There are a lot of VBs for sale on ebay that “power up, but only make noise, no visual”.

Do we think this means there is something wrong with the power unit or processor, Thus the Displays/cables could actually be functional and something else is wrong, or do we think this means the Displays are dead?

I ask this because Perhaps it would be a good cheep way to buy “busted” units to cannibalize for good Displays/cables.

Thoughts?

I’d guess it’s largely display cable issues. Someone could probably do pretty good for themselves repairing them, or even just selling the solder-repaired displays themselves, but I don’t know if you could make enough money to cover the cost of purchasing the units in the first place. :/

Yes, I second the high probability of the display cable issue.
I bought a “used once, like new” Japanese VB CIB with broken display for cheap because of a single display cable that needed to be solder fixed.

It’s a great deal for personal use, but probably not very much of a good deal for mass repairs and reselling.

That is, unless one goes in to buying, fixing and reselling with the mindset of saving as many VB’s as possible from doom!