Truxton PCB with disturbed output - could use some help

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Truxton PCB with disturbed output - could use some help

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I received a Truxton PCB today :D
The gameplay and sounds are fine. But there is a disturbance on the signal :?. The background should be normal black.
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I tried 3 different cabs, same effect. The board looks quite clean
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I cleaned the JAMMA edge, but not much dirt came off - it was already clean.
On closer inspection of the board I can only see some 'dirt' here (click for bigger picture):
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Any suggestions? Would it help if I clean the above area? And how would I do that? (I use alcohol for the JAMMA edge).
Thanks.
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Updated 1st post with a picture of the whole screen.
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Re: Truxton PCB with disturbed output - could use some help

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Sorry if it's a dumb response as you seem to know what you're doing. But it's not just the brightness on the monitor? I know every board is a little different and some need adjustment on the monitor when you swap them in.

Is it a weird rainbow effect as shown in the one picture, or just a brightness issue?

I just got the first game for my machine I had to turn the 5v down on. For some reason my particular copy of a certain konami game needs the 5v at 4.88 to function properly otherwise it is washed out and staticky. Which is weird to me because I own over 20 pcbs and had never experienced that issue til now.

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Thanks - it is not the brightness, on all cabs the same problem arrises. I also have Hellfire from Toaplan, which displays just fine with current settings (apart from the ever H & V adjusting :wink: )

Better picture:
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The red should not be there, that should be black.

On advise I checked the ground with pin 14 (video) and all ground pins. They all are connected properly.

I tried voltage as well, went from 4.3 (sounds become weird) to 5v. But no difference in the image.
Something seems to be influencing the video output.

I tried to review all pins of all chips/caps/etc to see if any soldering or corrosion issues can be spotted (with my limited experience :roll: ) I at least could not see anything strange.
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