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Title: 3 monitor questions
Post by: stevejt on August 31, 2006, 08:47:10 pm

I want to start doing cap kits on my monitors, so I have a few questions.  The first 2 I want to do had the same symptoms.  The monitors got their pics very slowly at startup.  I guess a little longer each time.  Until just no picture comes up at all.  I am guessing a cap kit will fix this.  Do these symptoms always mean a cap kit will fix it? Most of the time?  If not 99% of the time, what are the other possibilities?

The other question.  I have a dedicated NBA Jam.  I can't get to the back right now.  Since I am ordering a cap kit for the other, I wanted to order this one as well.  Did they all come with the same monitors? If so, what cap kit do I need.   If 80% are the same, that's good enough for me.  I have so many monitors I am sure I would be able to use it some where. 

edit:  okay, lets make it 3 questions.  The first one I was talking about I have identified as an Electrohome G07 CB0.  (I read about the wrongly marked cap.)  For arguments sake, are they "zero's" or the letter "O's".    I have seen it listed both ways all over.  Even BOTH ways on Bob Roberts site.

Thanks In Advance!

Steve

Title: Re: 3 monitor questions
Post by: Kevin Mullins on August 31, 2006, 09:56:20 pm

Your symptoms defineately sound like a cap issue on those first two monitors. The slow gradual death thing kinda gives me the assumption a cap is drying out somewhere. And it's always good to do one anyways if they've never been done before.

The NBA JAM monitor would only be a guess.... but the WG K7000's were popular for alot of that generation game. And since it does not require medium resolution at all, so it probably wouldn't have a dual res monitor in it, I would guess on the K7000.
I'd of course have to recommend popping the back open first if you get a chance to.

And the Electrohome's are G zero 7 's. (everyone just generally "says" G O 7)

Title: Re: 3 monitor questions
Post by: stevejt on September 01, 2006, 02:22:54 am

Thanks for the input.  Going to order them this week.  Not a big deal for the few dollars if it's wrong anyway.  And I have at least 20 monitors between games and parts anyway, so I am sure I have at least one of them...lol  I am not worried about doing a cap kit for the first time, anymore.  I just took half the caps off a board and replaced them and it worked...  For a laugh, read this thread..

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=57488.0

Steve