Re: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video

Hi !

Did you check/replace all the chassis transistors?  Probably one of them is 
shorted to the chassis.  Insulating pads could be cracked/broken or 
missing... Check them with a DVM on continuity between chassis and outside 
of transistor.

Good Luck.

Steve

At 08:31 AM 7/18/2005, you wrote:
>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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