil for bringing my projector back to new life. And I can highly recommend his V3 motor board to all GS1200 owners. One thing for sure, that OEM motor board is going to fail one day – I’ve had two fail in two years.
RECOMMENDATION - 5 STARS!
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