Re: IIGS Monitor problem...Help, Please

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <h1JVYDW.tdon@delphi.com>, Tom O'Neill  <tdon@delphi.com> wrote:
>While tickling the keys two nights ago and dling my e-mail from Delphi
>using Spectrum, there was a slight "poof" sound.  Immediately, the screnn
>went from text to a checkerboard pattern, multicolored...red, green, and
>blue, I think...and it began flipping about once or twice a second...scrolling
>upwards, that is.

   I'd think that this is a monitor problem, where it lost sync with
the computer.
 
>I shut it down after first trying to reboot (control, open apple, reset)
>and the colors changed somewhat to include black and white interspersed
>with the colors mentioned above.  Upon restarting, the screen came up
>with nothing but black and white rectangles, some of them irregular
>lengths and widths.  More importantly, I believe, there is no response
>to the three-fingered salute whatsoever.

   The computer or the monitor doesn't respond? Have you tried
connecting a monitor or TV to the RCA port in the back of the GS?
[That'll probably answer the question as to whether the problem's in
the GS or the monitor.]

   As they're a bit easier to break than motherboards, I think the
problem might be in your GS's power supply-- if one of the voltage
connectors broke, the drives could spin up, but the chips on the
motherboard wouldn't be.

Nathan Mates
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