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Title: QBERT monitor help Please
Post by: redfivexw on February 10, 2006, 06:49:26 am
Hello monitor experts, i have had a question on this posted in the misc forum, however i believe the problem is with the monitor so here goes.  I bought a non-working q-bert.  The machine really looks all original (the dust inside really tells the story).  When the game is running, the monitor picture displays 9 rectangles, which are mini versions of the game screen, but the display has inverted colors.  Here is a photo:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/desertbloom1/qbertscreen.jpg)

The monitor appears to be original, as it has bad qbert screen burn-in, and all the wiring coming from all the boards is original (no cut harnesses or electrical tape).  So has anyone seen this display problem before, any idea where i can find the problem.  All advice is appreciated.
Title: Re: QBERT monitor help Please
Post by: Ken Layton on February 10, 2006, 10:27:04 am
Looks like you have a bad gameboard. Ship the gameboard to www.eldoradogames.com for repair/exchange.
Title: Re: QBERT monitor help Please
Post by: redfivexw on February 10, 2006, 04:55:53 pm
That is what i thought at first, but i bought another board that i was told was tested and working, and it also did not give a picture.  The picture from that board looked like this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/desertbloom1/qbertnewboard.jpg)

I really think the problem lies elsewhere, perhaps the filter board?