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Possible Flyback Problem
« 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




Thanks Ton For The Help   
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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2007, 10:12:17 am »
Flyback is shot.

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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2007, 10:19:21 am »

Wow.  Dude actually got a picture of arcing from the flyback.  How specific is that?    :cheers:

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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2007, 10:51:38 am »
Flyback is shot.

I was a afraid of that  :'(


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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2007, 09:32:02 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

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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2007, 12:12:45 am »
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.

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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2007, 01:00:35 am »

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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2007, 07:51:30 am »
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. 

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.

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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #9 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?


 

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Re: Possible Flyback Problem
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2007, 09:27:13 am »
Of course you can try.  Whether you find one or not remains to be seen.