monitor doesn't always power up on first try - waddup??
In my Chase HQ game, there is a WG monitor. It's been in there since I got the game. Once it powers up, it looks great. But sometimes, it takes 2 or 3x of powering up the game via the top power switch on the cab to get the monitor to come on (the game boards will power up every time though- I know because I can hear the attract mode sounds and music). I checked the black and white AC wires for the monitor connection, and there is a molex connector between the wires coming off of the monitor, and the wire harness (as there normally is with these games). Originally there was another splice in between the molex connector and the monitor chassis that had those blue wire splicer-connector thingys, so I removed those, connected the wiring directly, and soldered there to eliminate that as a possible fault point, but the issue continues.
There is a green wire running for the ground from (I think) the orig wire harness to another green wire which is bolted to the monitor surround (the aluminum framing piece).
Does my issue sound like I just need to run a ground strap from the monitor surround down to the power supply? Or is it maybe something that's starting to fail on the monitor chassis? Once the monitor powers up, it looks great! I just don't want to destroy the power switch for the game (or the PCB boot circuit) powering the game off and on more than 1x to get everything going.
Thanks!
In my Chase HQ game, there is a WG monitor. It's been in there since I got the game. Once it powers up, it looks great. But sometimes, it takes 2 or 3x of powering up the game via the top power switch on the cab to get the monitor to come on (the game boards will power up every time though- I know because I can hear the attract mode sounds and music). I checked the black and white AC wires for the monitor connection, and there is a molex connector between the wires coming off of the monitor, and the wire harness (as there normally is with these games). Originally there was another splice in between the molex connector and the monitor chassis that had those blue wire splicer-connector thingys, so I removed those, connected the wiring directly, and soldered there to eliminate that as a possible fault point, but the issue continues.
There is a green wire running for the ground from (I think) the orig wire harness to another green wire which is bolted to the monitor surround (the aluminum framing piece).
Does my issue sound like I just need to run a ground strap from the monitor surround down to the power supply? Or is it maybe something that's starting to fail on the monitor chassis? Once the monitor powers up, it looks great! I just don't want to destroy the power switch for the game (or the PCB boot circuit) powering the game off and on more than 1x to get everything going.
Thanks!
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