Uh Oh, What did I do?

[Neverending Project]

I have a Monivision 29" VGA monitor that worked fine before I started mucking with it. I de-cased it, discharged it, and then mounted it (rotated) in my cabinet. I know it got bumped around a bit because it was heavy, and it was a (very) tight fit. So now this is the picture I get.

Any ideas?

[SirPeale]

Why did you discharge it?  Did you remove the chassis when you decased it?

[Neverending Project]

Why did you discharge it?  Did you remove the chassis when you decased it?

I discharged it because I was really paranoid about hurting myself when I moved it.

I did not disconnect the chassis, but some of the boards were only hanging on by their wire harnesses, because they were mounted to the monitor case. When I pulled the monitor from the case, they weren't mounted to anything.

[grantspain]

looks like either a plug off,broken connector or trace or a bad solder joint somewhere-to me it actually looks like the video plug has been disturbed

[Level42]

Looks like the same picture that you get when you turn up "screen" to high on the HVT. Check that first...

[Neverending Project]

Looks like the same picture that you get when you turn up "screen" to high on the HVT. Check that first...

That was exactly it! Just a quarter turn of the screen knob went from the previous picture to this one (atttached). Thank you so much! 

Now on to the next problems to overcome...

[DrumAnBass]

Running OS-X on it? Nice!

[acevedor2]

Is that mac mame?  If so, what version?  Thanks!

[TOK]

How does Joust 2 look on there? It would suit your layout better, since its vertical.

[Neverending Project]

Running OS-X on it? Nice!

Yeah, I plan on using my old mac (or maybe a newish Mac Mini) as the heart. The problem is that there are no mac drivers for all the good stuff out there - Ultrastick, ArcadeVGA, LED-Wiz, Light-guns, front ends. That just means more work intially, but having a Mac in my arcade machine... priceless.

Is that mac mame?  If so, what version?  Thanks!

Actually, MacMame is no longer in development and it was left at a PPC version. This is MAME OSX (http://mameosx.sourceforge.net/), which is Universal Binary, stays current with the latest MAME version, and takes advantage of Core Image and Core Audio.

How does Joust 2 look on there? It would suit your layout better, since its vertical.

In my haste (and excitement) to see if the monitor still worked, I just plugged in my laptop using "video-mirroring", so I could not run it full-screen. When I get a bit more time I will check out some vertical games and post pics if you want. It is my plan to run everything full-screen when it is complete.

I'm glad to see there is Mac interest out there. I think it is only more difficult for us because the majority of developers are Windows based. I'm a mac guy through-and-through, so I want my arcade machine to be a mac-guy too.  Maybe I'll start some mac-specific posts if there is anyone out ther ewho wants to collaborate on bring some mac to the arcade community.

[Neverending Project]

Many thanks to the help (especially Level42) in determining that it was the "screen" control to return my monitor to a working state. But now a new phenomenon is occurring. When there is a lot of white on the screen, the monitor fades out to the washed out image I posted previously. If there is mostly black or dark on the monitor, it does not happen. Powering off the monitor or an ever-so-slight turn of the screen knob will correct the screen.

Nothing is moving or changing while the "fade" happens, and it seems to only take a few minutes before the screen is entirely washed out. It is like something is "leaking" when there is a bright image on the screen, but fine when it is dark.

Any ideas?