Re: BattleZone Monitor? Problem

Just an update, looked at it last night, pulled the monitor out and set it on a
small table next to the machine for testing. Discharged the tube, took off the HV
cage shield, and have not seen the problem since. The jumping has stopped, but the
vectors are all "crinkled". I moved the connector on the main harness that connects
to the AVG board and the crinkles went away. Moved them again and they came back.
Looks like it's time for a new connector. Could this be what was causing the
jumping? I'll update again in a week or so when I get a new connector and solder it
on.

Thanks to all,

-Al-

Zonn wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:37:08 -0400, you wrote:
>
> If the horizontal *is* rock solid, then it's not the HV.
>
> Have you checked the size pots? Spray some electronic cleaning stuff
> (Radio Shack sells something along those lines) into the size
> potentiometers and give them a few twist from end to end. This is a
> very common problem on the Cinematronics monitors where the pots are
> on the monitor.
>
> It sounds like a thermal problem of some type, and since you tried
> freeze spray on the VG, try it on the input transistors, resistors,
> and capacitors of the vertical section of the monitor.
>
> An X/Y scope would be useful here to determine whether it's the board
> or monitor at fault.
>
> -Zonn
Received on Tue Jul 20 09:10:41 1999