Re: Testing a G-08 color vector monitor

On Oct 26, 7:39pm, sickgear@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Subject: Re: Testing a G-08 color vector monitor
> On 10/26/98 13:07:12 you wrote:
> >
> >
> >Yikes, sounds like that tube is toast! In a related question, my Go8 has an
> >odd problem....
> >
> >I lost the picture on half the screen. Usually an x or y deflection problem
> >will collapse the picture into a flat vertical or horizontal line. What I
get
> >is the left half of the screen, witha line down the middle and the right
half
> >blank. All the defl trans check fine, and the resistor boards check good
> >also.
> >
> >Weird,
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >
> >
>
> Check the wiring from the boards to that molex connector and to the monitor.
 I destroyed a
> perfectly good (well, as good as those get) deflection board trying to find
the root of the exact
> same problem you're talking about, only to find out it was the wiring the
whole time.
>
> Anybody know why all the vectors would be drawn at a 45 degree angle (which
decreases as the game
> warms up... about 20 minutes and all the vectors are about flat)? That's the
final problem I have
> w/mine, and I can't figure it out. Everything is in the right place (vert.
and horiz deflection)
> just... flat. :(

Sounds like the XY pair in the card cage are messed up.

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Mark Jenison E-mail address: jenison@cig.mot.com
Cellular Infrastructure Group Motorola--Arlington Heights, IL
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Received on Tue Oct 27 09:02:09 1998