Think I need a cap kit...help! (central Iowa)

spauldingd

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I picked up a decent DK Jr. cocktail machine off eBay. I have a pinall machine and a MAME box, but this is my first real video game. The game plays and is in decent shape but there are a bunch of messy artifacts and fuzzy stuff going on especially when the game is cold. I'm assuming this would be fixed with a cap kit but I'm not sure I am up to doing this myself without electrocution.

Is there anyone in the central Iowa area that would be able to help me out? Certainly willing to pay, especially if you let me watch you fix it.

Thanks,
Dave in Des Moines
 
for future reference (not to sound like an ass, just because others will probably let ya know) this should go in the monitor forum.

but, as far as yr. problem goes, can you post a picture of what it's doing? it could be a cap problem, but there could be other issues, such as broken/cold solder joints that are causing your issue.
 
If your seeing graphics problems like artifacts its more likely a board or power supply issue rather than monitor.
Post a picture of a screenshot.
 
Thanks guys, I'll try to get a picture, but it will be a bit more difficult now (I hope). When I heard it could be a cold solder or board issue I went out to play it again and the problem was much worse, basically unplayable. I shut it down and pulled the connector from the board and re-connected it and it was much improved. Actually pretty good. The colors are a bit off, but just a hint of crawl around some of the moving sprites. I think I'll just clean it up a bit, touch up some paint, add a button somewhere to coin-up the machine and replace the 2 missing buttons and call it good and see if it holds up.

My deal got a tiny bit better after I found $1.25 inside (.25 Canadian)!

Maybe with the machine in the house I can finally get past the second screen. Back in the day I could never invest the tokens necessary to get any good at this game at all.

Dave in Des Moines
 
what do you mean by a hint of crawl? like the sprite is broken up (more like a board issue), or is it a little shadow/blurriness like a focus problem?
 
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