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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on March 27, 2009, 05:03:07 pm ---They must have packed it next to a UV machine or something...
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Damn tanning beds...
TheShanMan:
--- Quote from: Level42 on March 27, 2009, 04:53:54 pm ---Red is always a problematic color. The wall in my game room, red cars, red-headed women.....(oops)... :D
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Hey, my wife resembles that remark! :laugh:
Spyridon:
Help!!!!! Two nights ago, I added some silicone to hold the neck board in place. Today I turned the game on and nothing! :angry: Game plays blind but nothing happening on the monitor. I pulled the neck board a reseated it and no change. Doesn't look like any probles with the neck board. This happened one other time and I bumped the side of the cab (accidentally) and the monitor came on. I figured it was just that the neck board was loose. That does not seem to be the case this time.
What do I need to look at? I know nothing about vector monitors, so you'll have to walk me through this one.
Level42:
1) Don't panic. Vectors are the easiest monitors to work on and there's plenty of knowledge around ;)
2) Do you have any neckglow ?
3) Any LED activity on the deflection board ?
The fact that the neckboard needed to be fixed already indicates poor contact (pressure) between the pins and the neckboard connector but there can be a LOT of problems on the PCB's as well
Next on the suspect list are ALL the connectors on the deflection board. Even if they look OK, there can be breaks between the islands where the pins are soldered and the track. Testing them properly means measuring between the pin itself and the next soldering island that the track connects to (not to it's own soldering island).
ChadTower:
First thing you need to know, even before Level42's advice is that you discharge a vector differently than a raster. You cannot just short the anode to the frame. You have to put a decent resistor in line and do it more slowly. A quick search should pull up the proper technique.
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