jamesmallen
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Yesterday I picked up a Donkey Kong that I saw on Craigslist in pretty good shape. The game appears to play quite well, though I can't seem to find any self-test procedure to verify that there aren't any problems with the board. However, this post isn't about the board - it's about the monitor. I guess it's a Sanyo EZ?
The monitor appears to have a crisp picture, practically no burn-in, and all the gain/color controls work fine. However, every 5-10 seconds or so, the picture "shimmies" - squiggling a bit left to right. This is a very brief shimmy, then the picture goes back to normal. I opened up the cabinet to investigate the issue, and it sounds like there is a clicking or snapping noise coming from somewhere on the right side of the monitor board. I think it might be this silver thing that's circled in the picture below, but I can't be sure.
And here's a closeup of the silver thing:
Any ideas of things to check? I've never done any work on monitors before other than adjusting pots, so I'm obviously a little nervous, but if anyone has a clue of where to start, I'm very interested in expanding my monitor knowledge!
The monitor appears to have a crisp picture, practically no burn-in, and all the gain/color controls work fine. However, every 5-10 seconds or so, the picture "shimmies" - squiggling a bit left to right. This is a very brief shimmy, then the picture goes back to normal. I opened up the cabinet to investigate the issue, and it sounds like there is a clicking or snapping noise coming from somewhere on the right side of the monitor board. I think it might be this silver thing that's circled in the picture below, but I can't be sure.
And here's a closeup of the silver thing:
Any ideas of things to check? I've never done any work on monitors before other than adjusting pots, so I'm obviously a little nervous, but if anyone has a clue of where to start, I'm very interested in expanding my monitor knowledge!
