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rollerball:

Ok Ive sussed out something...Im sure someone on here will know whats going on and if its bad...I was playing the machine at night and took the back off to see where the noise was comming from...Ok well the noise is comming from the round connection thats connected to the back of the tube...and as it was dark I could see that it had sparks flying all around it like a plasma ball...about 3mm long and all around it...the screen had lines and was off center a bit....but they kept getting better over about 5mins...and by 10mins it looked great....after about 15mins there was hardly any noise and could hardly see any sparks...so is my monitor on the way out???The guy I bought it off told me it had to be warmed up and it had been like that for years...Or is that norman for an old machine...Im sure you Gurus will know...thanks in advance for everyones help

rollerball:

MMM ok well thanks to this site I found a problem and fixed it...the sparks around the suction cup/anode was from a build up of dirt...I think...because after I cleaned the area around it and I cleaned the anode and pulled the anode fingers out a little...(After I did a discharge of the monitor of course)...there are hardly any sparks ect....and there was some sparking from down on the pcb...just little ones...and these also seem to have gone...Im only guessing but maybe thats because the full amount of power is now getting to the tube???Anyway seems to be better...

rollerball:

Just a thought...this site is the best on the net hands down for arcade help...but I was just thinking maybe there should be different sections for mame and for original arcade machines....after building a mame and now buying an original I can see how that would make things a little easier...but still I can complian...

dirt:

here is the adapter you want. http://cgi.ebay.ca/Jamma-PCB-to-Konami-Cabinet-Adapter-B-04_W0QQitemZ170084910151QQihZ007QQcategoryZ13718QQcmdZViewItem

rollerball:

Yep cheers...I got one from those guys an hour ago...lol....thanks

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