RE: Trouble with Asteroids Deluxe monitor

From: Adin Petisca <apetisca_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri Aug 17 2001 - 00:25:29 EDT

The LED lights for about half a second when I turn it on. There is a faint
orange glow at the end of the tube. I do hear noise coming from the monitor.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com
> [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of jason Milsom
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:06 AM
> To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> Subject: RE: VECTOR: Trouble with Asteroids Deluxe monitor
>
>
> Sounds like you've got a monitor problem. Is the red LED on the monitor
> on all the time? Does the filament glow in the back of the picture tube?
> Can you tell if your high voltage is working (high pitched sound and
> static electricity around front of tube? Assuming you have a G05 monitor
> there are five fuses on the deflection board (the one mounted on the
> right side when looking at the back of the monitor. Have a look at
> those. Unfortunately Asteroids Dlx is a difficult game to work on the
> monitor while in the machine due to the way it is mounted. You may want
> to slide it out of the cabinet (two bolts, comes out from the back in
> its plywood frame) and set it somewhere where you can work on it but the
> connector still reaches. Please note: if you are not familiar with safe
> monitor handling techniques proceed with caution or seek local help.
>
> Jason Milsom
>
> http://community.webtv.net/MILSOM44/MilsomsPuband
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> ** To UNSUBSCRIBE from vectorlist, send a message with
> "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the
> ** message body to vectorlist-request@synthcom.com. Please direct other
> ** questions, comments, or problems to neil@synthcom.com.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
** To UNSUBSCRIBE from vectorlist, send a message with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the
** message body to vectorlist-request@synthcom.com. Please direct other
** questions, comments, or problems to neil@synthcom.com.
Received on Thu Aug 16 21:25:35 2001

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Fri Aug 01 2003 - 00:33:34 EDT