Dokert
Well-known member
Come on Arc... we don't need yet another thread locked.
Admin & team, could we get a Monitor Repair section added and split off the monitor threads to that section. It would sure help clean up things in the repair area.
I'd even volunteer to temporarily have enough power to move the threads over to the monitor section if you needed the help.
RJ
I really like this idea. If repair was broken down into smaller more focused categories, it might actually be easier to find things. I'm wondering if having one of the repair sub-forums being cabinet restoration questions would be good too. Right now you get them in repair or general and things just seem to get lost. It would be nice to have all the bondo, painting, artwork applying, etc. in one place. General Arcade discussion would be a better place for before and after type stuff to pimp your restored game. But all the details about how do you do it, is in the restoration forum.
I didn't put much time into the list below. It may be way too many subgroups, but I think it is pretty clean separation of items and a good place to start the discussion from. You could start in general if you don't know what is wrong with your game and start a separate thread if it is determined the monitor is hosed and your going to dig into that. Some things overlap like monitor repairs and kits / mods when you talk about an LV6100 mod for a WG6100. It is ok for it to be in either location as either location would be a reasonable forum to search for a monitor mod. Anyway, here are my suggested forums in bold followed by what content they might contain.
General Repair
Questions
Troubleshooting
PCB identification
OT Repairs
Monitor Repair
Chassis
tubes
rejuvenation
parts
tube swaps
Cabinet Restoration
Bondo
paint
artwork
control panels
hardware
etc.
Game Electronics Repair
PCB repair
Power supplies
coin door
marquee lights
control electronics
instrumentation
Kits and Modifications
High score saves
multi-game kits
Monitor mods
PCB switchers
Tool Shed
soldering irons
scopes
probes
rejuvenators
ROM burners
paint sprayers
security bits
-VJ
To me it seems that a lot of other forums use a lot more "sticky" posts... I'm a bit surprised there aren't more basic answers (Monitor Discharge/Cap Kit 101/jamma pinout etc) or an FAQ stuck at the top of the repair section...
I like the ideas presented here, but would like to see the monitors section broken down maybe by the most common models that people are having problems with such as... 4600, 4900, G07, I don't know what my monitor is, etc.



