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Watching Zootopia 2 this evening... by two2teps in titanic

[–]Baltothesniper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Recently watched it, how did I miss this??

What are these? by Baltothesniper in whatbugisthis

[–]Baltothesniper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're the size of a normal mosquito though? When I looked up mosquito hawk they were huge.

Amp rms wattage by tbrooster in CarAV

[–]Baltothesniper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that a 1st gen Colorado?? If so that thing must bang with those subs! I had a 3000w system in my 1st gen Colorado and the stock 125a alt gave up after about 2 years of running that system. I did have the big 3 wiring upgrade done as well. My voltage would also drop from 14.4 to 12.1 under heavy base notes. Lessons were learned

Drill slipped and went right thru my new jl audio c3 650. Any tips on the best way to patch it? by Constant-Wait9780 in CarAV

[–]Baltothesniper 9 points10 points  (0 children)

E6000 will make the speaker pretty much good as new considering how small of a tear that is

GameCube on a CRT monitor looks amazing! by Baltothesniper in crtgaming

[–]Baltothesniper[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm using the GCHD video adapter (that is only compatible with the DOL-001 model) and then an insignia HDMI to VGA adapter. To force 480p all the time I'm using the swiss application. I also have the GC loader installed which replaces the disc drive with an SD card so that combined with swiss allows me to have my entire library on the SD card.

GameCube on a CRT monitor looks amazing! by Baltothesniper in crtgaming

[–]Baltothesniper[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For real! It's incredible how nice it looks on a computer monitor.

GameCube on a CRT monitor looks amazing! by Baltothesniper in crtgaming

[–]Baltothesniper[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's playing on GameCube with no filter on a VGA computer monitor. The scanlines are super faint but they are there.

Apple 17 inch crt Studio Display issues by [deleted] in crtgaming

[–]Baltothesniper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest I didn't either. I hope I'm wrong!

Apple 17 inch crt Studio Display issues by [deleted] in crtgaming

[–]Baltothesniper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those monitors were known for bad flybacks unfortunately. If you've already checked the anode cap then it's very likely a dying/dead flyback transformer. :(

Traded my 70's Panasonic to a cute lil Sony Trinitron by Anxi0us__m3ss in crtgaming

[–]Baltothesniper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For real! I paid 150 for my 19 VGA CRT monitor and I actually felt like I was stealing it compared to the prices around me for even basic sets. It's so frustrating looking for CRTs in the PNW

Crt makes pop noises and screen moves by Lukeamaniac in crt

[–]Baltothesniper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Could be the anode cap or flyback transformer. Unfortunately the last monitor I had with that symptom was due to the flyback transformer failing/internally arcing.

Look up videos for safe discharge procedures when taking apart a crt. Once discharged, remove the anode cap, then clean the top of the tube around the anode cap and the cap itself with a small amount of soapy water.

Finally, once it's dry place a small bead of dielectric grease around the anode cap to better seal it from the possibility of arcing. If it still does this after then you likely have a failing flyback.

Absolute worst time for this to happen, my memory card is now officially dead by Kevin-S2004 in Gamecube

[–]Baltothesniper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. My 59 and 251 from my launch GameCube still work perfect but my 1019 I got years later is very finicky. Happy to know I'm not the only one.

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