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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: rollerball on February 27, 2007, 03:52:32 am
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Is it unusual to have lines on an OLD monitor for about 10mins after you first turn it on???Thats what mine dose....seems to work fine after 10mins or so...even if you then turn it off for 30mins or even more...anyone else have this problem???Is it ok to leave it like that??Dosnt bother me...just hope its not a huge problem...
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What you're looking at there is the the "flyback". Feed your monitor a totally black screen and adjust the tube drive on the HT, until those lines only just disappear.
In any case it sounds like your monitor probably needs a cap kit if it's taking that long to warm up and is quite old.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
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Ok yeah a cap job could be on the cards sometime..Sorry i dont even know what a HT is and If the flyback is the big thing/transformer in the corner it has nothing on it to adjust it...So is it ok to leave it for now???Like can it kill your screen/monitor if you dont do anything to fix the problem of needing to have your screen warm up??As it dosnt really worry me at all to wait for it to warm up...Im just worried if it will cause any longterm damage??
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Since you don't know the answer to those questions, leave it as is and don't touch it. It won't permanently damage anything by leaving it but you could easily permanently damage yourself by poking around your high voltage circuit without knowing what you are doing. Do not take this advice lightly, that is the most dangerous part of an arcade game by far.
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GREAT advice...I am quite happy to leave it as is for now....I did do a dischage and clean around the anode and that stopped alot of sparking around it...and no noise now...so im happy with it for now....Has a FANTASTIC picture when its warmed up as well..