Strange color issue out of nowhere...

dealerjim

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New guy here. :)

Recently bought a Ms Pacman cocktail with a WG K4900 that had blue jail bars and a 4" x 2" blacked out spot in the lower left hand corner that had no image at all. I bought and installed a cap kit which fixed both issues and the monitor looked as good as new after some slight adjustments to the convergence.

Fast forward to a week later. I turned the machine on and the right side of the screen looks as if there's been a large magnet sitting next to the cabinet. I can open the cabinet, tilt the monitor out and it looks perfect, close it and it discolors again. I'm at a complete loss on this one. Any help would be most appreciated. Pictures listed below:

Cabinet Opened

http://midsouthmuscle.com/images/IMG_1252.jpg

Cabinet Closed

http://midsouthmuscle.com/images/IMG_1253.jpg
 
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you will need to degauss it in the closed position. with a coil or wand.

if you dont have one a power drill will work. NOT a cordless drill one you plug into a wall. turn your game on. turn the drill on close to the schreen and go in circles slowly moving away from the tube.

if you dont have a drill/coil/wand. you can do it manually with the built in degauss coil around the tube.
turn your game on for a couple seconds turn it off for 30 mins then turn it back on again.

you will need to do this several times to get it to manually degauss it's self.

Peace
Buffett
 
Just turned it back on after sitting all night and now all is good again. Kept turning it off and on last night to no avail. Guess it just needed to be powered down for a while in order for the degauss to work. Thanks for the help... :)
 
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