cwales
Well-known member
I picked up an Arkanoid machine for $100 last night... It's in a Lunar Rescue cabinet, kind of very messily wired together, the control panel was kind of messed up and I've got that mostly sorted out. The knob now works good which is what I was most concerned with so I figured I'd adjust the monitor.
It had like a dip on the side of the picture and I figured it was the vert hold. I found the pot on the board, put a screwdriver in, turned it slightly and the inside fell apart. I guess it had not been turned in a while.
I'm new to arcade machine repair and am far from confident. I can solder and such, but I don't really want to take the whole monitor board out and mess with the high voltage involved... Is these any way to fix this without taking it all out? should I find a TV repair guy to look at it?
It's worse than it was for sure, see attached before and after pictures.
It had like a dip on the side of the picture and I figured it was the vert hold. I found the pot on the board, put a screwdriver in, turned it slightly and the inside fell apart. I guess it had not been turned in a while.
I'm new to arcade machine repair and am far from confident. I can solder and such, but I don't really want to take the whole monitor board out and mess with the high voltage involved... Is these any way to fix this without taking it all out? should I find a TV repair guy to look at it?
It's worse than it was for sure, see attached before and after pictures.