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Wells Gardner D9200 is dead, now what??
#281624 - 04/05/12 09:25 PM
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I bought a brand new D9200 27" about 5 years ago and now i'm getting no signal/ out of range. I called them and he said the board is probably junk and i cant get parts anymore. My question is...what should i buy to replace this? I don't want to make the same mistake as before. What is everyone using these days? Should i get a lcd? I need a monitor that will work with my ArcadeVGA card. Any suggestions?
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Re: Wells Gardner D9200 is dead, now what??
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#281664 - 04/06/12 06:23 AM
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> Should i get a lcd?
no because it will look horrible.
Buy another brand new D9200 or something similar.
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Re: Wells Gardner D9200 is dead, now what??
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#281665 - 04/06/12 06:42 AM
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> I bought a brand new D9200 27" about 5 years ago and now i'm getting no signal/ out
> of range. I called them and he said the board is probably junk and i cant get parts
> anymore. My question is...what should i buy to replace this? I don't want to make the
> same mistake as before. What is everyone using these days? Should i get a lcd? I need
> a monitor that will work with my ArcadeVGA card. Any suggestions?
There are a ton of people in your area that it can be sent to and get fixed. Or, if you are feeling adventurous, pull out the chassis and re-work it with a cap kit. You can always snap a few ~good~ images before / during removal if you want a second set of eyes on it.
Most of the issues with the D9200 were common ones and are well known. If I was getting the out or range / sync on mine, I'd start my looking at that little signal/connector board off to the side that your RGB or VGA plug into. Look for signs of heating/charring. You can run a multimeter over the resistors/diodes on that board and check them.
Here's a brief troubleshooting guide. Far from complete, but helpful.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-monitors/D9200%20Troubleshooting.pdf
As much trash talk as that monitor takes sometimes, they aren't that bad to fix. 4600/4900 were lightyears worse IMO...
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Re: Wells Gardner D9200 is dead, now what??
[Re: italie]
#281690 - 04/06/12 01:52 PM
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The tech at Wells Gardner said i'de have to buy a new chasis and the kit was $175 i think. Not sure if i should dump more money into this thing or not. I have no idea what the labor would be either. I thought they made new lcd monitors for arcade machines now?? I dont want a regular lcd, i need something that can do low resolution.
When you say "plenty of places around me" could you name a place or 2?
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Re: Wells Gardner D9200 is dead, now what??
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#281713 - 04/06/12 08:40 PM
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> The tech at Wells Gardner said i'de have to buy a new chasis and the kit was $175 i
> think. Not sure if i should dump more money into this thing or not. I have no idea
> what the labor would be either. I thought they made new lcd monitors for arcade
> machines now?? I dont want a regular lcd, i need something that can do low
> resolution.
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> When you say "plenty of places around me" could you name a place or 2?
Post a specific message here with your location, and the need for repair in the title. Do the same at Klov and/or BYOAforums. Someone will chime in.
If you are comfortable removing the chassis (PCB), I know a good guy in Wisconsin that will do it cheap and guarantee the work. I'd offer, but my turn around would be pretty bad at the moment.
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Re: Wells Gardner D9200 is dead, now what??
[Re: italie]
#281810 - 04/08/12 02:34 AM
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Ok, i'll try to get it fixed locally, thanx.
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Re: Wells Gardner D9200 is dead, now what??
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#281915 - 04/09/12 02:58 AM
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> Ok, i'll try to get it fixed locally, thanx.
Any monitor repair shop should be able to fix it.
Parts are readily available for it.
If you are looking for an alternative. I have the D9200 in my main cabinet, and the 27" Makvision Tri-Mode in the other, the only real difference is the Makvision is flatter, while it's not LCD flat, it's still noticeably flatter than the WG 
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Re: Wells Gardner D9200 is dead, now what??
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#281962 - 04/09/12 04:40 PM
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> If you are looking for an alternative. I have the D9200 in my main cabinet, and the
> 27" Makvision Tri-Mode in the other, the only real difference is the Makvision is
> flatter, while it's not LCD flat, it's still noticeably flatter than the WG
And that's generally considered to be a liability for MAME cabinets, given the amount of work that's gone into trying to introduce fake geometric distortion into perfectly good LCDs ;-) Everyone loves the "fishbowl" effect.
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