Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: Belike on April 17, 2010, 01:43:04 PM
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Mybe it's a noob question, but this happened to my Star Wars Trilogy cabinet's monitor:
It was turned on, my 6 years old nephew played with it and there was a short circuit somewhere in my house, so I have to switch back the fuses to bring back electricity.
When it started to work again, colours was very strange, a lot of them was turned to purple(yellows mostly)
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-UA8BV99Des/S8mbYPkw6XI/AAAAAAAAAug/PDHmGKDljxg/s800/star%20wars%20burn%20003.jpg)
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-UA8BV99Des/S8mbdW83dKI/AAAAAAAAAuo/V8gQVJuezR8/s800/star%20wars%20burn%20005.jpg)
Is it rubbish or could be fixed somehow? ???
Thanks in advance. ;)
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Is it rubbish or could be fixed somehow? ???
It is just magnetized. Check if the degauss of the monitor is connected and working. To me it looks like it just need a good degauss. If the degauss system of the monitor is working, switch it on and off a few times at 15 seconds intervals and it should be OK. If not, you need to find an external degauss and use it on the monitor.
Bye,
Matteo
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Don't think the 15 seconds intervals will be long enough. The PTC won't have cooled down in that period of time.
But this will go away after a week or so, turning it on once in a while (2x a day or something like that).
You didn't move the cab while it was running by any chance ? Often this is the cause for this happening...
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Thanks for your help, I'm really happy, that I don't have to look for a new monitor.
And Andre, I didn't move the cabinet since I bought it about a month ago. ;D
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OK, well it must have been the power dip then...
By the way, at first instance I thought it was about a Atari VECTOR monitor because you mentioned SW ;)
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OK, well it must have been the power dip then...
By the way, at first instance I thought it was about a Atari VECTOR monitor because you mentioned SW ;)
Lol, I forgot "Trilogy", just 15 years difference! ;D