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Title: My new MK2 machine monitor just quit! HELP!
Post by: MK3FAN on December 03, 2007, 07:42:02 pm
I just got this machine today. I took the monitor out to clean and inspect it. I put it back in and turned it on. Everything was fine. When I went up to it to clean the face, as soon as I touched it, I discharged some kind of static build up and the monitor went to just a straight line across it. Anyone know why this happened or how to fix it? Please help! Haven't even got to play the game yet. Thanks in advance.

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Title: Re: My new MK2 machine monitor just quit! HELP!
Post by: MK3FAN on December 03, 2007, 07:54:43 pm
Nevermind guys. I just left if off for an hour or so and the caps apparetnly discharged and the monitor works great now. Sorry to have wasted all your time. 
Title: Re: My new MK2 machine monitor just quit! HELP!
Post by: Arm123 on December 03, 2007, 08:21:30 pm
Scary stuff   ;D

That’s happened to me a few times, but i was never lucky enough to have it go back to normal.
Title: Re: My new MK2 machine monitor just quit! HELP!
Post by: MK3FAN on December 04, 2007, 12:15:33 am
All I did was unplug the machine for an hour or so, but I also disconnected the chassis from the tube. Perhaps the static discharge drained some of the caps and they needed to be reset. I don't know. I guess I just got lucky.
Title: Re: My new MK2 machine monitor just quit! HELP!
Post by: northerngames on December 05, 2007, 09:50:57 am
cab looks sharp