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I'm trying to find out how i can turn on the monitor that's in my cabinet that i just bought... the monitor looks pretty and I'm going to be sticking a computer into it and run mame on it. So I'm wanting to use the monitor as the screen...
Any help would be grateful to make this monitor power up.
Also what parts are required to use the monitor with a computer?
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You didn't mention what kind of monitor you have, but I'd use the existing wiring scheme if it's an arcade monitor.
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It is an arcade monitor that came in the cabinet when i bought it.... I got the monitor to power up and did find out that it works, or at least it will power up and let you mess with the brightness and such. Now i need to figure out what monitor it is.
Any tips on where i can find where it says what the monitor is... All i know from just looking at it with a flash light is that on the tube it's got a pretty new looking blue and white sticker that says Samsung on it...
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post a photo of the chassis(monitor control board)
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check out ULTIMARC.COM for ArcadeVGA cards, that will allow you to use a CPU with an arcade CRT.
Also, most arcade CRTs require the use of an isolation transformer. Don't try to power it up without one, you will damage the monitor.
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Well I've already powered up the screen and saw that it works great except for the fact that there is a discolored area in the middle near the top... nothing big, you don't even notice it if your messing with mame or anything like that. I'm thinking it might need degausing? unless it's just like that O.o but no everything else works great. made my own power cable and my own video cable to connect the monitor to the video card in the computer.
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So you are running an arcade CRT without an ISO transformer?
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