Degausser troubles on Mame cabinet


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Posted by StLouisRod on 24, 2001 at 5:52 PM:

After first turning on my Mame cabinet, upon setting the video mode to anything but 80x25 graphics/text, after several seconds the screen begins shimmering like it's underwater! After 15 or so minutes I can then change to the Mame-friendly 360x240 video mode with no adverse effects. Andy from Ultimarc suggested that the degausser coil surrounding my monitor is being tripped on either by the DOS video driver or a bad posistor, and that I should disconnect the degaussing cables from the monitor PCB. Has anyone else experienced this type of problem, and if so, how did you resolve it? I'm somewhat afraid to mess around with a monitor containing a possible 31,000 volts of electricity! Is the disconnection of the coil that difficult or dangerous? Are there any reasons (other than the occassional benefits of degaussing) why you would NOT want to disable the degaussing coil? Thanks!


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