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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #80 on: July 26, 2008, 06:55:43 pm »
egg fried - gotta go its 12 midnite and ive neglected the wife all nite so speak soon dude

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #81 on: July 27, 2008, 06:26:35 am »
morning grant - ur up early.

late to bed, early to rise eh.

im sooooo happy at the work i did yesterday so today im gonna finish plastering the inside of my patio. the outsides done so nearly there, couple of hours should dust it. the wifes been bursting balls so if i do this today it means full commitment and time to my cab when i fel like doing it.

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #82 on: July 27, 2008, 06:37:36 am »
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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #83 on: July 27, 2008, 08:23:47 am »
neighbour had a wire stripper - thank god, my fingers were sliced to bits  lol.   all wires stripped and ready to be hooked to amp, vga card and ive stripped that vga cable from the pc. hopefully with my multimeter i can put it to good use.  best tp try 1st and then if i cant do it i wil buy 1 from andy at ultimarc - thats my thinin anyway

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #84 on: July 27, 2008, 08:29:00 am »
email on its way with updates - tell me wot u think buddy

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #85 on: July 27, 2008, 08:38:52 am »
soooo much for the plastering - it will keep to next weekend  lol.    or the next - i might wire up my vga card next week and get her going.  prop should do the plastering today cause if i get this workin it could be next year  lolol

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #86 on: July 27, 2008, 08:41:28 am »
hahaha,
your wiring is o.k,not great but will suffice-looks safe(ish)
the final picture which you ask about the marquee earth,all exposed metal parts should be linked the earth-you can attach this earth the the monitor metal frame

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #87 on: July 27, 2008, 08:43:30 am »
any thoughts on making it saferand better - wot exactley is not sake with it?????

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #88 on: July 27, 2008, 08:46:19 am »
those 2 wires and the earth all come from the speakers - not the light - still ok to attach to monitor frame?

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #89 on: July 27, 2008, 08:51:11 am »
those 2 wires and the earth all come from the speakers - not the light - still ok to attach to monitor frame?
you really need to see where that earth goes,remove the game legend and just see where the earth goes to be certain

i was just being picky on the safety front,don't concern yourself its o.k

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #90 on: July 27, 2008, 08:55:37 am »
removing the marquee now master obi wan - ive started smokin again - shouldnt do things like that on sunday afternoon  lolol.

speaker earth wired up to mon chassis - check

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #91 on: July 27, 2008, 08:58:51 am »
speakers should not need an earth,get me pics of the marquee internally

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #92 on: July 27, 2008, 09:07:29 am »
5 minutes and they will be with u

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #93 on: July 27, 2008, 09:26:36 am »
just link the earth wire to monitor frame,should be fine

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #94 on: July 27, 2008, 09:27:19 am »
as u can prop tell - i didnt do this wiring, its how i got it
u could tell that anyway cause its nice and neat  lolol

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #95 on: July 27, 2008, 09:30:58 am »
well the wiring is inside the cab so its not important how pretty it is,whats important is the quality of connection and safety
so now all you have to do is run some voltage and earth tests with the multimeter then wait for the avga card and you should be rolling

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #96 on: July 27, 2008, 09:31:38 am »
wot size and how much should i spend on an amp - anyideas on wot to buy or would most amps do the job - im not looking to burst eardrums just enough effect for mates to want one   lolol

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #97 on: July 27, 2008, 09:33:12 am »
its nearly there your right - its like being 12 again on christmas eve - 1 more sleep left  lololololol

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #98 on: July 27, 2008, 09:45:34 am »
i would use powered stereo pc speakers,gut them and install the board/control part in the coin door area for access then just connect to your original speakers-but i though you have already done that

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #99 on: July 27, 2008, 09:51:29 am »
yes i have the pc speakers done but i thought u needed a separate amp for the cab speakers??    plus id have to solder these wires on - havent done that --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type--

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #100 on: July 27, 2008, 09:59:01 am »
nah just use the guts of the pc speakers to run your cab speakers,maybe you have a friend or neighbour that can help with the soldering

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #101 on: July 27, 2008, 10:00:50 am »
the pc board is really small - can it handle all that wattage and be safe and loud?

