Sounds like you need to do a complete rebuild on your chassis. We when talk about doing a rebuild, we are basically saying you need to replace the flyback and the HOT (or Horizontal Output Transistor) and install a cap kit. You should be able to get all of these things from Bob Roberts (http://www.therealbobroberts.net). Please see our post on Installing A Cap Kit for more information. Also, check out our online store where we have our Volume 2 DVD on sale which has some videos on replacing the HOT and flyback.

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I have just brought myself an old arcade machine. After it has been on and playing for around 20 minutes the screen starts to flicker and what sound like an electrical crackle can be heard. This continues and gets worse until it seems best to turn if off before some damage is done to the screen. When the back is off electrical arcing can be seen on the back board of the screen. The monitor is a Hantarex model MTC 9000.
Any help or advice would be appreciated
Many thanks
Tom

We can tell you that a hole in the flyback is never a good thing. You will definitely need a new flyback in order to fix your monitor so you might go ahead and order one. You might try testing the HOT before installing the new flyback as this could cause it to go bad. Since you have a Wells Gardner, you might try calling them as they are usually very helpful with these types of issues. You can find their contact information on their website at http://www.wellsgardner.com/.

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I just bought a broken machine last night that had a known inoperative Wells Gardner 25K7971. The previous owner description was that “the light bulb had blown after he had it moved from down stairs to upstairs”. At that point I determined I wasn’t going to be getting much more information out of him than that.

I got the machine home plugged it in and turned it on… and CRACK! FLASH! SMOKE!… I then uplugged it promptly.

After pulling the chassis, I found that the flyback had a big hole melted through it.

My biggest fear is to replace the flyback and have the same results. Do you guys have any idea what would cause this? I am concerned that there is another problem. The ride home was a little rough, could I have damaged something in the tube or elsewhere? Are there any checks I can do to verify the tube is good? (Note: I was in my garage with the temperature being about 18 degrees F and there is no physical evidence of any other failures)

Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

This screen positioning issue that you are describing really sounds more like an adjustment on the monitor chassis. We would definitely recommend taking a look at our post on Adjusting An Arcade Monitor to make sure you have everything set correctly. If the problem is not in these adjustments then the problem is probably related to your monitor chassis and most likely your vertical IC. Check the components in this section to make sure that everything looks good.

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Apparently Golden Tee Fore requires a standard resolution arcade monitor while Golden Tee Complete requires a medium resolution arcade monitor. This is why you see the double image. It could be that your monitor is switchable meaning that it supports both standard and medium resolutions. If it is not, however, you will need to get a medium resolution monitor for the game to play correctly.

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do u know how to set it back to those settings? i have tryed everything and messed with the controls on the back but if i’m
missing something then please let me know.

thanks again!
Mike

i also went into the menu where you can check the pattern settings
to ajust the screen but that doesn’t help any and this is the original monitor from the original cabinet.

i hope to hear from u and thanks!
Mike