Awesome to see that helped, and now I definitely need to reflow mine! funny that it ended up being a relatively simple thing that all of us typically do with compact Macs.
Thank you to everyone that helped narrow down this issue, but particular shoutout to AwkwardPotato, and Techknight(who helped me over twitter).
Also, a source for NOS flybacks is here(figure cant hurt to post for future people if they need one. Mine was doing the zapping sound thing before replacing it).
https://technotronic-dimensions.3dc...-Apple-powermac-Flyback-transformer_p_60.html
Slightly different revision, had to bend 2 pins to make it fit in the board, and splice/solder the G2 and focus wires, but it works.
(tagging
@Unknown_K so they see it, i know you reflowed the solder joints on the PSU, but whenever you get around to it, you can check the -12v wire)
Agreed about pinning the thread is probably not a bad idea. Tagging
@Cory5412 so he can do it if he agrees