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n8r0n:
New guy here, doing my first restore.

I am in the (long) process of restoring an original Star Fighter cabinet.  Not sure why I chose to restore it, because it is going to be impossible to find repo artwork, but anyway...

I am having video issues and I have isolated the problem.  It is a broken cap on the game board.  I am having trouble identifying the cap info/type and part number and was wondering if anyone here could help.  The cap has "47nM" printed on it.

Here is a pic of the game board and the broken cap.  On the picture of the entire board it is the fourth cap up on the right side...





Here is a pic of the cabinet for those who are curious...



Thanks in advance for all your help!

n8r0n:
Thanks!

Yeah, I am from San Antonio.  I guess I did get a decent deal on the machine then, I only paid $80 for it!

n8r0n:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on August 18, 2011, 10:16:35 am ---Considering that's just a trace going from that capacitor to ground, you could probably do a jumper wire from that broken leg to the same leg on another similar capacitor along that row (temporarily).

How have you verified this is the problem?



--- End quote ---

I will try that when I get home this afternoon.  Thanks for the tip!

I cannot believe the guy wanted to sell this for $300.  I thought paying $80 was a little much...

n8r0n:
Looks like it is not the cap.  I been checking the socketed chips by removing them one at a time and then turning on the machine to see if they make a difference in the graphics. So far all the chips changed the screen except for a group,of five chips at the bottom row of the board.  All five ofthem are labled "6530j"  i suspect these chips may be the issue...

n8r0n:
I thought it was just an H-hold problem as well so the first thing I did was adjust all the pots on the monitor.  Here is the image I got after adjusting...



Never mind the flagging on the right, it can be fix I just adjusted too far while playing with it again.

Also here is a gameplay video of what I see after all the adjustments...



I am not sure what the problem is anymore.  I am seriously considering turning this into a MAME cabinet...

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