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GTA Toronto MAMERs - Need help!
CheffoJeffo:
Definitely post details and location ... there are a bunch of us here (I'm at Islington and Dundas, there are a couple of folks that I know of up in the North end) and on CGCC.
Chances are that if the machine was once working, it will be relatively easy to diagnose and resolve here on the boards.
Cheers.
RayB:
I'm out in Cambridge, so no way am I making a trek out there (I'd have to charge you too much to cover my travel time and gas), but here are some questions to get th eball rolling:
1. Who made your MAME cabinet?
2. MAME cabinets are just PCs in a big box, so what exactly is it doing?
3. Did you check to see if it's plugged in?
henviii:
Wow thanks for all the quick replies already.
Here's what happened.
I was in the middle of playing Galaga - suddenly screen goes blank. All controls still working, sound still on. Tried rebooting, checking all connections - no go. CPU is fine.
So i figure it's the video card (ArcadeVGA) that's out or (gulp) the CRT monitor itself. Or could it be the JAMMA card?
I plugged the CPU into a regular computer monitor but got the message "SYNC. out of range" which i found out happens with teh ArcadeVGA card since it outputs at 15khz.
I'm not a PC person - i've used Mac all my life so all this is new to me.
I bought the machine off of Ebay cuz i really wanted one but have neither the time nor the expertise to put one together - it was a very happy union for 6 months!
henviii:
Oh yeah, forgot to mention as well - Downtown TO. by U of T.
thanks in advance. great board.
CheffoJeffo:
If you turn up the brightness on the arcade monitor, do you see anything (e.g. or is it the same as if it were off) ? Is there a glow from the neck of the monitor ?
Who was the eBay seller (or where were they located) ? There is a reasonable possibility that one of us knows the seller and they may be able to provide some details that would be helpful.
Cheers.