I killed Killer Instinct 2

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I have a dedicated KI2 that I've owned for about a year. A friend wanted to place it in his business for a while so I loaded it up and delivered it. When I plugged it in, all sounded well, but the monitor was not right. There was just a single colored spot on an all black screen. I turned it off, opened the rear door, fired it back up, and CRACK!!!!!!!!!!!! It made a hellish crack and smoke started to roar from the power supply. Did my P/S kill my monitor, or did my monitor kill my P/S?
 
This isn't the same one that's been plaguing Portland Craigslist is it? If it is then it deserves to be dead for awhile. ;)
 
I had a similar issue where the monitor only displayed a single dot and it was due to the yoke not being plugged into the chassis properly. You should disconnect the power and look at the monitor chassis to see if aything got unplugged. If the chassis wasn't secured properly it might have shifted.
 
I'm on the east coast, and I've owned my KI2 for a year. Probably not the Portland one.

I unplugged the monitor, and the game plays blind. I guess the power supply might not have been where the smoke was coming from. I opened it up and it looks healthy inside.

I pulled the monitor, and went to discharge it, but there was NOTHING at the anode cap. No juice at all. When they CRACK like lightning, and then there is no charge in the anode hole...what is it most likely?
 
All a person can do is dedcution. If smoke came from the power supply you might be lucky enought o have it only be the power suuply. Disconnect everything from the power supply and use a DMM to check your voltages. If the voltages are correct them you most likely had something let go on the chassis. I would bet it's your PS at fault here. Got antoher switcher around? ;)
 
I'm on the east coast, and I've owned my KI2 for a year. Probably not the Portland one.

I unplugged the monitor, and the game plays blind. I guess the power supply might not have been where the smoke was coming from. I opened it up and it looks healthy inside.

I pulled the monitor, and went to discharge it, but there was NOTHING at the anode cap. No juice at all. When they CRACK like lightning, and then there is no charge in the anode hole...what is it most likely?

Would it still play blind with a bad power supply? I am not sure the smoke was coming from the power supply, I thought it was, but I could be wrong.

I am guessing that since the game plays blind, and that there is no voltage at the anode, it's the monitor, and not the power supply.
 
Sorry I missed the partt about the game playing blind.

As Riptor mentioned - gotta visually inspect the monitor chassis now.
 
I have the chassis on my desk. One of the caps marked 85c 20% is blown wide open. The chassis is marked 092892 - WG918787

What chassis do I have?
 
Called Chad, he says it's a K7000 25". I guess it's on it's way to Arcade Cup. Sigh.
 
This isn't the same one that's been plaguing Portland Craigslist is it? If it is then it deserves to be dead for awhile. ;)

Haha! I know exactly what you're talking about! Folks have been replying to his posts telling him to knock it off etc...
 
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