jimbodeanny
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Hey all,
It's been a while since I've posted. My Ms. Pac has been giving me a little head-scratcher - the monitor at least.
For the last couple months, when I power the game on, the monitor (G07) takes a crazy long time to warm up. What I mean is that when I first hit the power, the picture comes on, but it's out of focus, a little dim, and the screen flickers/twitches.
This goes on for at least 30 minutes. After anywhere between 30-50 minutes the picture looks perfect and all is well, but it always takes at least 30 minutes for the monitor to completely "warm up" with the picture looking good.
Now, I'll add that when I restored this game originally (a little over 3 years ago in fall of 2008), the G07 chassis was recapped (actually chris25810 did the cap kit). I don't remember if the flyback was replaced though.
After doing a fair amount of research through the threads, I imagine it's possible the tube is a bit "tired"? I'm guessing that a good place to start is to hook up a rejuvenator and get a read on the tube since the chassis was recapped not TOO long ago? I'm currently watching a few on ebay right now - a couple sencore's and BK 467s (and up) since those seem to be recommended the most. From what I've read, having a rejuvenator is a great tool to have regardless.
Can anyone chime in and give me their suggestions/thoughts? Am I on the right mindset for this issue?
Thanks much!
-Jim
P.S. I hate to say it, but I'm almost happy to have a problem to work on. This is the first time (ever) that I have all, but two of my games in storage and can't do much with this hobby due to lack of space and funds. Oh how unemployment hurts...
It's been a while since I've posted. My Ms. Pac has been giving me a little head-scratcher - the monitor at least.
For the last couple months, when I power the game on, the monitor (G07) takes a crazy long time to warm up. What I mean is that when I first hit the power, the picture comes on, but it's out of focus, a little dim, and the screen flickers/twitches.
This goes on for at least 30 minutes. After anywhere between 30-50 minutes the picture looks perfect and all is well, but it always takes at least 30 minutes for the monitor to completely "warm up" with the picture looking good.
Now, I'll add that when I restored this game originally (a little over 3 years ago in fall of 2008), the G07 chassis was recapped (actually chris25810 did the cap kit). I don't remember if the flyback was replaced though.
After doing a fair amount of research through the threads, I imagine it's possible the tube is a bit "tired"? I'm guessing that a good place to start is to hook up a rejuvenator and get a read on the tube since the chassis was recapped not TOO long ago? I'm currently watching a few on ebay right now - a couple sencore's and BK 467s (and up) since those seem to be recommended the most. From what I've read, having a rejuvenator is a great tool to have regardless.
Can anyone chime in and give me their suggestions/thoughts? Am I on the right mindset for this issue?
Thanks much!
-Jim
P.S. I hate to say it, but I'm almost happy to have a problem to work on. This is the first time (ever) that I have all, but two of my games in storage and can't do much with this hobby due to lack of space and funds. Oh how unemployment hurts...
