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Help needed MvC2 Monitor scrolling issues

Question from Dave: Hey guys, I have recently have found you on the internet and have been quite excited to learn more about arcade repair. My friend just purchased an MvC2 cabinet (actually a Killer Instinct cabinet with MvC2 inside) in great condition and tested it out, and everything worked perfectly before transport. After it was set up in his house he has been having a horizontal and vertical scrolling problems. We were able to mess with the h and v hold etc and it helps get it close to working normal, but still with just slower scrolling. Over time it gets worse, it seems like the petrometer settings keep changing, although the dials are not moving. What else could cause this issue? On a side note, when adjusting the jamma harness to confirm connections (and even test other games jamma compatible) it still has the same problems, but we do notice that when some cables are wiggling it causes the scrolling to worsen. Im guessing there may be a connection issues with cabling that may have been wiggled loose during transport (in a large SUV), lemme know what you think or where I should start and or if it is cabling, what I should be looking for and or troubleshoot?

Thanks a bunch,
Dave

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Tim Peterson Tim Peterson Staff September 26, 2010
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Response from Tim: Hey Dave thanks for writing..we have been out of town so sorry for the slow response.
The knob you adjust the holds on do go bad. These small poteniometers can easily be replaced and would be a good place to start. You can get them from bob roberts http://www.therealbobroberts.net
Here a few other things you can look into because it could be in the wiring too as you suspected. Look for the pins going from your jamma harness to your monitor. Especially the sync wire which is usually white or yellow. When its out of sync you can get scolling issues. Its in position ‘P’ solder side or staright across from pin 13 on your parts side of your harness. It is pretty simply to replace that one wire on both ends and we recently shot a video on how to do it so look for that to be released soon.
Hope that helps send us a progress update.
Tim

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