Re: TECH: Battlezone 15" monitor question (G05-805)

Well, at least it is an easy fix... but a real bummer about the part. Is it possible to use freeze spray to verify that this is the part going bad or will I electrocute myself? Looks like I have some reading to do...

Thanks for the information!
-Commander Dave
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mills, Lewis
  To: 'vectorlist@synthcom.com'
  Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:14 AM
  Subject: RE: VECTOR: TECH: Battlezone 15" monitor question (G05-805)

  Dave,
  Diagnosis is pretty easy, repair is pretty easy, but the part is getting harder to find. The symptom is called (at least on this list) "blooming," and it seems always to be caused by a failing HV diode. It can be replaced with an sk7333, an sk7330, the original Varo h1812, an NTE527A, none of which are currently in production. The 7330 and the H1812 are drop-in replacements. Rodger Boots posted less than a month ago that he had 2 H1812s available; he might still have one.
  Lewis
    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of Commander Dave
    Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:43 AM
    To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
    Subject: VECTOR: TECH: Battlezone 15" monitor question (G05-805)

    I finished repairing both my Battlezone boardsets, but have a problem with the monitor with both boards. When you turn the game on cold, everything is fine. As the game warms up, the monitor picture expands until the radar/high scores off the screen. I'm not sure if it expands side to side, but I haven't really noticed it doing that.

    Haven't worked on Vector monitors before, but I was thinking a cap kit... until I looked and saw there were very few caps. Can anyone point me to something to try? Is there a common fix for this problem? It's the last repair I have to do to this machine and would love to get it out of the way soon.

    Thanks,
    -Commander Dave

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Received on Thu Jul 11 11:34:56 2002