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Hello again, guys...

I've done work on my monitor in the past and fixed those problems with some of your advice. I even replaced the can capacitor and dramatically improved the quality and brightness of my image.

However now I have a new problem popping up. I run my Midway Space Invaders Deluxe machine for a few minutes and then suddenly what is a decent image (if not curved image, but that's another monitor problem, not for this thread) turns into displaying garbage. It can happen while I am playing a game, it can happen while the game sits in attract mode. It doesn't seem to matter. I can get it working right again if I let it sit for a few minutes after turning off and then on again, but turning it on again right away does nothing to fix the issue. I know there are some wonderful resources for troubleshooting Pac-Man machines problems, however I have been unable to find any good resources for Space Invaders of any sort, whether it's Taito or Midway, or any version that came after the original.

UPDATE: Fixed.
Problem: Bad leaf spring on replacement edge connector. Replacing it fixed my problem.
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