From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:   
   > Let's go off topic, kids. :)   
   >   
   > In article ,   
   > Scott H   wrote:   
   >> I've been meaning to ask you something.  I snagged a Shinobi arcade   
   >> cabinet recently.  The board works, I have sound and can confirm that   
   >> the controls work with that, but I can't get video.  I can hear the   
   >> monitor power on, and I can even hear the screen flipping when I play   
   >> with the V range dials, but no picture.  Do you think this is something   
   >> that a Cap kit would solve, or should I check wiring first?   
   >   
   > I'm not the highest authority on arcade hardware, but I can say that   
   > monitor failure is less common than people might assume. Shinobi has a   
   > pretty standard 15 kHz RGB output on it if memory serves correctly, so the   
   > proper next step is to determine if the board's output is still any good.   
   > That means running some wires to a small testing CRT on a workbench just   
   > to make sure that everything is running properly. Alternately, you might   
   > want to take another Jamma-type board that has a known good video output   
   > to see if the problem is between the harness and the tube. This is all   
   > before you check any wiring or capacitors.   
      
   > Checking wiring is tedious, thirsty work. You have to look for continuity   
   > between the harness and the endpoint for each individual wire, and then   
   > you're touching a probe to every other wire to make sure there isn't a   
   > short somewhere. Checking for bad capacitors is a little easier, as leaky   
   > caps will actually look like they've burst or will smell funny.   
      
   > Of course, if Shinobi isn't a Jamma machine then I'm probably useless to   
   > you. :) The guys over on the RGV.arcade.collecting newsgroups are very   
   > helpful, if a little bit mean spirited. But they hate to see any arcade   
   > machine languish, so as long as you're willing to suffer some slings and   
   > arrows you can probably get much better advice from that crowd.   
      
   This one isn't Jamma, unfortunately.  I was hoping to hook my MAME box   
   up to the same cabinet but that seems as though it's going to be   
   additional work that I cannot do without directions.  Your advice sounds   
   reasonable to me nonetheless.  Now, if I can just figure out how to wire   
   this harness up to a VGA monitor.  Since I can't find schematics for   
   Shinobi online, I will most likely be visiting that Newsgroup.  Thank   
   you for the heads up.   
      
   > -KKC, who hasn't done anything with his VF2 board since he got it a year   
   > ago.   
      
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