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arcade ground question.

Question from Marco: im busy with a mame conversion. but my cab is not grounded , no ground wire from the wall. what steps should i take to ground the monitor and cabinet to be safe? since a few days ago i plugged in my computer to the cabinet and i fried my computer motherboard.
i will disconnect the gameboard powersupply when connecting it to my computer

hope u can help me out.
Thanks

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Tim Peterson Tim Peterson Staff August 17, 2011
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Response from Tim: Well you can start but simply replacing the power cord going to the back of the game so that it is grounded right?
Then you can run a ground from the monitor frame to your power supply or to where your ground comes in on your new cord.
hope that helps
Tim

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