So I am working on my centipede monitor. It has a sync issue. It just scrolls away until it warms up and sync right up.
Typical things I look for cold solder joints, Bad Sync IC, Bad caps bad transistor drivers and broken traces (Not in that order).
After a recap kit, It still just scrolls away.
Freeze spray after it warms up stable. Still stable.
No broken traces. Everything looks alright.
So I am adjusting this in the game thinking I going to have to drag out my scope.
My hand brushes the video cable the stable video scrolls. Tugging on the video cable stabilizes the video.
It's just one of those rare cases where the connector that crimps on to the wire has failed to make a good sold connection.
Tugging on video cable should be part of the testing procedures when dealing with monitors but it's so rare that things fail at that connector. Unless your talking about Williams games LOL
Typical things I look for cold solder joints, Bad Sync IC, Bad caps bad transistor drivers and broken traces (Not in that order).
After a recap kit, It still just scrolls away.
Freeze spray after it warms up stable. Still stable.
No broken traces. Everything looks alright.
So I am adjusting this in the game thinking I going to have to drag out my scope.
My hand brushes the video cable the stable video scrolls. Tugging on the video cable stabilizes the video.
It's just one of those rare cases where the connector that crimps on to the wire has failed to make a good sold connection.
Tugging on video cable should be part of the testing procedures when dealing with monitors but it's so rare that things fail at that connector. Unless your talking about Williams games LOL