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Author Topic: Hantarex Monitor faulty chassis (Dead Flyback and Missing Voltage Regulator)  (Read 4988 times)

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Hello ArcadeControls

Recently I bought an arcade cabinet which according to the seller failed recently, but was working perfectly before that. Initial inspections revealed signs of the flyback tranformer bursting (and scorching most of the board in the process), one of capacitors has clear bulging and considering the seller mentioned sending the PCB for testing not long before me purchasing it, I'm slightly concerned by the fact one part that I assume is a voltage regulator has been desoldered from the board recently.

As you've probably figured out, I haven't tested it personally, but I didn't see the point in it as it's obviously damaged.

So what I'm hoping to achieve is finding a replacement flyback transformer (at an affordable price), replacing the bad cap and figuring out whether that missing component is necessary.

Okay, I guess it's time for serial numbers:

Chassis:
  • HANTARE MTC 900
  • No 9019 (label cuts off past this point)
  • MZ 07 50144811

Neckboard:
  • ZG 06 50144841
  • HANTAREX

Flyback:
  • MHF023-21
  • M 7Z05
  • ITALIA ELDOR

Monitor:
  • N. 372649

That's all I could make out, if I missed something, please let me know, but just to make it easier, I've uploaded some photos to Imgur, here's the album: https://imgur.com/a/4b1MTnP


Okay I think that's it for now

Thank you so much in advance

Kind regards

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MTC9000 not 900.

Solder side doesn't look in bad condition. Flyback pads are all there. There is just a lot of flux around them due to desoldering. You can clean it up with alcohol/solvents or some more specific flux remover.

Flyback may be bad but I don't see the bursting you talk about (maybe in the rear?). Replacement is HR7025.

The big cap isn't bulging, it just has a domed plastic insulator on top. Of course all the caps are quite old now and should be replaced anyway.

Missing transistor (TR19 BU801) is in the voltage regulator circuit and it needs to be there.

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Thank you so much for your response Princess Prin Prin

Ah so the label must be mis-printed, it did look like it was missing a number or two.

That's reasuring, I always thought it looked a little burnt, honestly I didn't desolder the flyback either, I would have used a bit more flux, but I'll definitely clean the board up with isopropyl alcohol once I've finished soldering the replacement in.

Sorry about that, I was certain I had gotten the split in one of the photos, but just for future reference, here's what it looks like:


You'd have thought they would have just printed that on the flyback, all my searches for "MHF023-21" just came up with expired ebay listings, I'm so glad a company in Ireland sells them, I thought I was going to have to get one imported.

Alright, I haven't really encountered that style of electrolytic capacitor in the past, so I wasn't sure, but I'll take your advice and replace them all anyway (may as well considering Cap kits are pretty cheap).

Okay, I just assumed it was a voltage regulator because it had a heat-spreader marking on the silkscreen, I don't normally mess with transistors as they rarely fail.

I'll get everything together and test the monitor and post the results here.

Thank you so much again for all your help

Kind regards


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You'd have thought they would have just printed that on the flyback, all my searches for "MHF023-21" just came up with expired ebay listings, I'm so glad a company in Ireland sells them, I thought I was going to have to get one imported.

The original flyback is made by Eldor (Italian) but the white part is made by Murata (Japanese) and that code is just for that part. The flyback # was on a sticker that fell off.

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Hello again Arcade Controls

I know I said I'd post when I got my cabinet working, but I'm kinda' stumped at the moment.

So the new Flyback, Capacitors and Transistors are now all installed and ready, and I thought to myself "great, now all I have to do is mount the chassis inside the cabinet, resolder the cut wires and I should hopefully have a working monitor", but then I realised, I don't know where to solder the flyback wires to, well, I know the one labeled SCREEN goes to the "G2" spot on the neckboard, and FOCUS somewhere inside the neck socket, but the orientation in the manual doesn't match that on the physical flyback, and considering it's a greyscale image, I can't work it out using colour.

So I'm hoping someone can confirm my suspicion that is, the red wire is G2 SCREEN, and the black is FOCUS, and if so, where should I solder it to?

Oh and just one more small question, I've recently noticed that two pins on the neckboard socket aren't even soldered to anything, I assume this is factory default, considering there isn't any lettering etched into the PCB besides those pins, but it couldn't hurt to ask, right?

Here's four images that I hope will clarify things (I've also added labels to some of the images): https://imgur.com/a/2rGYmwc

You'd have thought they would have just printed that on the flyback, all my searches for "MHF023-21" just came up with expired ebay listings, I'm so glad a company in Ireland sells them, I thought I was going to have to get one imported.

