Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
CENTIPEDE cabaret Restoration - works again
RayB:
Cap kit done.
Much tweaking was required with Screen, Focus, and the 5 color pots.
Only problem left is the video signal pins on the monitor must be loose or corroded because when I move the wires, the monitor either loses horizontal sync or loses the color red (or both!).
shardian:
Congratulations!
That ended up being a GREAT deal! I sure wish I could go to one of those auctions...
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: RayB on October 11, 2006, 10:30:51 am ---Only problem left is the video signal pins on the monitor must be loose or corroded because when I move the wires, the monitor either loses horizontal sync or loses the color red (or both!).
--- End quote ---
Broken solder joints are possible too. Check them and resolder. Heck, resolder them anyway, even if they don't look bad.
RayB:
The problem with that is... I don't know where to look. Where among all the soldered components are "solder joints"?
When I did the cap kit it had occurred to me already to "reflow cold solder joints" but I looked at all the solder points on that circuit board and A. Couldn't figure out which would be considered "cold" and B. Don't know which points are most important or most likely to fail. They all looked the same to me.
Pic below shows how it looks when the sync is goes out:
Stingray:
--- Quote from: RayB on October 12, 2006, 11:06:41 am ---The problem with that is... I don't know where to look. Where among all the soldered components are "solder joints"?
When I did the cap kit it had occurred to me already to "reflow cold solder joints" but I looked at all the solder points on that circuit board and A. Couldn't figure out which would be considered "cold" and B. Don't know which points are most important or most likely to fail. They all looked the same to me.
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Last cap kit I did didn't help the monitor at all, then I reflowed the solder around the flyback and suddenly I was golden. Worth a try considering it only takes a few minutes.
-S
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