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I can't believe it fit! (with new pictures 6-1-05)
AmericanDemon:
You got lucky on that monitor Alan. To be honest I am envious as my monitor will only do 640 x 480.
AlanS17:
I did get lucky... lucky I didn't break it trying to install it. At any given moment, this exact same monitor is selling on Ebay. They're pretty darn common.
It's a Gateway Destination series monitor. They were built for presentations. Here's an auction of one such monitor:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41807&item=5202723582&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
It's going for $100 and nobody has bid on it. Of course, this dude set a reserve so I don't kow what he's wanting for it.
They usually sell for pretty cheap (at least compared to arcade monitors of the same size) because they're pretty much useless as regular computer monitors. They're too big and they only output up to 800x600. And these days when someone wants to give a presentation they just use a projector with a larger picture and high resolution.
ChadTower:
For your sake, I sure hope you came up with a way to vent heat from that sucker and do it reliably. I also hope you did some basic math to balance out the weight of the cab, making sure it's not so top heavy that it's going to topple over when you move it, or wobble like crazy when you play hard.
Did you reground it properly? Most cased monitors ground to the inside of the casing at various points. Remove that casing, and you remove the common ground.
AlanS17:
The top of the cabinet already has multiple heat vents. I won't know how effective they are until this thing gets up and running. I can always enlarge them, but I seriously don't see it being an issue.
As for top-heaviness, I'm not concerned. This thing will never be moved with the monitor in it. It would simply be too heavy to move with the monitor still installed. It's also just too heavy to wobble. I don't know proptionately how much heavier it is than that 25" monitor that was in there bfore, but it can't be THAT much more. I'm guessing maybe it's 20 or 30 pounds more.
As for grounding, it came out of a plastic case that had no grounding connections to the case, itself. There was no internal groun wiring for the case. It's just a giant plastic shell. It all removed pretty easily. The only grounding was down to the chassis, and that was done in like 4 places. Those all have been replaced properly.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on June 01, 2005, 12:38:14 pm ---The top of the cabinet already has multiple heat vents. I won't know how effective they are until this thing gets up and running. I can always enlarge them, but I seriously don't see it being an issue.
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I would put a small vent fan on at least one of those vents, with the game going the sound would be inaudible. There's not point in finding a design flaw by letting the machine fail rather than spending $5 on a fan.
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