Arcade monitor help, decent website/message forum?

[Sylentwulf]

Other than BYOAC website, is there another message board around for arcade specific talk/questions?

And while I'm on the topic
Apparently, my SI-327 27" Arcade monitor has a voltage regulation issue, and the recommended repair for this seems to be checking and/or replacing three transistors (Q601, Q602, and Q603 for my specific board)

I've done a cap kit, but those parts were easy to come by, locate, and replace. I can't even tell what the damn transistors ARE (I can't read electronics schematics at all) I see Q601, Q602, and Q603. One of them looks like a standard black half circle, the other APPEARS to be a standard inline? transistor. The third one, Q602 LOOKS like a capacitor that's about 1 inch high and 1 inch around.

But, in all three places, there's a ton of other crap there as well, so I could just be looking at the wrong parts.

The SI-327 Manual lists the following:
Ref No. / Part No. / Description
Q601 / S2N-306 / 2SC3306Y Transistor
Q602 / S2N-091 / 2SC1091Y Transistor
Q603 / S2N-619 / 2SC2610Y Transistor

If I could just get those three transistors ordered, I'm sure I could just swap them out, but is that what I SHOULD do, or should I try to find a TV repair shop around somewhere so they can properly test the voltage and see if that's really the problem?

[maxlords]

try the following usenet forums:

rec.games.video.arcade
rec.games.video.arcade.collecting

[98PaceCar]

If you can't find the transistors you need, contact Bob Roberts. Tell him what you are trying to accomplish and I'm sure he can help you out.

www.therealbobroberts.com

[Sylentwulf]

Can't do newsgroups, and sent an e-mail out to bob roberts earlier today (That guy would have killed me by now if I hadn't been ordering so much stuff from him! He IS the best)

[Sylentwulf]

Well, he's only got a replacement for one of those transistos, and if he doesn't have it, I have no IDEA what I'm gonna do :/
Other than get a new monitor sometime next year.

[leonk]

You have two options:

- a complete chasis replacement. Lots of talk about it at BYOAC.
- Maybe figure out what those components are and order them from places like digikey. They have EVERYTHING.

Hope this helps.

[98PaceCar]

Well, he's only got a replacement for one of those transistos, and if he doesn't have it, I have no IDEA what I'm gonna do :/
Other than get a new monitor sometime next year.

Try Steven Gregory at www.arcadeshop.com. He may have another source that Bob doesn't.

I *might* still have an SI-327 in my garage. I'll look and see if I do. Maybe between us we can figure out what you need.

[packman75]

I believe NTE399 can replace 2SC-2610 (probably what Bob Roberts already has).
http://www.mouser.com/index.cfm?&han...67262&crc=true

Mouser shows NTE2308 is a replacement for 2SC-3306, but NTE's website does not find a match for 2SC-3306, so not too sure.
http://www.mouser.com/index.cfm?hand...294967262&Ne=3


I'm not positive about either of them, you may have check the data sheet of NTE2308 to confirm it is a replacement. Hope this helps.

[DogP]

A good forum that I use for arcade stuff is over at www.klov.com , there message board isn't very busy, but the people over there are usually very knowledgable.

DogP