Nintendo Mario Bros Arcade Game - no video

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My boss asked me to help him move some stuff out of his basement. He had a Nintendo Mario Bros Arcade Game that he was going to pitch in the dumpster. He said the video stopped working and his wife wanted to see it go anyways. I put in the back of my truck and took it home. I plugged it in and it made all the right noises but no video. What would be my first step in getting the video back?

He bought it about 6 years ago. He had me locate it and buy it for him. We had to buy 3 machines just to get the one he wanted. He gave me a Ms Pacman machine with same problem and I sold it on ebay for 400 or so. When this one was going to hit the dumpster I couldn't resit to see what I could do with it. I listed it on ebay but not knowing the value I reserved it to high and it didn't sell but the highest bidder was 228.00. Should I just sell it for 200 or so? Or would it be worth fixing it?

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That should be a cheap and easy fix if you know how to solder . $200 non-working is a good price to sell . With the monitor working they're worth $350-$400 .
 
Looks to be in pretty good condition. Spare Nintendo monitors are not that hard to find. A cap kit might just do it for you also.
 
where are you located?

I am close to Indianapolis, IN.
I opened up the back to take a look. I took a few pics, check out my album. http://forums.arcade-museum.com/album.php?albumid=426

I found what appears to be a grounding ribbon broken right at a place that it was stapled. It was connected to the monitor. This machine was played up unitll he lost video about a month ago. I would hate to sell it and it be an easy fix. I wouldn't mind puting in to my man cave either.:D
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I tried to clean up a new connection but still no video. I pulled a little fuse on the monitor and will replace it today. I am a network admin by trade and my hardware expereince is a little rusty. If its a little soldering I should be ok but as far as testing capacitors, chips, fuses and such I have no expereince.
 
Grab your multi-meter and see if there's juice to the white plug that the monitor's plugged into. If you've got power to the plug, then you need to see if the monitor's circuit board (chassis) is working. The fuse is a good place to start. Once you've replaced the fuse, check to see if you have any orange glow on the neck (lights off makes this easy). If you have no neck glow, there's a very good chance you have a blown Line Output Transformer (flyback). Should that be the case, you can find a replacement at:

http://arcadecup.com/#tabs-3

Repairing a blown flyback isn't the WORST thing in the world to do, but it does require a bit of soldering knowledge, the ability to properly discharge a monitor, and some key tools to do the job properly. If you're not up to the challenge, I'd consider sending it directly to Chad at arcadecup or ask around here for someone who would be willing to replace the flyback for you. Expect to pay about $100 for the repair.

Examine the caps on the monitor's chassis too. If they're Sanyo capacitors, you might as well plan on replacing those too, since you'll already have the chassis out. That chassis is kind of a pain in the a** to get out compared to other arcade monitors, so the fewer times you need to pull it, the better.

Hope that helps! :)
 
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