Re: sega monitor adjustment help

From: Mickey Johnson <mickster_at_derbyworks.net>
Date: Tue Mar 08 2011 - 22:06:59 EST

are these chips available anywhere or do I need a doner pcb.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Jenison" <jenison@enteract.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: sega monitor adjustment help

> Mickey,
>
> A bad custom chip on the main deflection board can cause this symptom.
> Not saying that this is what's happening in your case, but I had the exact
> same problem many years ago and it was because of the custom chip
> (swapping in a known good one made the problem go away).
>
> --
> Mark Jenison
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mickey Johnson" <mickster@derbyworks.net>
> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 9:34 PM
> Subject: VECTOR: sega monitor adjustment help
>
>
> I have a sega star trek in a convert-a-cab.
>
> I have a nice bright picture, but it does have one issue. If the monitor
> has to draw a box, it is the most evident, instead of being a square, its
> more like a parallelgram. The lower part of the square is shifted to the
> right a bit. I am used to adjusting atari games, but on sega I really
> don't know what to do to fix this. I have recapped the monitor with no
> improvement.
>
> Another example that shows the problem is a high score list. each score
> starting at the top and going down is shifted a bit to the right.
>
> In star trek its not very noticable, but switching to eliminator or zektor
> its very noticeable.
>
> I will say that all the vectors are connected very well and the
> convergence and focus are also very good.
>
> thanks in advance for any help,
> mickey
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