john rainbo
Active member
Playchoice 10 single monitor issue when going back to the menu screen
So, I've had a playchoice 10 for a while now. It's a single monitor version that is in an old Donkey Kong/Super Mario machine. Overall everything is very nice on it. However, I've always had a bit of a strange issue:
When I go back to the menu screen to pick a new game, there would be many times the screen would be out of sync... I guess. It looks as if the horizontal hold is out of whack. It only happens when I go to the menu screen, and it happens about... oh... 35% of the time. No big deal, as when you pick a game, everything goes back to normal. Then back to the screen, and it's probably fine.
UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
Last night, I was playing Super Mario Bros in slot one. I went to the menu screen to change the game, and the screen went black. WTF? You could still hear the game I just (blind) picked, but the screen went black. I turned the machine off and then back on (quickly) and the screen was still black. However, leaving it off for about 5 or 6 seconds is enough for it to snap out of the issue.
This only ONLY happens, now, when sometimes going back to the menu screen. What do you suppose this is? The screen on the monitor does a sort of odd circle fade... but it's not losing power. To make matters stranger, it seems that this problem is only when I get out of a game of Mario. However, since it's so new of an issue, that may not be the case, but it's the only game that my machine does it to so far.
So... what is this?!
So, I've had a playchoice 10 for a while now. It's a single monitor version that is in an old Donkey Kong/Super Mario machine. Overall everything is very nice on it. However, I've always had a bit of a strange issue:
When I go back to the menu screen to pick a new game, there would be many times the screen would be out of sync... I guess. It looks as if the horizontal hold is out of whack. It only happens when I go to the menu screen, and it happens about... oh... 35% of the time. No big deal, as when you pick a game, everything goes back to normal. Then back to the screen, and it's probably fine.
UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
Last night, I was playing Super Mario Bros in slot one. I went to the menu screen to change the game, and the screen went black. WTF? You could still hear the game I just (blind) picked, but the screen went black. I turned the machine off and then back on (quickly) and the screen was still black. However, leaving it off for about 5 or 6 seconds is enough for it to snap out of the issue.
This only ONLY happens, now, when sometimes going back to the menu screen. What do you suppose this is? The screen on the monitor does a sort of odd circle fade... but it's not losing power. To make matters stranger, it seems that this problem is only when I get out of a game of Mario. However, since it's so new of an issue, that may not be the case, but it's the only game that my machine does it to so far.
So... what is this?!