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #102 on: July 27, 2008, 10:05:33 am »
i keep looking at things to do in this  here goes again

on the coin door the is a small light with 2 thin red and black wires coming from it.  how do i wire power to this light - have a read that you cut open the pc power cable and wire to this???

one wire is a 5 volt and another is 12 - which one is which??

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #103 on: July 27, 2008, 10:21:19 am »
thats a 12v bulb(as its u.k spec)
the black wires should be ground/common
the red wires are 12v dc
you can open you pc case and find a spare 4 way power supply connector(like the one that plugs to the cdrom drive)
on a pc power supply the 4 way plug is
black=ground/common
red=+5dc
yellow=+12vdc
you could use something like this to connect
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-PIN-MOLEX-PC-POWER-SPLITTER-CABLE-LEAD-TO-2-X-5-25_W0QQitemZ180269241341QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180269241341&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #104 on: July 27, 2008, 10:26:11 am »
is there anyway i can utilise this mass of wires ive got??

i know its only £2 but i wanna try out something today

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #105 on: July 27, 2008, 10:28:50 am »
yeah you connect using the old wires you have and some connector block

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #106 on: July 27, 2008, 10:32:45 am »
check ur email

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #107 on: July 27, 2008, 10:44:58 am »
your cab is gonna get real messy if you start chopping up wires and using connector block,i would suggest investing in a cheap soldering iron and some of those connectors i showed you,you can get those connectors in kit form from pc shops or maplins

none of those connectors you emailed will fit straight to pc power connector,but obviously you could cut the wires off and use them

i think you are rushing this,rome was not built in one day ;)

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #108 on: July 27, 2008, 10:48:31 am »
if i was rushing it i would be doing it without asking - i think im being sensible by  asking if i do this would it work?

chill - im definately taking my time - dont wanna ruin our  hard work.

is that thing from ebay a simply connect up?

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #109 on: July 27, 2008, 10:51:14 am »
i cant see were that thing wires to the back of my pc - ive never opened up a pc so totally lost there - need advice

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #110 on: July 27, 2008, 11:02:18 am »
your bulb will work if you connect it to +12 and ground,at some point you will need +12 and +5 for the coin controls credit board as well if you want the coin mech to work
2 ways you can do this,either connect in to the pc power supply or you can use the old cab psu

i would re-use the cab power supply myself as it will make things more simple in the long run(and cost bugger all)
 
photos of the psu first before you connect it please

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #111 on: July 27, 2008, 11:04:46 am »
i put the power supply on ebay last nite as u said i didnt need it   lolol

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #112 on: July 27, 2008, 11:13:18 am »
i put the power supply on ebay last nite as u said i didnt need it   lolol
don't matter,just utilise the pc internal power supply

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #113 on: July 27, 2008, 11:15:12 am »
ok so if i open up the pc power supply what do i connect my 2 red/black wires to then?

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #114 on: July 27, 2008, 11:19:04 am »

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #115 on: July 27, 2008, 11:23:17 am »
nice site but you might as well speak to me in russian - need simple to follow steps in a small paragragh would do the very best if you can please.

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #116 on: July 27, 2008, 11:31:35 am »
nice site but you might as well speak to me in russian - need simple to follow steps in a small paragragh would do the very best if you can please.

hahaha,
look for these plugs in the pc case(make sure it one not being used,there are always spares),you can use either


connect the black wire of the bulb to the either of the two black wires on the power supply plug,connect the red wires of the bulb to the yellow wire of the power supply plug

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #117 on: July 27, 2008, 11:34:43 am »
only thing is - both my wires from the coin light are red and black!!!

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #118 on: July 27, 2008, 11:40:18 am »
found the 2 spare plugs in the pc so wot now master

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Re: how to power an arcade monitor
« Reply #119 on: July 27, 2008, 11:43:05 am »
does not matter with a bulb which way around the wires go,connect one bulb wire to the yellow and the other to the black of the pc power supply plug

please remember this is a unique situation,EVERY other time the connection of the ground and +12v would be extremely important