Hello! I've been attempting to restore an Asteroids machine as of late, and came across an issue I couldn't immediately diagnose. It has a WG 19V2000 monitor that I have replaced the caps, most of the connectors (the X and Y's, as well as the 10pin one), two pots (not the contrast and brightness, they were a different shape than the ones in the kit I received from Bob Roberts) and all fuses on the deflection board, but not the HV board yet. I also replaced the transistors on the chassis.
Before the cap kit, the game played well, but there was some slightly garbled graphics in the middle of the screen, with the top and bottom of the picture sharp. The X and Y connectors were loose as well, and had to be fiddled with to maintain picture. I let it run on a hot day for a while, and it failed all together, with the tube filament glowing, and the LED on the deflection board staying on. I figured a cap kit and some new pots and connectors would do the trick! I checked and rechecked all the old solder points as well.
I've installed all of the parts, put it back together for a test, and the monitor shows a bright, short, vertical line in the center of the screen, with no LED lit on the defl board. This would be fine to diagnose, except I smelled and saw smoke coming from the back! I checked and it was R100 smoking. I've read that R100 and R101 can be removed and simply jumpered permanently. Is this true? And is the vertical line occurring because I haven't re-capped the HV board?
Before the cap kit, the game played well, but there was some slightly garbled graphics in the middle of the screen, with the top and bottom of the picture sharp. The X and Y connectors were loose as well, and had to be fiddled with to maintain picture. I let it run on a hot day for a while, and it failed all together, with the tube filament glowing, and the LED on the deflection board staying on. I figured a cap kit and some new pots and connectors would do the trick! I checked and rechecked all the old solder points as well.
I've installed all of the parts, put it back together for a test, and the monitor shows a bright, short, vertical line in the center of the screen, with no LED lit on the defl board. This would be fine to diagnose, except I smelled and saw smoke coming from the back! I checked and it was R100 smoking. I've read that R100 and R101 can be removed and simply jumpered permanently. Is this true? And is the vertical line occurring because I haven't re-capped the HV board?

