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Re: IIGS monitor flickering



In article <263gat$a2c@pith.uoregon.edu>, nparker@cie.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker) writes:
|> In article <2626h7$ffb@zip.eecs.umich.edu> grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover
|> Thomas) writes:
|> >     Uh oh, my GS' monitor seems to be developing one of those
|> >infamous quirks.  The screen has recently been 'jumping' and
|> >flickering occasionally.
|> >
|> Obviously it's time for me to post my infamous RGB Horror Story again.
|> 
|> 
|> The problem, I was informed, was a faulty flyback transformer.  I was told
|> that if I had gotten it replaced during the couple of years before it died
|> for good, it would have been relatively cheap.  Apparently, though, when
|> 
|> The moral to this story is get the flyback transformer fixed NOW.  Do not
|> pass GO, do not collect $200.
|> 
|> According to some posts that I saw here several months ago, fixing the
|> flyback transformer may be as simple as re-soldering it to its circuit
|> board.  I haven't tried this--when I finally took my dead monitor in to be
|> fixed it was too late.
|> 
|>                - Neil Parker
|> --
So, if I want to replace rather than repair the flyback, what's the part number
and what store do I order it from?
	(looks like I start melting some solder tomorrow!)
Jack