Ceronix monitor board horizontal retrace ic

[Labrat]

  can the horizontal  retrace ic be swapped between RCA and Chungwa boards. I did try and ended up with a worse picture. Was told most ic were interchangable.

[cowboygames]

I'd be surprised, bit it's possible. Cross the parts numbers and see if they are the same. If not, they can't be swapped. What is a horizontal retrace  IC? If the retrace lines are on the top, bottom or both then it's vertical output IC problem. If they are on the sides then it's a horizontal output transistor problem. Although a HOT problem would show up as bars or a wavy border on each side of the screen, not retrace lines. Show us a picture of the problem. Retrace lines can be caused by the flyback also. Indicated by a picture that's way to bright at the same time

[Labrat]

The company I purchase parts through said that the 2 ic were interchangable !!! Will get picture tomorrow when I start back at the workshop. All this is a bit new to me after being a gaming tech on the road to changing to a bench after 10 years so may have lots f weird questions. I'd all ought today got 6 ceronix boards back running ad 5 RCA .
Thanks or your prompt reply/support.

[cowboygames]

They may well be, but until you cross reference the part numbers off each you won't know and, like I said, depending on how the lines present you may be dealing with a vertical problem, not horizontal