Re: Nintendo Arcade Repair Question - Monitor?

Hello;
If the characters are missing but everything else is there, then the
problem is in the PCB. The monitor has nothing to do with what image is on
the screen in that regard, the pcb tells it what to put on the screen
through the video wires and if part of the image is just not there it's
because the signal doesn't contain that part of the image. If it eventually
goes to what your picture shows, that means the sync is going crazy on it
which could be either the pcb or the monitor, but likely the pcb since you
already know from the characters missing that that's screwed up. Try
another board in it.

Ron

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Hi all,

I am buying a Donkey Kong 3 machine that is in somewhat working
order. The game comes up, you can begin to play, but from what I
understand, the characters are missing and eventually the screen goes
haywire.

I'm not sure if the problem lies in the pcb or the monitor. I'm
attaching a picture of the monitor. Does anyone know what might be
the cause of this? Is this in need of the cap kits I hear some much
about?

I got a good price on the machine and I am buying it primarily for the
cabinet. So if the board and/or monitor is toast, it won't depress me
too much. I would, however, like to know the cause and if its
repairable.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5307/f8313cm3.jpg

Thanks.



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