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I have a table top mega touch that has always worked well, recently it was unplugged before being shut off  and when repowered not the monitor has 1 inch verticle stripes in it. What can I do , what is the cause, thank you

loss of power while turned on wouldn't normally have an adverse effect on the machine unless the power flickered before going off, then you can damage stuff. Same thing if the power doesn't come back on cleanly. Have you tried unplugging and plugging back in? Pulling the plug is the same as turning the power switch off as far as machines are concerned.

Yeah I cycled the Power and also unplugged all the power supplies and let it sit a while... It's weird

By vertical lines do you mean up and down on the screen?

Sounds like you're gonna have to put a cap kit in. Typically you get the thin line when the caps go.
(could be something else but caps is a good start IMO )

What Model MegaTouch do you have?...also what monitor?....this will help to diagnose common issues.

He stated vertical lines, plural. A horizontal line across the middle would be vertical collapse. A horizontal collapse would be a blank picture or possibly a white dot in the middle. If he's getting jail bars then he's got a whole differant problem, depends on if the bars are rolling or stationary

I found it, looking in from the back ...... Top right corner the ribbon cable had a bad connection

LUCKY YOU!!!
Nice job getting it fixed!