Re: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video

Hey, welcome, let's get this sucker fixed.  I've been advising him to
this point, figured if anyone can get him the info he needs now, it's
you guys.

Chad

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> Hello all.  I've been researching this over the last several weeks, I 
> finally found this place :)  I picked up an asteroids game for free :)
>  Just  no video, everything else seems to work.
> 
> It's a WG 19V2000 monitor.
> The problem is the F100 fuse blows right away when the monitor is
> powered up.
> 
> I've been asking around and apparently this is a common problem with
> the  19V2000?  And that I'd need a rebuild kit.  Looks up prices,
> bought the kit  and a new big blue form Bob Roberts.    Even if this
> doesn't fix the problem  it is for the good :)  I also hear it might
> be a bad HV diode??
> 
> Either way this requires dicharging the monitor which is something I
> don't  want to do on my own.  So I am thinking about calling a local
> tv repair  place.  Good idea?
> What type of things should I ask?  I know that the monitor needs to be
> discharged slowly as to not blow the HV diode.  A TV repair person
> would have a good discharging tool, right?
> Do you need to discharge with the chassis pcb still plugged into  the
> HV  circuit and such?
> I hope the TV repair person would put in the 4 caps of the rebuild kit
> that  go on the HV circuit.  I would feel safer for myself then.  I
> can handle the  rest.
> 
> All I have done so far is take the monitor out of the cabinet and test
> to  make sure the voltages going to the monitor are within tolerances.
>  So far  everything checks out.
> 
> The other possibility is could something be wrong with the game PCB to
> cause  this problem?
> 
> Pics
> http://photobucket.com/albums/v472/SirPoonga/asteroids/
> 
> Ultimately if I get this going I might try and find a robotron
> cocktail  cabinet or make one.  I'd rather have a cocktail table as
> that is less  intrusive in an apartment.  And since I don't have an
> original cabinet  anyway I wouldn't feel bad about getting rid of it.
> 
> 
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