82-T/A Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Hey guys! Thank you in advance for any advice you give (or don't, haha). I've got a really nice Galaga stand-up... the cabinet was rebuilt / restored by Chattanooga Pinball. I moved all of my internals into that cabinet, and everything worked great for a year and a half. I recently completed a move, and the monitor has completely died. As it was dying, it was taking longer to start up, and in most cases, the colors looked faded. Additionally, there seems to be a lot of burn-in onto the tube monitor, so I'm averse to simple doing a capacitor replacement. What are my options for replacement? I'd rather keep a tube monitor if I can, but if an LED monitor is the idea replacement, I'd go that route. Anyone know if there is a "kit?" Thanks!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discgolfer72 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Hey guys! Thank you in advance for any advice you give (or don't, haha). I've got a really nice Galaga stand-up... the cabinet was rebuilt / restored by Chattanooga Pinball. I moved all of my internals into that cabinet, and everything worked great for a year and a half. I recently completed a move, and the monitor has completely died. As it was dying, it was taking longer to start up, and in most cases, the colors looked faded. Additionally, there seems to be a lot of burn-in onto the tube monitor, so I'm averse to simple doing a capacitor replacement. What are my options for replacement? I'd rather keep a tube monitor if I can, but if an LED monitor is the idea replacement, I'd go that route. Anyone know if there is a "kit?" Thanks!!! the best option would be to find a replacement or rebuild your original cga monitor the cheap and easy option is to swap it out with a lcd screen if you do convert just make certain you use a correct lcd 4:3 screen and not a 16:9 screen the wide screen will look like crap and stretch the picture best option for a lcd replacement would be one of these since its native cga https://na.suzohapp.com/products/accessories/49-3223-01 the cheap route would be https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-19-LCD-Flat-Screen-VGA-Monitor-L1910-1280x1024-Grade-B/232720801674?epid=80077696&hash=item362f3d9f8a:g:cxEAAOSwQUhats6C and one of these https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gonbes-GBS8200-CGA-EGA-YUV-RGB-To-VGA-Arcade-Game-Video-Converter-Latest-aga/221649408037?epid=1348457668&hash=item339b559025:g:RDEAAOSwMmBVg3Vb but mileage wil vary on the picture quality the cga-vga boards are spotty on the quality 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1. Promise to never again do business with Chattanooga Pinball 2. If the burn is bothering you, a tube swap, at minimum, is your only option. A whole monitor swap would be you more expensive option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Okay if it was working and then started to die as you describe, it could very well be a bad flyback on the chassis board. Do you still have a neck glow when you power it one? That would at least verify that the heaters in the tube are working. But the flyback being such a heavy and large component on the chassis, can easily crack a solder join or trace near a solder joint when moving arcade cabs around. Obviously you need to be careful and either find someone to look at this if you aren't comfortable with discharging a CRT tube yourself or look up some videos on other arcade repair channels on YouTube before attempting it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 1. Promise to never again do business with Chattanooga Pinball Seconded. And all of the repair advice above is sound. One thing to consider: if you toss the CRT, you're tossing a good chunk of what makes the game the game. Unless the burn-in is really awful, I'd say keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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