Ebay Arcade Purchase- Rebuilt Sanyo 20EZ Monitor went from great, to OK, to black! 
This is my first post- Thanks so much for reading, and Merry Christmas!
Okay, I dropped a chunk of change on a beautiful Donkey Kong Jr. cabinet (with the 60- game board) with a freshly rebuilt Sanyo 20EZ monitor, new buttons, new light bar, T-Joint (whatever that is)...it looked and sounded wonderful. The guy was super nice, too
Received it 3 days ago via Fedex freight. I didn't even take it off the pallet, just gently pushed it to a side wall in the garage and plugged it in. The monitor initialized and it was all GREAT! We were in arcade heaven.
At first it worked GREAT. Colors vivid, just super. Yesterday night I was watching my son play and noticed about a 5-inch semicircle at the top of the screen that almost looked like...fading? The colors were still there, but in that area were washed out as compared to the rest of the screen.
This morning, after opening a few presents, we of course make a beeline for the game and the monitor is black.
* We left it plugged in continuously since receiving it (is this bad?)
* The temp outside went from 70 to upper 20's in a little over 24 hours (first snow over Christmas in Dallas in over 80 years!). - I have to say that the garage was at no time really that cold. Yep, it was cool, but you could be barefoot and did not need a coat or anything to be in it.
*Machine was placed against an outside facing wall (wood/brick exterior).
*By manipulating the buttons we can hear sounds and games will start, but the monitor is just completely black.
*Light bar across the top of cabinet works beautifully.
I have read all of the threads about cold garages...being a newcomer to the arcade world, we had no idea this would even be an issue. Could the temp change really do that over the course of a day or two? It was plugged in the entire time.
Any help is MUCH appreciated. We've never been so excited or in love with a purchase in our lives, and this has made for a horrible experience.
This is my first post- Thanks so much for reading, and Merry Christmas!
Okay, I dropped a chunk of change on a beautiful Donkey Kong Jr. cabinet (with the 60- game board) with a freshly rebuilt Sanyo 20EZ monitor, new buttons, new light bar, T-Joint (whatever that is)...it looked and sounded wonderful. The guy was super nice, too
Received it 3 days ago via Fedex freight. I didn't even take it off the pallet, just gently pushed it to a side wall in the garage and plugged it in. The monitor initialized and it was all GREAT! We were in arcade heaven.
At first it worked GREAT. Colors vivid, just super. Yesterday night I was watching my son play and noticed about a 5-inch semicircle at the top of the screen that almost looked like...fading? The colors were still there, but in that area were washed out as compared to the rest of the screen.
This morning, after opening a few presents, we of course make a beeline for the game and the monitor is black.
* We left it plugged in continuously since receiving it (is this bad?)
* The temp outside went from 70 to upper 20's in a little over 24 hours (first snow over Christmas in Dallas in over 80 years!). - I have to say that the garage was at no time really that cold. Yep, it was cool, but you could be barefoot and did not need a coat or anything to be in it.
*Machine was placed against an outside facing wall (wood/brick exterior).
*By manipulating the buttons we can hear sounds and games will start, but the monitor is just completely black.
*Light bar across the top of cabinet works beautifully.
I have read all of the threads about cold garages...being a newcomer to the arcade world, we had no idea this would even be an issue. Could the temp change really do that over the course of a day or two? It was plugged in the entire time.
Any help is MUCH appreciated. We've never been so excited or in love with a purchase in our lives, and this has made for a horrible experience.