Re: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video

FYI I am in WI.

I have no clue what the cabinet is.  It does say sunsoft on the control 
panel, but not sure if that is original or not.

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Kirby G" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:43:27 -0500

Dude, I'll give you an empty Asteroids cabinet if you will just remove the
innards from that abomination.  What is that, a Bump n' Jump or Journey
conversion?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sir Poonga" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 10:31 AM
Subject: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video


 > 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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