The original flyback is made by Eldor (Italian) but the white part is made by Murata (Japanese) and that code is just for that part. The flyback # was on a sticker that fell off.

Okay, Thank you again for clarifying on the issues I'm having.


Thank you again in advance

Kind regards

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I hate that socket and always replace it with a different type.

G2 (red wire) is correct. Focus (black wire) first goes through the hole in the cover and then as in the pic (blue wire as original). Suck the solder off the contact and have the stripped wire go through the hole, then solder from the other side.

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G2 wire needs to first go through the hole in the corner as a strain relief (see pic).

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Thank you once again for your rapid responce

Okay, I've just done that, wired up a new plug, set up a faulty Neo-Geo MVS (it outputs an error screen, should be enough right), plugged it in for the first time and... nothing, not even the startup whine.

So I checked the PSU for the JAMMA harness first (because DC voltages), the pins either come back as 0V, or fluctuate sporadically, for instance, 5V sticks within the margin of 0V-2V.

I also checked some of the pins on the CRT PSU, but as I couldn't find a ground (or an identical AC pin), I just touched one of the probes on the metal casing, and I didn't get anything at all, although I swear I got about 1V out of the 128-220V connector (the 128V side if I recall correctly), but chances are that was probably my old multi-meter playing up.

So I have to ask, where do I start, I've tested and repaired ATX PSU's, but this stuff is on another level.

Considering this involves PSU's should this be moved to another topic?

As always, here's some pictures: https://imgur.com/a/K12MUwW

Thank you in advance

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The switching PSU that powers the game board has nothing to do with the monitor so let's focus on the monitor here.

The monitor is powered by the isolated stepdown transformer that is connected to the monitor through the 4-colour flat cable. Yellow-orange for 220VAC and red-brown for 130VAC. If you set the meter to AC voltage and don't get anything close to 130VAC on the red-brown wires you need to check the input wires (220VAC) to the transformer and if the input is fused check the fuse. I mean, there isn't much that can go wrong with the transformer, it doesn't have components inside, just wire wound around its core. If 220VAC goes in, 130VAC must come out or it's defective (windings open/broken/corroded) and need to be replaced. Maybe removing the transformer from its current location could help you understand and verify its connections better.

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To be honest I hadn't noticed the fuse in the cabinet until I went through the pictures one more time.

In some vain hope that something would have changed from last night, I went and checked the voltages again, and I was actually getting 138V on the 130 line, which I suspect is well within the tolerable range, so I then went to check the 220v line, and as soon as I did, the multi-meter displayed 1v, then the circuit breaker tripped, cutting out most of the power in my house, so I reset it and returned to testing, I then realised that whatever had just transpired had killed my multi-meter (I had it wired up to a bench PSU because I've run out of 12v batteries, at least that still works). So I can't really do anything right now as I don't have anything to test voltages with, and I'm kinda low on funds at the moment, so it might be a while before I can afford another.

Too be honest, I didn't expect this arcade cabinet was going to cost me this much, and to see little-to-no improvement, it's a little disheartening.

As always, thank you for putting up with me.

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you are correct the 2 unsoldered pins on the neckboard socket are fine they are not soldered by default so dont worry about those

you can get a cheap multimeter off ebay it doesnt need special features just a basic one to test voltages and continuity, resistance... only would cost a few dollars

make sure you always look carefully and close at the solder joints and resolder cracked solder joints like in your pic below which i highlighted with a red arrow...

https://s8.postimg.cc/u660mq2h1/pic44.jpg

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Hello.

I'm so sorry for being inactive for so long.

My new multimeter just arrived a few days ago (it's a RICHMETERS RM409B I bought off of Aliexpress in case you were wondering), I went for a slightly more expensive one with additional features because I didn't want to have to buy another one later on down the line.

So I did as you said and touched up all the dry solder joints and tested them for continuity, and they all seem to be solid, so I looked over the board one last time to see if I would just happen to notice something, and wouldn't you know it, one of the bloody fuses is missing (F1 to be exact), so I checked the schematic to find out what it's connected to, turns out it's the only path for the 128V AC, I felt like smashing my face through my worktop, I guess that pretty much explains why it doesn't work, considering 220V AC only connects to the degaussing coil.

I've just ordered a couple of 2A and 3.15A time-delay fuses (F2 tested okay, but may as well, considering they were cheap).

As always thank you all for your help, and I'll be sure to post the results here soon.

