Author Topic: Leather covered Cab (Read 20862 times)

skinz · « **Reply #120 on:** January 11, 2011, 08:17:40 am »

GOT THE MONITOR TO WORK!!!!!!!

OK so we're 90% done with this project. All the leather is on, just need to make a marquee and some finishing touches. Can't believe we got it on the screen! Pics & vids to come next weekend - My buddy was taking the vids and pics on his camera.

Very Very excited though to finally play on the arcade monitor.

You guys were right though - it needs a cap kit - which we will do once everything else is complete.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #121 on:** January 11, 2011, 08:25:53 am »

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #122 on:** January 11, 2011, 10:03:00 am »

So what did you end up having to do?

skinz · « **Reply #123 on:** January 11, 2011, 06:54:39 pm »

Cotmm you were right - It wasn't rebooting in the correct res. We moved the windows task bar at the bottom to the top and added quick res and everything we needed to access when it was booted up - Found the correct rez, adjusted the pots and like magic it was there. Basically we did exactly what you said (after six million tries) but without the Remote desktop program. It was next though if this didnt work. Thanks for everything really - your posts made me keep trying - I couldn't be happier!!!

My buddy posted the video up on facebook and I cant figure out how to get it. I guess I have to wait for this weekend so I can post it.

Again - thanks a ton!

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #124 on:** January 11, 2011, 07:07:40 pm »

Quote from: skinz on January 11, 2011, 06:54:39 pm

We moved the windows task bar at the bottom to the top and added quick res and everything we needed to access when it was booted up

Genius. That's so much simpler.

miggitymac · « **Reply #125 on:** January 11, 2011, 08:52:33 pm »

miggitymac · « **Reply #126 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:03:52 pm »

It really is working well...and the old arcade monitor looks great! Like Skinz said, it needs a cap kit, but other wise it looks great. So I guess it was worth all the time and headache after all.

jipp · « **Reply #127 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:58:23 pm »

that turned out great.. and being leather should last a long long long time compared to a paint job..

chris.

skinz · « **Reply #128 on:** January 12, 2011, 12:55:32 pm »

Sweet - Miggitymac uploaded a video to photobucket

this was the first thing played when it came up! Metal Slug 5!!!! Woot

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #129 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:12:37 pm »

Took a surprisingly long period of time for the game to come up to the nag screen... Do all the roms load that slow?

miggitymac · « **Reply #130 on:** January 12, 2011, 07:04:40 pm »

Not all but some do...It does work really well though I must say.

ballboff · « **Reply #131 on:** January 13, 2011, 02:53:32 am »

Which version of mame are you using? I use mameuifx and I've got a romcenter tool to check them all. Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that rom in particular, but it will go through and check out some of your other roms. Games usually load up instantly as far as I can tell, I'm running mine on a pentium 4 with 1 gig of ram and it doesn't take that long to load up the roms.

skinz · « **Reply #132 on:** January 13, 2011, 04:32:07 pm »

99% of the roms load instantly - I chose Metal Slug 5 for the test because it's one of three games I could find that actually take long to load. I loaded that one on purpose. That game actually shows a progress on the screen while loading 1%...25%...50%...75% etc. That game and a couple that needed Chud files take longer to load.

The main reason I chose that game for the test was because we were hearing skipping in the audio. We installed a new video card and a soundblaster max card that I got for free (SCORE!!!) and that was the first time we were going to run Metal Slug 5 since the new hardware was installed and the video was on the screen.

As the video shows theres no jumping in the audio and the game plays fine. I'm going to use this game for testing on everything because it makes the machine work a lot harder than running Pacman for instance.

This is the only game I will have on my play list that doesn't load instantly. I'll put up another vid once I get back up to the house tomorrow so you guys can see its fast and awesome

miggitymac · « **Reply #133 on:** January 16, 2011, 10:35:29 pm »

Everything is now inside the cab. All hooked up Check it out.

skinz · « **Reply #134 on:** January 18, 2011, 08:09:07 am »

I have a little a few monitor issues I need to post pix of but one problem is the same at this guys post

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=107613.0

We adjusted 2 pots on the flyback (I think) - One was a focus and one was a brightness - Black little box with the red wire connected to the monitor cup thing.

Where is this "Screen" pot?

?? I'm pretty sure they are retrace lines because my picture looks exactly the same but my lines are green.

I guess my question is where is this 3rd Pot on the flyback? I don't see it.

I also have a 1/2" wavy spot at the top of the monitor I'll need to take pictures of. I'm sure this is common.

Cap kit?

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #135 on:** January 18, 2011, 08:16:36 am »

in the context of the flyback, the 'brightness' is the screen pot. There will only be two on the flyback: focus and screen.

