tempest monitor repair wg6100

quick tempest monitor fix

[@timheldt674]

great camera work. Just bought a LV2000 today and it's clear as a bell how to install it. thanks very much!

[@tomdryan]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Great explanations and video quality. Thank you so much! I purchased a dead Tempest machine (it was supposed to be working) and it's been sitting in my garage collecting dust. I think this video is exactly what I need to get it going again (we've isolated the issue to the monitor). I'll let you know how it goes!

[@jasonnagasawa8804]

This video was exactly what I needed!
I inherited a Tempest cocktail and it was playing blind, noticed the R100 resistor was blown on the deflection board (exactly like the one you had shown). Going to get a cap kit, and LV2000 board, hopefully that does the trick.
Cheers!
Jay

[@ed150arcade2]

Great video sir! Started the morning right. Coffee and Arcade Jason 😁

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks i need to get me a coffee maker mine just died lol

[@jeffm9482]

great timing on this, I am about to start on my Tempest project. Thanks for another good video

[@ArcadeJason]

let me know if you need any help

[@tttopcattt]

You make it look so easy! Great video, as usual! (Y)

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks man

[@dave11674]

great video mate ;) im just this min doing a tempest :) both my front fuses are popped. found one transistor blown.

[@collectionmaster1016]

I love how you always have the simplest problems......not fair!!!!

[@ArcadeJason]

Seems like i am very very lucky when it comes to vectors

[@Price-qd1cd]

Great video Jason Kopp

[@bobbyjack8033]

Nothing finer than watching a vector god rebuild a vector monitor!

[@ArcadeJason]

lol had to rebuild the hv section today

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Cool and now I know.
And knowing is half the battle.
Thanks dude!
2 👍 👍 up!
And 🤘 just to throw it in!

[@delsarcade]

LOL, my buddy who needed this video just left for vacation so he can't watch it. (I'll be sure to rub it in). As always great video Jason!

[@ArcadeJason]

lol thanks Jason

[@ferndog1461]

OBI WAN, YOU'RE OUR Only Hope! Please contact Game Preserve Vintage Arcade in North Houston, TX. The Atari Tempest is not working. The manager says monitor problems. I will buy you starbucks or beer. Thank you.

[@motoflyte]

Guy...Thank you very much. You helped me find a blown fuse I didn't see. Can I send you some money ?

[@ArcadeJason]

glad to hear man

[@arcadeblogger]

Good stuff as always. I always thought the consensus of opinion what that the 6100 is self-discharging?

[@ArcadeJason]

yes but it a flyback has failed it cannot discharge the tube

[@arcadeblogger]

@@ArcadeJason Ah of course. Keep up the good work sir!

[@andybaldman]

@@arcadeblogger Flyback failures are extremely rare on these however (and if the fly was bad, it wouldn't have been able to charge the tube in the first place). 6100's are self-discharging, which is why there's no pop in this case, like with most raster monitors. There still can be some residual charge, so you always want to be conscious of what you're doing. But I don't discharge them when I rebuild boardsets for folks.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

I am glad you explained it..
I was kinda weirded-out..
What the... Break out.... On a tempest arcade machine?
What kind of voodoo witch craft is this..
I am freaking out.
Or Mandela effect but..
Oh it's a mod...well that explains it.

[@ArcadeJason]

what's tempest i never heard of that game

[@threepotMR2]

at 32:33 you can see the board sparking or arcing at the bottom left corner near that ceramic resistor thing.

[@threepotMR2]

Or is that the red LED?

[@ArcadeJason]

spot killer led

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Is that what they mean by reflowing cold solder?
I have heard the term but nobody explains what it means.
And why it needs to be done.

[@ArcadeJason]

yes

[@Ren_G.]

Thx for this!!!

[@ArcadeJason]

thank you for watching

[@tamnosbig]

Lots of folks on other sites have stated that discharging the monitor like you show risks blowing the capacitor inside the CRT...have you ever had that happen?

[@ArcadeJason]

that is a myth also they are referring to the diode inside the flyback not a capacitor

[@tamnosbig]

@@ArcadeJason Thanks a million. Laughed out loud when you grabbed the solder wire. :D

[@djmips]

What did it feel like the time you did get zapped? When I did it, I was knocked down on my bottom. It didn't feel great. ;-) I recovered quickly however.

[@ArcadeJason]

not much different than holding a spark plug wire

[@oscarpereyra8672]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@speechmachine]

awesome thanks! more pcb repair videos plz :)

[@ArcadeJason]

kinda stumped on your board

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

At the beginning you said you have 'a monitor problem' That is REALLY VAGUE> Can you tell us WHAT the symptom was? No video? Blurry video? distorted video?

[@ArcadeJason]

i can't remember lol no video i think

[@utubepunk]

Hey Jason, can you search the inside of your Tempest for any initials? I know a guy who worked the Atari assembly line & built Tempest cabinets.

[@ArcadeJason]

yeah hold on

[@ArcadeJason]

inspector #9 hard to read but looks like the initials BM

[@utubepunk]

@@ArcadeJason Thanks! Was hoping for an RD, but I appreciate you checking. 🖖

[@mannym777]

Who gave you a thumbs down? Great video!!

[@kingdbag]

I thought vector monitors shouldn't be discharged the way you discharge a raster monitor?

[@ArcadeJason]

that's actually a myth it started from an old service bulletin saying it could damage a black and white tube .then later people thought it must have referred to the diode on the flyback . but the truth is this method cannot damage a tube or hv diode

[@kingdbag]

@@ArcadeJason Ahhhh ok... thanks for the reply! Keep making videos!

[@RobertGremillion]

How much was a broken Tempest?

[@ArcadeJason]

i got it from a good friend it was missing the pcb got it for $300

[@RobertGremillion]

@@ArcadeJason Thanks for the reply. I am really enjoying all of your videos!!!

[@sideburn]

Watched the board and saw the spark ⚡️ on the bottom of the board at 32:34 unless that’s a reflection of an LED flashing or something 🤔

[@ArcadeJason]

ah i see what it was it was the spot killer led

[@sideburn]

Arcade Jason the quick flash on the bottom corner of the board by the ceramic resistor? Not the led up higher that goes solid.

[@ArcadeJason]

@@sideburn yup it was the spot killer led

[@lascheque]

Too bad your name is not Victor.

[@ArcadeJason]

whats your vector victor