jtslade69
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So I did my 1st capkit, ordered from Arcadeshop.com
as a newbie I missed that two (actually three if you count C313)
caps were way wrong..
C303 and C308 instead of the 2.2uf @ 50v they sent 22uf @50v
I of course installed all the caps in the kit except C313 not noticing the error..
Then as has been seen in tons of my last posts
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=266343
I get a weird Fold-Over at the top of the screen?
Everything else looked good and after a call to John Pruski, Tech Support at Wells Gardner Electronics
The course of action that I could do was to swap back in the original caps starting with C300's in video output..
So I swapped C311, C310 and when I get to C308 I notice that the new cap installed is a 22uf instead of the 2.2uf one.
I freak a little bit and swap back my original 2.2uf at both C308 and C303 which are both the wrong 22uf from the Arcadeshop capkit.
Guess what, after putting those back I get nothing from the monitor, no hiss, no picture, dead...
I'm a bit crushed as this morning I had a not perfect output with foldover that was corrected with the V-Damp, cutting about 1 1/2 inches from the top, but playable enough for an expo.
Now I have nothing and I don't know what to do or where to check. Sorry for the rant but I am mad at myself, mad at Arcadeshop, just bummed in general. It's my fault for not ordering from Bob Roberts.
Lesson Learned the very hard way.
as a newbie I missed that two (actually three if you count C313)
caps were way wrong..
C303 and C308 instead of the 2.2uf @ 50v they sent 22uf @50v
I of course installed all the caps in the kit except C313 not noticing the error..
Then as has been seen in tons of my last posts
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=266343
I get a weird Fold-Over at the top of the screen?
Everything else looked good and after a call to John Pruski, Tech Support at Wells Gardner Electronics
The course of action that I could do was to swap back in the original caps starting with C300's in video output..
So I swapped C311, C310 and when I get to C308 I notice that the new cap installed is a 22uf instead of the 2.2uf one.
I freak a little bit and swap back my original 2.2uf at both C308 and C303 which are both the wrong 22uf from the Arcadeshop capkit.
Guess what, after putting those back I get nothing from the monitor, no hiss, no picture, dead...
I'm a bit crushed as this morning I had a not perfect output with foldover that was corrected with the V-Damp, cutting about 1 1/2 inches from the top, but playable enough for an expo.
Now I have nothing and I don't know what to do or where to check. Sorry for the rant but I am mad at myself, mad at Arcadeshop, just bummed in general. It's my fault for not ordering from Bob Roberts.
Lesson Learned the very hard way.
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