Monitor Width issue
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ChrisBEANS
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MUCH less knowledgable still, while waiting on experts, but I just got my first cab and had the opposite problem. Picture was too wide no matter what I did.
Turns out that there was a ‘narrow’/‘wide’ jumper on the chassis. Just needed to move the wire over.
Maybe that?ChrisBEANS2021-04-27 22:40:39
Turns out that there was a ‘narrow’/‘wide’ jumper on the chassis. Just needed to move the wire over.
Maybe that?ChrisBEANS2021-04-27 22:40:39
If you need to adjust the horizontal width coil, and it needs a tool, make sure you don't take a short cut and use a screwdriver...
Speaking from painful experience, the ferrite core is very fragile and can easily be damaged.iamjimmi2021-04-28 08:04:21
Speaking from painful experience, the ferrite core is very fragile and can easily be damaged.iamjimmi2021-04-28 08:04:21
pooman2084
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iamjimmi said:
This.
And a metal Allen key gets very hot very quickly.
If you really can’t get access to the tool, you can wind it a bit with the game off, turn on, rinse and repeat.
Do let the monitor warm up before adjusting though so you get a good strong picture beforehand.
Monitors differ, tell us the model 
You shouldn't need to adjust the horizontal width coil, and even if you do (with a correct sized plastic allen key), it will probably just break anyway.
Depending on the monitor there's also sometimes a "shift" jumper to adjust the picture position.
It could be the result of so many things.
You shouldn't need to adjust the horizontal width coil, and even if you do (with a correct sized plastic allen key), it will probably just break anyway.
Depending on the monitor there's also sometimes a "shift" jumper to adjust the picture position.
It could be the result of so many things.
Cheers guys the monitor is a tatung type 58 vga monitor vt-2040B, the width coil looks like a cap and haven’t changed it and there is no way in adjusting it, I’ve played about with the different horizontal pots the frequency, phase and width pot doesn’t change anything. I changed the width cap by the flyback from a 680nf 250v to a 560nf 250v cap and it made it a tad wider but a matter of mm.
John Bennett
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Is this an arcade board running through an upscaler?
Retroman839
Senior Member
Like iamjimi said width coil.. it is the copper coil on chassi
Width coil but you want the plastic tv adjustment tool
As there is a fragile core inside the copper coil that a metal screw driver will break it.
If I remember right it is a flat type slotty I when attempting to turn it slowly and carefully.
Also and first try the width pot on chassi as width coil “should” be factory set in middle
Is your street fighter original or bootleg ?as that can through up image anomaly’s
Width coil but you want the plastic tv adjustment tool
As there is a fragile core inside the copper coil that a metal screw driver will break it.
If I remember right it is a flat type slotty I when attempting to turn it slowly and carefully.
Also and first try the width pot on chassi as width coil “should” be factory set in middle
Is your street fighter original or bootleg ?as that can through up image anomaly’s
Have you tired adjusting settings on the Gonbes to increase the picture width?
Also not sure about xbox360 with VGA as never had one setup before but is there anyway to adjust overscan settings on the xbox when configured for VGA output.
EDIT: Is this the same chassis as yours? I think the red arrow Ive added to this picture is the horizontal width coil if its on your board. Its a bit hard to tell with the zoomed in pictures you have posted instead of a full one of the chassis.
Fantazia22021-04-30 17:57:05
Also not sure about xbox360 with VGA as never had one setup before but is there anyway to adjust overscan settings on the xbox when configured for VGA output.
EDIT: Is this the same chassis as yours? I think the red arrow Ive added to this picture is the horizontal width coil if its on your board. Its a bit hard to tell with the zoomed in pictures you have posted instead of a full one of the chassis.
Fantazia22021-04-30 17:57:05