Kind regards

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cool, yes let us know how u get on  :)

if u need them, there are videos on youtube explaining the various features of multimeters

it's nice to be able to test electrolytic capacitors, cheaper multimeters dont do that

ps. when u put a new fuse in, if it blows straight away u might have a short somewhere....  well anyway, see what happens first with the new fuse before worrying about that  ;D
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Hello again

I'm so so sorry I've been inactive for so long, the day after I tested the cabinet, I spilt water on my laptop, killing the keyboard, so I've been waiting for a replacement, yeah, I normally have terrible luck, but it could have been worse.

So I replaced the fuse that was missing (that's not really replacing it... right?), set up the Neo Geo MVS with the dead S-RAM, turned it on and instantly heard that all too familiar CRT start-up whine, so I ran around to the front of the cabinet and saw this:


 
At last.... PROGRESS!!!

I was about to go round back to adjust the SCREEN and FOCUS pots to clear the image up when it suddenly cut out about 30 seconds after turning it on (it isn't in the video, because I, being the moron that I am, stepped in front of the camera), so I shut off the power immediately, thinking it could have caused damage to the new flyback (and I actually thought I had, as I found a white dot on it, but I then realized today that was there from the factory).

I then left it a few weeks, thinking it was toast, when I accidentally turned it on again last week (thinking it was my soldering station plugged in), when it whined again, but I shut it off again, I have since tested it a few more times, every time it started up, but I haven't left it on for more than 15 seconds since the first time.

To cut a long story short, could I please get some more advice on this?

Also, thanks for the heads up, but I'd like to consider myself pretty handy with a multimeter, I just don't like messing around with high voltages (hence why I'm only using for continuity when it comes to this), and I don't know the max rating for this meter as it seems to change per listing; Oscilloscopes are a completely different matter, which is a shame, considering it could have been useful for this project. 

Thank you again.

Kind regards

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show us which wires you have connected where on the neck card, the thicker of two wires is focus and should go int the crt socket- no matter what colour it is

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Re: Hantarex Monitor faulty chassis (Dead Flyback and Missing Voltage Regulator)
« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2018, 07:37:10 pm »
Hello

I've made a lot of progress since my last post, turns out I couldn't work out what was causing the monitor to shut-off, as I have been unable to recreate the issue, it now turns on and stays on my test periods went from 10 minutes, to 30 minutes, then over an hour with no issues.

Further more, I gotten the vertical hold and focus sorted out, and the image I was getting from the MVS was perfect (abet completely garbled due to aforementioned issues), my main goal was to connect it to my MAME rig using a J-PAC JAMMA Converter, so I set the CRT Emudriver with my AMD HD 4350 graphics card (I planned to use a 5xxx series card I have laying around, but it only has a DVI port, and I didn't have a VGA adapter), first impressions were good, other than the blurriness, ridiculous amount of overscan, the image being slightly to the right side of the screen and the slight jittering that I couldn't fix with the vertical hold.

After a few days I have managed to sort out most of the issues, but due to the fact that only one potentiometer knob remains, and it doesn't fit all of the pots on the daughterboard, I'm not able to completely sort out, but I have the following fixed:

Focus – about as clear as I can get it, it’s still a little blurry, but still perfectly legible

Overscan – the entire image is now on screen, although due to the image still being off-centre, it’s now a little on the small side

Jitter – disappeared upon second start-up, not sure what happened, but yeah


Now all I have to do is adjust the following:


Brightness/Contrast – as the image is fairly washed out

Colour (RGB) adjustment – as the blue channel is a bit on the strong side

Horizontal/Vertical adjustment – as stated above

Pincushion- I am unable to adjust this due to the absence of the KK Pincushion Module


If anyone has a schematic for the KK Pincushion Module, could you please send it to me, so I can create a replacement PCB (unless you don’t think I need it, then that’s fine)

Finally, here’s a video documenting my progress over the last couple of days (slight strobe warning, it turns out my phone was only recording at 30FPS for some reason): (the pincushion issue can be seen on the left side of the screen during the Elevator Action Returns clip)

Once again (I bet it’s getting gutsy) thank you for everything.

show us which wires you have connected where on the neck card, the thicker of two wires is focus and should go int the crt socket- no matter what colour it is

Thanks for the comment, but as covered earlier, I’ve tested all connections and they’re all correct and working properly.

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Re: Hantarex Monitor faulty chassis (Dead Flyback and Missing Voltage Regulator)
« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2018, 02:41:20 am »
blue cut off is too high or drive transistor is leaky, contrast is a little too high