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Title: Will a cap kit likely fix this?
Post by: BLACK KNIGHT on November 24, 2003, 11:19:16 am

It's a 19" standard res monitor for Galaga 3.  The left half of the monitor is perfectly normal however the right half of the monitor bows upwards.  So the picture looks normal for the first half but then everything moves upwards on the second half.  Is this something a cap kit is likely to fix?

Title: Re:Will a cap kit likely fix this?
Post by: Ken Layton on November 24, 2003, 06:29:39 pm

Probably. See the thread further down the forum titled "Cap kit...What exactly does it fix?" dated last on Oct 30 I think.

Title: Re:Will a cap kit likely fix this?
Post by: paigeoliver on November 25, 2003, 07:49:26 am

Cap kit can fix everything.

Note, I didn't say that it WILL fix everything, just that it can. Absolutely any monitor issue other than an obviously cracked flyback, broken tube, or cracked neckboard should first be addressed with a cap kit.

Really, it is just best to cap any monitor more than 10 years old as soon as you get it.

Title: Re:Will a cap kit likely fix this?
Post by: BLACK KNIGHT on November 25, 2003, 09:43:43 am

Thanks guys...it definitely sounds like it falls under the category of geometric distortion which is something a cap kit can fix.  I'm gonna purchase one for that game and my Pole Position II monitor...I don't really get a pic on that but I think it's because of the vertical hold and horizontal being totally screwed up.  I plugged it into another monitor and it worked fine.  I figure it's worth the $10 to possibly bring a G07 back to life.  

Title: Re:Will a cap kit likely fix this?
Post by: tmasman on November 25, 2003, 10:44:58 am

Anybody know if you can install a cap kit on a TV?

I've got 2 27" TVs that have different problems...

On 1 the colors are fading & it's very hard to read text (while playing PS2 on it...)

On the other, it has horizontal squiggles that dance around the screen at different times.

I was thinking the first one would probably be fixable with a cap kit, but I'm not sure about the second.
How would I know what I need to get for them?  I haven't cracked the cases open yet, so I don't yet know what I'm dealing with inside them.  (the first one is in a typical black TV case, the second is an older console wooden type TV case)

Thanks for any input.  
(& yes I know about high voltage dangers & discharging it & all... No warnings needed here.)

Title: Re:Will a cap kit likely fix this?
Post by: menace on November 25, 2003, 10:59:05 am

I wrote all the electrolytic cap values down, e-mailed them to bob roberts and got a quote--it was a fairly large number so i paid like 11.00 for them instead of the usual 5.00.

Title: Re:Will a cap kit likely fix this?
Post by: Ken Layton on November 25, 2003, 11:27:03 am

Yup, for a tv set that's about what you'd have to do. Open it up and write down the values and voltage rating of the electrolytic capacitors. Here's where it gets tricky. Most consumer grade tv sets are using a lot of surface mount components (including electrolytic caps) which require much more advanced (and expensive) soldering/desoldering equipment. If you are able to just replace caps in the power supply and video section you should be ok, but once you start changing caps in the tuner and stereo sound section you'll need expensive test equipment to realign and readjust everything because of the new components.