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Title: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: DAMiGG on July 26, 2007, 08:48:22 am: Hi Everyone :D

First time post...hope I am in the right spot with all the right information.

I have attached photos of my game monitor that is in the vertical position in a Centipede upright cabinet.

I was playing it a couple days when the monitor went blank and started making sounds like someone welding.
So I opened the back up to take a look to see what the problem was.

I immediately unplugged it took some pictures then used Photoshop and made a fake arc to show where the real arc was coming from.

I have also included the only sticker photos that I could find that give any kind of reference the boards. The monitor is a 19" RCA and I believe a Wells Gardner monitor.

What should I do from here? :dunno

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/Duane151/Flyback-2.jpg)
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/Duane151/Flyback-1.jpg)

Thanks Ton For The Help
DAMiGG
(pronounced damage)
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: Ken Layton on July 26, 2007, 10:12:17 am: Flyback is shot.
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: ChadTower on July 26, 2007, 10:19:21 am: Wow. Dude actually got a picture of arcing from the flyback. How specific is that? :cheers:
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: DAMiGG on July 26, 2007, 10:51:38 am: Quote from: Ken Layton on July 26, 2007, 10:12:17 am
Flyback is shot.

I was a afraid of that :'(
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: SirPeale on July 26, 2007, 02:13:32 pm: Not the worst thing in the world. Looks like you have a K7000. Flybacks for that are cheap.
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: DAMiGG on July 26, 2007, 09:32:02 pm: Quote from: Peale on July 26, 2007, 02:13:32 pm
Not the worst thing in the world. Looks like you have a K7000. Flybacks for that are cheap.

Wow!

Thanks for all the great help so far. I really like the "Not the worst thing in the world" line.
But I also like the word cheap.

So where would I find the cheap ones or would it be better just take it out and take it to a tv repair place?

Again thanks for the great help
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: Ken Layton on July 27, 2007, 12:12:45 am: Quote from: Peale on July 26, 2007, 02:13:32 pm
Not the worst thing in the world. Looks like you have a K7000. Flybacks for that are cheap.

Look at that label again. It decodes as a 19" U3100 series. I have never encountered one of those.
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: StephenH on July 27, 2007, 01:00:35 am: This site sells them:

http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/4902270b.htm
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: SirPeale on July 27, 2007, 07:51:30 am: Quote from: Ken Layton on July 27, 2007, 12:12:45 am
Quote from: Peale on July 26, 2007, 02:13:32 pm
Not the worst thing in the world. Looks like you have a K7000. Flybacks for that are cheap.

Look at that label again. It decodes as a 19" U3100 series. I have never encountered one of those.

I should have realized by the flyback being located on the right side of the PCB.

Quote from: StephenH on July 27, 2007, 01:00:35 am
This site sells them:

http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/4902270b.htm

Wow, $104. But that's @ Happ. Others have to have them much cheaper. They're listing K7000 flybacks for like $40, but you can get them as low as $20 if you look.
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: DAMiGG on July 27, 2007, 08:12:24 am: Is it possible or should I even try to use ebay to find one? Because I agree the $104 is not all that cheap.

I also have just got an Omega Race cabinet to get started on and I don't want to go through this again. What monitors do you all recommend for MAME and PCs?
Title: Re: Possible Flyback Problem
Post by: SirPeale on July 27, 2007, 09:27:13 am: Of course you can try. Whether you find one or not remains to be seen.