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my 5 year saga to get my arcade machine working! help!
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BobA:
He will get it if the cable is connected properly.    Could also be a dead monitor of course.   Maybe connecting to a PC monitor to the old pc and going from there is a way to check but as far as I know there is no computer in the cab so I would not expect to see anything on the monitor.

I think he says the pc is not in there now so I would not expect anything on the monitor even if it was working.
BilldaCat:
the original PC was missing.. i dragged my current PC (without ArcadeOS, just windows) over to it, plugged it in, and got nada on the monitor.. not even the boot screen.   the monitor certainly hums when i power it on though.
Turnarcades:

--- Quote from: BilldaCat on October 03, 2009, 10:40:17 pm ---the original PC was missing.. i dragged my current PC (without ArcadeOS, just windows) over to it, plugged it in, and got nada on the monitor.. not even the boot screen.   the monitor certainly hums when i power it on though.

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It's likely it was indeed using Arcade OS with a cable hack to connect it to the monitor. The much neater solution these days is to use a J-Pac in cabinets with an arcade monitor and the proper JAMMA connector, as well as the ArcadeVGA card to get the PC signal converted to send the right signal to the monitor. If the JAMMA wiring is still intact, you will be better off getting these components to simplify the wiring and also let you use any front-end system you want.
SirPeale:
Crank up the screen control on the flyback.  Does the screen go white?  That's a good sign.  If not...
BilldaCat:

--- Quote from: SirPeale on October 04, 2009, 07:46:43 pm ---Crank up the screen control on the flyback.  Does the screen go white?  That's a good sign.  If not...

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I have no idea what that first sentence means. :(

I'm guessing I'm best shelling out for a J-Pac and an ArcadeVGA card.. simplifying the wiring in this beast and getting it to something I could understand would be a big plus.  Will take a video of the inside of the cabinet tonight.
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