Main Restorations Software Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Everything Else Buy/Sell/Trade
Project Announcements Monitor/Video GroovyMAME Merit/JVL Touchscreen Meet Up Retail Vendors
Driving & Racing Woodworking Software Support Forums Consoles Project Arcade Reviews
Automated Projects Artwork Frontend Support Forums Pinball Forum Discussion Old Boards
Raspberry Pi & Dev Board controls.dat Linux Miscellaneous Arcade Wiki Discussion Old Archives
Lightguns Arcade1Up Try the site in https mode Site News

Unread posts | New Replies | Recent posts | Rules | Chatroom | Wiki | File Repository | RSS | Submit news

« previous next »
Pages: [1]
  
Go Down

Author Topic: CRT problem...  (Read 1447 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

LoyalistRevolt

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 98
  • Last login:June 19, 2008, 08:52:07 am
  • SEGA!
CRT problem...
« on: May 11, 2008, 12:45:32 am »

Well I found this amazing Crt monitor at a garage sale, It was the perfect size for my arcade. I got it for about 15 bucks...fast forward to about a month later when I practice mounting for the arcade. I come to find out that the monitor is broken.
Problem=Whenever I turn it on the light turns green but then shuts off and starts blinking... I never see any picture... What could be wrong?

I don't know if it would be worth mentioning but this CRT is attached to a dremacast VGA box Yes I made sure everything was attached to the Dreamcast and the power was on.
Logged
Not posting doesn't make you a noob, ignorance, stupidity, laziness, and talking trash make you a noob.
Just cause I don't post in threads doesn't mean I don't read the threads...

ark_ader

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5645
  • Last login:March 02, 2019, 07:35:34 pm
  • I glow in the dark.
Re: CRT problem...
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2008, 02:22:52 am »
Have you tried hooking the CRT into another source like a PC?

Your dremacast VGA adapter could be at fault.

How you describe the CRT operation, it looks like no signal is being sent to the CRT.
Logged
If I had only one wish, it would be for three more wishes.

LoyalistRevolt

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 98
  • Last login:June 19, 2008, 08:52:07 am
  • SEGA!
Re: CRT problem...
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2008, 12:47:10 pm »
I hooked it up to my computer and it worked fine.
Logged
Not posting doesn't make you a noob, ignorance, stupidity, laziness, and talking trash make you a noob.
Just cause I don't post in threads doesn't mean I don't read the threads...

SirPeale

  • Green Mountain Man
  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (+23)
  • Full Member
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 12963
  • Last login:August 04, 2023, 09:51:57 am
  • Arcade Repair in New England
    • Arcade Game and Other Coin-Op Projects
Re: CRT problem...
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2008, 07:41:42 pm »
Quote from: LoyalistRevolt on May 11, 2008, 12:47:10 pm
I hooked it up to my computer and it worked fine.

Then your problem lies either with your Dreamcast or your VGA box.
Logged

ark_ader

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5645
  • Last login:March 02, 2019, 07:35:34 pm
  • I glow in the dark.
Re: CRT problem...
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2008, 03:05:00 pm »
Quote from: Peale on May 11, 2008, 07:41:42 pm
Quote from: LoyalistRevolt on May 11, 2008, 12:47:10 pm
I hooked it up to my computer and it worked fine.

Then your problem lies either with your Dreamcast or your VGA box.

 :laugh2:
Logged
If I had only one wish, it would be for three more wishes.

DaOld Man

  • Trade Count: (+4)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5165
  • Last login:August 23, 2025, 09:14:19 pm
  • Wheres my coffee?
    • Skenny's Outpost
Re: CRT problem...
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2008, 04:32:42 pm »
I know nothing at all about the dreamcast, so i am afraid to show my stupidity by opening my mouth, but I have seen on a PC that if the PC's video card is set to a resolution that the monitor cant handle, the monitor will act like that.
Can you change the resolution settings on the dreamcast?
Logged

Ginsu Victim

  • Yeah, owning a MAME cab only leads to owning real ones. MAME just isn't good enough. It's a gateway drug.
  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10092
  • Last login:June 28, 2025, 10:45:55 pm
  • Comanche, OK -- USA
Re: CRT problem...
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2008, 04:36:44 pm »
Quote from: DaOld Man on May 12, 2008, 04:32:42 pm
I know nothing at all about the dreamcast, so i am afraid to show my stupidity by opening my mouth, but I have seen on a PC that if the PC's video card is set to a resolution that the monitor cant handle, the monitor will act like that.
Can you change the resolution settings on the dreamcast?
No.
Logged

u_rebelscum

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3633
  • Last login:April 21, 2010, 03:06:26 pm
  • You rebel scum
    • Mame:Analog+
Re: CRT problem...
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2008, 06:55:53 pm »
Quote from: GinsuVictim on May 12, 2008, 04:36:44 pm
Quote from: DaOld Man on May 12, 2008, 04:32:42 pm
I have seen on a PC that if the PC's video card is set to a resolution that the monitor cant handle, the monitor will act like that.
Can you change the resolution settings on the dreamcast?
No.

Try setting the computer to the same resolution as the dreamcast uses.  (isn't it just 640x480@60hz, though?)  If the PC works at the same res, it's definitely not the monitor.
Logged
Robin
Knowledge is Power
Pages: [1]
  
Go Up
« previous next »