Re: Tech: Help with SID Monitor issue please!

Frank Traut wrote:
Got an original UR Space Invaders Deluxe with a monitor issue.
Seems that some of the graphics are not being displayed.
I've removed the chassis board (it's a Motorola) and touched
up ALL solder joints. No change in picture. Thinking there
must be a bad component, but which one? Acting as if one of
the colours are out, but it's a B/W monitor!! lol

CPU Boards are perfectly fine and have tested them in
another SI machine to be sure they are not the culprit.

I've uploaded pics to my site. Please take a look at
'em to see what the problem may be. Thanks in advance
for any help!

www.coinopdreams.com/sidm


That's bizarre. Are you sure it isn't the power supply in the cabinet? That really doesn't look like a monitor problem.

IIRC these use composite video monitors, so you can feed the signal from the video out on a VCR, DVD player, etc to them. You might try that and see what the picture looks like.
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