Newbie Needs Monitor Help

[Zilla King]

Hey Arcade Junkies,
I'm very gald I came across this forum, I'm the owner of a couple arcade games that I have owned for about 10 years. We moved a couple years ago and two of the games sat in the garage where it was cold and a little damp. I went to turn them on and the games power up, but there is screen is black. I don't know what to do or even where to start. Please let me know what information that I need to provide. The one game is a Arkaniod the other is my all time favorite game John Elway's Team Quarterback 4-Player I love it.
Please help this NEWBIE I'd love to get my Team Quarterback up and runnng again.
Thanks Keith

[RetroACTIVE]

Here is the token first question....Does the game play blind?  Can you put coin in and it register and you can hear it?.

[Zilla King]

Yes you can!! The monitor is just black, but you can hear stuff going on, just nothing on the monitor at all.

[RetroACTIVE]

Yes you can!! The monitor is just black, but you can hear stuff going on, just nothing on the monitor at all.

Ok... you see absolutely no flicker on the monitor either?

If you see no activity whatsoever... I would check the monitor fuse and power first.

[Zilla King]

I'll go check right now and let you know, I don't believe the monitor flickers, I didn't know if trying to power up the game in cold weather would mess something up or not. Your help is greatly appeciated. I'll let you know in a couple minutes.

[RetroACTIVE]

I'll go check right now and let you know, I don't believe the monitor flickers, I didn't know if trying to power up the game in cold weather would mess something up or not. Your help is greatly appeciated. I'll let you know in a couple minutes.

Be careful!

[Zilla King]

Okay, the Arkaniod plays blind we can trigger the coin mech and it registers like a quarter was put in and you can hit the player I or player II button and it starts the game and plays but no flicker totally black... The Team Quarterback I need to find the power cord, I can remember where I put it, I'll look for that tomorrow and let you know what I find out on that game.

[RetroACTIVE]

Not sure how experienced you are with monitors... but in the case you aren't .... Before you go poking around in the monitor chassis... be sure you read up on monitor safety first... you don't want to get  belted by high voltage....

 

Also visually check the neck for "glowing"

[Zilla King]

I know nothing about them...I was told about getting zapped before so I'm pretty careful, what do you mean about the glow?

[RetroACTIVE]

I know nothing about them...I was told about getting zapped before so I'm pretty careful, what do you mean about the glow?

You can physically see the tube working... at the beginning part of the tube there will be a rectangular pcb attached to it... called the "neck board"... cause its on the "neck" of the tube... a monitor that is active will have an amber colored glow inside the neck part of the tube closest to the neck board... I'm just checking for some activity...

Also a good idea to record the markings on the monitor chassis... I'm not an expert with monitors... other folks here are "ahem Ken Layton"... its good to know what you have in order to diagnose the problem.

[Zilla King]

I found something on the Monitor that says
KAGA/TSK
Type: K2-17V
Does that mean anything, I plug the game in and turned it on, I don't see any glow... I guess that's a bad thing...BTW both games played perfectly before that sat in the garage.

[RetroACTIVE]

I found something on the Monitor that says
KAGA/TSK
Type: K2-17V
Does that mean anything, I plug the game in and turned it on, I don't see any glow... I guess that's a bad thing...BTW both games played perfectly before that sat in the garage.

You will need to check the chassis voltages to see whats going on.... start with AC ... make sure the monitor is at least getting that.... I don't recognize those markings... then again I'm not a monitor guru... did you get these numbers from the tube or the chassis?

[Zilla King]

The numbers came off of a board attached to the monitor, would pictures help???
I can post pictures if that would be better.

[RetroACTIVE]

The numbers came off of a board attached to the monitor, would pictures help???
I can post pictures if that would be better.

pics are always more helpful!

[Zilla King]

Is trying to fix problems like this a pain? Should I just call a arcade repair person to come over and look at it. Does anyone know someone that's good here in Ohio.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks Keith

[RetroACTIVE]

Is trying to fix problems like this a pain? Should I just call a arcade repair person to come over and look at it. Does anyone know someone that's good here in Ohio.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks Keith

Depends... sometimes its a pain... but the "pain" really depends on the person... I think its appropriate to ask yourself if you are the type of person that doesn't mind trying things... experimenting and gaining some hands on expertise... so that in the future... you can deal with issues on your own... or if you are the type of person that doesn't really care to fix them and just wants to play...

Either way is fine... its just that the latter is going to cost you...   

[qrz]

learning new things can be diffficult, but usually rewarding in some fashion. 
sometimes i LIKE the challenge of beating an unusual symptom.
of course , excess time can eat up repair profit . so , it is a fine line to walk...
(which doesn't often apply to self servicing )

qrz

[_) (V) (-)]

Yeah, and you could always get a free perm out of it.
 

It's not so hard man, but you'll have to have a voltmeter to test things.
If you could at least borrow one, and maybe the guy who owns it to help you read the thing. You could at least have a choice to check it out or call a service guy. 

A choice is better than NO choice.
_)

[Zilla King]

I'll try to resolve the problem, before I consider call out someone. My Team Quarterback is what I want fixed more than anything. It has a Zenith Monitor, Once I find my power cord I'll start working on it and post some pics.
Thanks ZK