Thanks for sharing your experience with these converter boards, Mike! Some of these things would have not have been easy to figure out, so I appreciate your willingness to put a video together and share. 😃
Thanks Mike. This is one of the best step-by-step instructional videos on using these converters. I have been using one on a slot machine for a few years and it works great. I tried one on another machine unsuccessfully. Now I suspect the clamp settings were the problem. One other note, these converters can misbehave if they don’t have enough amperage, Im surprised the 800mah wall transformer worked.
Sir, thank you for this vid, it helped me troubleshoot an issue with the converter,Also the full breakdown of the converter itself is very informative! Thanks!!
I'm #160 like... I was leery to try but now I'm going ahead with this. Worth it. I can try the modifications suggested for WiFi and clearing up artifacting later. Just get this going might be all I really want! Thanks again.
Great video. Converting my first one and after seeing this fixing the other 3 that “someone” didn’t finish setting up correctly. 1 game jumps other 2 are pink lol. Thanks so much for this!
I've watched a few of your videos and this one just got me subbing. I've been trying to resurrect a troublesome K7000 from a MK2. I'm getting close to condemning the K7000 chassis and slapping in a GBS8200 I have laying around. I had no idea about the MK1 and vertical position or probably would have even thought about it.
Don't do it. The MKs look horrendous on lcd using this converter. It doesn't show in the vid, but trust me, you'd be way better off sending the chassis to someone who can fix it (or getting a working replacement) than downgrading to lcd on this game.
I know you posted a while ago but very helpful vid! I have two questions 1) I installed the vga /rbg adaptor .my cab has a perfect solutions switcher. Silver strike works fine but Golden tee complete. has a jumpy screen . What can I do to fix this? Do I have to adjust the clamp settings? Put in a Resistor? Any other setting change? Not sure 2) this was happening before the adaptor board instal. I’m having issues with the sound on silver strike. Very low and makes a weird noise at times. Any tips on how to fix? Is there a wiring harness loose somewhere? Thanks in advance
Another great video! I don't deal with medium resolution monitors much, so first I've heard of "clamps." What is the clamp for and are there any references I could read about?
Great video ! I have a fast and furious I’m trying to convert and I’m stumped trying to figure out how to connect the monitor to the vga converter itself, while also also connecting the vga that is connected to the computer monitor in the cabinet. Is there anyway you can show how the monitor itself gets connected to all of it.
If I’m not mistaken, that game is native VGA output. You shouldn’t need the converter. All you need to do is just run a VGA cable from the computer to the LCD/LED monitor.
Great video. On a slightly different subject I have a monitor with a broken flyback that is unobtainium... was wondering about replacing the chassis with one from aliexpress... have you tried one of those?
A buddy of mine picked up Golden Tee 2005 and no signal. Noticed the small interface display bored CGA/EGA is fried. Can see at least three small diodes cooked. Would doing this conversion be beneficial with a vga monitor setup be the best way to go? Great video
I've got a California Speed I'm converting, I've noticed the image is pretty jumpy also. Is it unusual to have to add the resistor to a newer game like that?
Hi there Mike. Great video. You have cleared up a few tings for me. Just got one question. I am using the converter on an Arkanoid (original Taito board). All seems to be fine except the picture is just a tad bit unstable. Slight wobbling on the screen (VGA Computer monitor). When the Vaus moves and the ball is in motion there is a jerky left-right movement on screen instead of the ball following a perfect vector and smooth. Any help is greatly appreciated!. Pete
Thanks. Try connecting a second VGA cable to the converter’s VGA pass through (input) as a dummy connection to add a little extra resistance on the sync line.
Great video, thanks for posting. I got my hopes up that the vertical position adjustment would get my operation wolf 3 board to work on this converter, but it still fails, showing a "no signal". Board works fine on my crt, so I'm not sure what is going on, any suggestions? Thanks
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair Thanks for your quick response. It's a jamma pinout, and I'm using a jamma harness for it, so I assume so? Not sure how to tell otherwise?
One thing I noticed. You mentioned the picture being wavy and adding the resistor. I believe this works but I was using 5v from my psu and was getting the wavy picture. I changed to 12v and it wasnt wavy. So not sure if that matters or not but thought it was worth mention.
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepairdisculpe por medio de la conexión rgb directamente del chasis Dell monitor arcade de una sega Titán para poderle poner un pc sí se puede
Great video Mike! Definitely saving this one for future reference. Question, do you have any knowledge on running an arcade PCB to a PC VGA CRT or a TV CRT? I have several arcade PCB's but not enough arcade monitors. I do have however plenty of VGA monitors & TV's-with various inputs (and all CRT's which I like better) that I could use. Any help along these lines would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks! You can use a VGA CRT just fine. You’d still need to use this converter but it would work the same as the LCD. As for using a commercial TV that you don’t want to RGB mod, you can get one of these… m.aliexpress.com/item/2251800316533125.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
@@duncamon1234 don't go to composite, the quality will be horrible. Your arcade machines should work great with one of these 8200 boards. In my experience (CoCo 3 RGBA, not arcade but similar) RGBHV would not work, so I combined the sync signals with 1n914 diodes and it works great!
