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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: hawk007 on April 22, 2012, 07:13:29 pm
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Hello everyone. I am a pinball guy but I have this sega outrun game with ,now, monitor problems. So I have turned to the masters. The game worked fine perfect picture...Just a little off in a spot from being stored too close to another game with speakers..anyhoo. Worked fine then all of a sudden no picture...No neck glow on monitor or anything..
Has good 120 power to the monitor chassis still. And obviously the circuit braker in the cabinet door was not tripped either[still good 120 to monitor]. All fuses good in the cabinet..no foul smell.. So could this be game board related or monitor for sure? The game still runs perfectly in the background and everything. Just no picture.
This game has to be the worst thing ever to try and see the top side of the monitor board to identify the monitor..any tricks there?? Just looking to get going in the right direction Thanks so much for any help!
Evergrateful
Hawk
OK update..I found a way to see the top of the chassis. took apart the cabinet. No numbers on the chassis though. I will take a picture for everyone but how do you post a picture? I can send it to anyone via personal mail if you/they like. Game boards both have lights on on them.
Again thanks for any help in advance.
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Without much more detail I'd say there's a problem with the monitor chassis. Whatever makes the neck glow is not making the neck glow, so you can stop searching at the game board. I have a monitor that I yanked from an Outrun that currently does not work, it is a Sampo KGR-1901H. Bob Roberts sells a cap kit. If you want to make a positive ID, Bob also has pictures of just about any monitor that it COULD be. On mine it was on the side of the bracket, the only way to see was to remove the monitor. If it is a Sampo, there's not much you can do with it. Bob Roberts sells a cap kit, and the manual is available over at the arcade archive. If the flyback is toast, you're pretty much SOL.
Also make sure you read up on your monitor safety. Discharge the tube and the caps before you do work on it. The frame has some handles built in so you can at least grab it out without discharging it, just be careful. Chances are you'll yank it to find that the fuse on the chassis board has blown, meaning that something has shorted. The Sampo I have will by my first attempt at a cap kit, hopefully that does the trick.