The lines may be green because you need to adjust the green drive on the neckboard of the monitor. It might be just a little out of balance and you wouldn't notice until a defect draws your attention to it.

Edit: after watching the video above, the green is definitely up too high. What should be black has a green tint to it.

You'll be interested in the greyscale adjustment at the bottom of this article:
http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Setup_Adjustments_For_CRT_Colour_Monitors

skinz · « **Reply #136 on:** January 18, 2011, 08:23:00 am »

Also measure the B+ voltage. If it's low it'll wave something like that.

With my wavy line problem how do I check this B+ voltage.

And Cotmm thanks for answering- OK so there are 6 pots on the neck - 2 of each color - of the 2 green which would be the drive? I just don't want to mess it up and turn the wrong thing - The monitor scares me - I also think the neck is cracked and leaking (its grounding itself with a little screeching from time to time. - can that be replaced?

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #137 on:** January 18, 2011, 08:26:49 am »

Quote from: skinz on January 18, 2011, 08:23:00 am

I also think the neck is cracked and leaking (its grounding itself with a little screeching from time to time. - can that be replaced?

If the neck was cracked the vacuum would be gone and it would not be working. The capkit will help the screeching probably. I bet you'll smell some ozone back there too.

skinz · « **Reply #138 on:** January 23, 2011, 06:11:16 pm »

OK so my monitor looks EXACTLY like this guys - I have a WG 7194 just like this guy and I have the EXACT wavy line at the top of the screen. His problem was never resolved properly. I don't have a Chassis to replace mine with and was wondering if anyone else has seen this problem.

Thanks

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=99163.0

Nephasth · « **Reply #139 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:00:04 pm »

I had the same problem with one of my monitors, although not as bad.

After asking about it on KLOV, adjusting the Horizontal Hold pot straightened it right up.

skinz · « **Reply #140 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:12:12 pm »

I'm pretty sure that pot is the one you need a special tool to turn buried in the middle of the board right? its the only pot we havent touched. I hear its very sensitive. Any tips on moving the pot?

skinz · « **Reply #141 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:17:26 pm »

You sure you don't mean the hard to get to horizontal size pot?

Nephasth · « **Reply #142 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:58:01 pm »

Nope, it was definitely the Horizontal Hold pot. My monitor is a WG 19K7601. The Horizontal Hold pot was hard to locate on mine (had to look hard at my manual for a while but finally found it), but it took just a phillips screw driver to turn it. It wasn't very sensitive...took about 1/3 of a turn to get it into adjustment.

Edit: I would recommend downloading a copy of your mointor's manual if you haven't already.

Nephasth · « **Reply #143 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:02:11 pm »

This is what my monitor started out like (can't really see the skew on the top in this pic):

And pot adjustments took care of all the issues with my monitor.

skinz · « **Reply #144 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:23:38 pm »

Is it this thing???

skinz · « **Reply #145 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:33:00 pm »

I got the manual and downloaded the schematics. The hard to spot yet easy to get to pot with no knob on my monitor is the 50-60hz pot and can be turned easily with a small philips screw driver - this one doesnt fix my problem - the pot in the post above i made the cheesy little pic of is the Horizontal size pot.

It and my boards pot layout can be seen on page 4 here >>>>> http://americangaminginc.com/technical/pdf/Service/K7000.pdf

Its the only thing I haven't turned yet - Is turning this bad?

Nephasth · « **Reply #146 on:** January 23, 2011, 09:42:45 pm »

Looking at your manual. There is a row of pots on the back of the board, all facing back, not up. The Horizontal Hold pot is the second from the left.

skinz · « **Reply #147 on:** January 23, 2011, 10:23:02 pm »

Yeah, that pot doesnt fix my problem - but the coil pot in my picture i posted is the one im asking about - should i touch it? I tried the H Hold pot.

Nephasth · « **Reply #148 on:** January 23, 2011, 11:00:31 pm »

That coil is for Horizontal Size...I don't think it will help your problem. Does the Horizontal Hold pot improve/worsen your problem at all?

skinz · « **Reply #149 on:** January 23, 2011, 11:17:02 pm »

it does wiggle the wave around but doesnt fix the problem

Nephasth · « **Reply #150 on:** January 23, 2011, 11:40:23 pm »

You might try the KLOV's monitor forum, you'll be able to get better answers from them than me.

skinz · « **Reply #151 on:** January 23, 2011, 11:47:21 pm »

Yeah I have a similar post running there - no one answered yet.

skinz · « **Reply #152 on:** January 24, 2011, 12:59:32 pm »

I found yet another person with the Exact monitor and the Exact problem - He just did a cap kit and the wave is still there.


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