Hello. I’ m looking for a D-sub 9 pin to VGA 15 pin converter. I need to replace an old CRT monitor on a old wheel/tyre balancer machine with a flat SAMTRON LCD monitor (VGA 15 pin connector) in a mechanic's workshop. The signal that comes out from the wheel balancer machine is a 9 pin connector with the following: 1-Ground 2-NC 3-Red 4-Green 5-Blue 6-intensity 7-NC 8-H-sync (grey wire) 9-V-sync (white wire). I don't know if the original signal is CGA. Maybe it is. Do you think that this "GBS 8200 CGA/EGA To VGA Converter" is the right converter for me? I can see that you have connected RGB wires, Ground wire and only one sync wire. Where the signal is coming from? An old PC with a 9 pin conncetor? If I buy this converter, where do I connect the pin # 6 (intensity)? Or it's not needed? Thank you. Best regards from Portugal.
Thanks for the video. Will this set up work on a Golden Tee 2K with a 24" flat screen monitor? My monitor goes black after about 15 minutes intermittently. What monitor would you recommend getting the best picture quality?
I haven't really tried at this point....I just wanted to make sure I had a backup plan. The monitor is jumpy...and will black out on occasion and play blind. If I turn the machine off and turn on again, it will work.
Thanks a lot Mike! Many forums on Golden Tee 2005 say that the GBS8200 will work on some and not on others of the same config. They were running into the same problem I had, very erratic screen or no signal. Your video fixed it for me, I was ready to send it back. One quick question, my color starts out fine but starts to fade slowly. Any suggestions?
Do you know if these things work both ways? like plugging a VGA source and outputing the picture to a CGA arcade crt. There's a cheap AliExpress VGA pattern generator and it would be neat to use that for testing tubes (those dedicated arcade TPGs are very expensive with taxes and shipping to Europe).
Negative. This only converts CGA/EGA to VGA. Sorry. If you want to go the other way, this would be what you need… www.amazon.com/Mcbazel-Arcade-S-VIDEO-Converter-GBS-8100-PC/dp/B07C3H7F6S/ref=asc_df_B07C3H7F6S/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693672023969&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13995032250995355784&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9024262&hvtargid=pla-977238273995&psc=1&mcid=b9aaeb15a8313ce6a91fe8f543f92326&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI87rbwrCLhgMVlFB_AB2XagBHEAQYASABEgIKSfD_BwE
@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair oh wow, thank you so much! it actually does say VGA to CGA but i missed it 🙂 i thought those were all the same type of boards
I've got one similar to this only its vga to cga, for thier price they are decent enough it allows me to use my pc on my big blue cab and have some sega games running from a model 2 or 3 emulator on a crt, for the most part it works very well but you need a decent quality graphics card and cga cable or the picture will look blurry.
Is there any way to convert the other way? I have a 1980s monitor with an RGB input connector I would really like to use on my modern pc. I can’t find much info online since most people aren’t trying this lol
What input would I use for for playchoice 10 dual monitor the one with out the yellow wire or with it? I have the jamma adapter and have an arcade led monitor any idea how to get my converter to work with it
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair I’m not sure, I have the same video converter that’s in your video the playchoice 10 jamma adapter, there’s another board I should be using with the playchoice 10?
I’m trying to install this board in a Mortal Kombat cab. I have it powering up the converter board fine I just don’t know if I have the wiring harness for video wired correctly. I have two harnesses coming off the board. One with just a white wire that is jumped inside and the other one has red, green, brown and un insulated wire. They don’t match the wires coming off the converter board and I’m not sure where they go. Any idea? Thanks
I have an MK2 and UMK3 board and they both output dim pictures. I use a gonbes 8200 and adjusting settings on the device or lcd monitor doesn’t change much. I don’t know what to do. I’ve been wanting to put UMK3 in my arcade1up. Btw I’ve tried the vga output on 3 monitors and still the same dim picture. Any advice?
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair I did that and no improvement. I played with clamp settings, nothing either. My other boards display fine at default. It’s these 2 boards that are like like this. But on my cbox Supergun, they display fine since I’m using md2 to scart through a converter to hdmi. I don’t know if the gbs is the culprit?
Im trying to Convert my Wells Gardner Arcade Monitor to VGA to run my mame games im using CRT EMU to run it off of my AMD 5450 card I just bought this converter trying to get my Wells Gardner on..
@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair thank you so much, will this output the 25khz I need to hook up to the monitor automatically or is there some sort of set up I have to do?
No. It will only work for 15khz standard res monitors. My apologies. There is no way for you to use a medium res 25khz arcade monitor that I’m aware of, but I’m not much of a Mane guy.
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair aw bummer I was really hoping to be able to use this monitor in my bare bones 3-koam z back cabinet that I'm trying to put together
Hi Mike, thanks for the pacman tip, I tried the additional vga wire and that definitely lessened the flickering but still get it here and there, any other suggestions?
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair Thank you Mike, I see it now at 5:30 in your video. I saw another video where they recommended a 680 ohm resistor, would that also work? Can you please share a link where I can purchase purchase one of these so I ensure that I choose correctly?
You can try multiple ratings. I’ve just found that 8k-10k works best. You can get one of these kits and try out which ones work best for you… www.amazon.com/BOJACK-Values-Resistor-Resistors-Assortment/dp/B08FD1XVL6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=1%2F4+watt+resistor&qid=1659986695&sr=8-3
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair yessir. Seems like no matter what I've tried I can't get a steady image with that game. Here's a video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DmCPA77KOXM.html
Hmm. Odd. The title and high score screen is stable. Try a physical resistor on the sync line like I describe in my video. I also assume you’ve pressed the AUTO button as well?
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair I've tried the auto button, no dice. I'll have to see if I have any resistors with that value and give that a try. Have you tried any other vga converters? I'm trying to find one that doesn't make 90's Midway games look like trash.
@@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair What do I need to connect my PC thats running Widows 10...to my Arcade CRT Standard Resolution? Its a Polo chassis 25inch CRT