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Some general quesitons about first MAME cabinet setup
Umgar:
The wire isn't connected to anything at the moment, it's literally just hanging free in the cabinet. That's the way it was when I received it. Should I attach it to a ground cable that hooks up to one of the cabinet screws?
CheffoJeffo:
My only concern is that it might be attached to something important (usually not the case, but I have seen some strange things) -- does one end trace back to the power supply ?
Never mind -- you are talking about the gray wire inside the sheath going to the monitor, right ? No problem with that -- the only thing I might do is tidy it a bit by wrapping it around the sheath.
I had thought that you were talking about the green/yellow wire. My mistake.
DillonFoulds:
I'm confused, is that a sleeved or un-sleeved wire? If unsleeved, then it's a ground wire, if it's sleeved, it could be the secondary sync line (possibly unused on your board). I'm just speculating here.
Also, like cheffojeffo said, your mystery box is just a power supply, yank it out.
Turnarcades:
This is just one of the many fun things you will encounter interfacing an arcade monitor to your PC. Whilst the Ultimarc kit is good at what it does, you will need to a bit of setting up and probably have to play around with resolutions, graphic effects (filters) and other software aspects before it runs as you want it, as it's likely your current PC setup has been optimised for a PC monitor so far.
Umgar:
Thanks for the help everyone. I have some more pics for clarification, just want to make sure I'm not yanking out anything I shouldn't o.O
So here is the power going into the monitor. The green wire goes nowhere ??? so I guess that' just a ground wire... when I trace it back it screws into a chassis screw next to the main PSU.
Following the three wires down, the purple wires eventually split:
With two going to what I guess is the "main" PSU at the bottom center of the cabinet:
And two going to the blue PSU:
Cheffo, you are saying I should disconnect the purple wires that go from the blue PSU to the split, and then remove the blue PSU altogether. Correct?
Turnarcades, the loose wire is coming out of the main data cable (the gray cable that looks like a CAT-5 cable) that goes to the monitor. The sheath of the cable ends and 6 wires come out:
white, black, red, brown, green - all wired into a plug which is plugged into the monitor. The 6th wire is bare / no color and just hangs free. Does that make sense?
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