possibly shorted monitor....help!

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Hi! For Christmas my dad a yardsale nut) got us a Vs. Super Mario Bros system. Everything but the sound was working correctly, other than a few superficial flaws. The plan is it fix the sound (husband's job) and make it all pretty (my job). Please note we are newbs when it comes to arcade machines. Today while I was cooking lunch the husband was messing around in the back checking fuses and the sort. For some reason (he doesn't even understand why he did such a thing), he took out a 300ma fuse at the rear of the monitor that is to the right of the heat sink and put a key on the fuse clip. This of course resulted in a flash and now the monitor is now blank. Is the monitor toast or is this something that can be repaired?

note: we are well aware of the high voltage stored in monitors. My husband is constantly telling me to be careful and to not touch anything when we are back there. However, feel free to lecture away. :)
 
He mos tlikely shorted the monitor out. If the monitor was working before, the sound board was probably all that needed work. While it is mounted on the monitor, it only needs the monitor to work for it to get power, and fixing or replacing it isn't difficult.

Unfortunately, at your experience level, it may not be possible for you to fix your monitor yourself. You may check to see if you blew a fuse in the bottom of the cabinet, though. And check it with a multimeter, not a key! if you can't do that, take it to Radio Shack and have them test it for you (make sure you remember which fuses go where).

If you need someone to fix your monitor, contact Chad at www.arcadecup.com....
 
Thanks guys! Upon further inspection we found a fuse a bit further back that is blown. We are hopefully that this was the flash he saw and the reason the power on the monitor is no longer working. We called in a friend who knows a bit more about this stuff than we do and they are off to radio shack for a new fuse. Will keep you posted!
 
Just make sure the fuses are the proper size before being put in - not just physically (the 300ma fuse is shorter than normal fuses) but that the Amperage rating is the same (do NOT put a 3-amp fuse where a 2-amp fuse is called for, etc)....
 
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