Re: dying iigs monitor

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <1993Apr6.231622.25603@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> bit@gnu.ai.mit.edu (bit.map) writes:
>n9230173@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Michael Juntunen) writes:
>>
>>Have you tried smaccking it?  Seriously I've been having some kind of a loose
>>connection problem with mine and a slight smack brings it back to normalcy.

>that sounds a lot like a problem ive been having,
>if i turn the monitor off, and it cools down, then
>once is powered up again, for about 5-10 minutes, the
>screen will jump, and occasionally the screen height
>will be reduced to about 1/2 normal, very dim, and the 
>power on led on the fromt will dim as well, so ive
>been figuring that the power supply is probably dying,
>(and yes, a smack to the side will fix it for a few minutes)
>i have very rarely turned my system off for the last two years
>for that very reason, i dont want to buy another monitor...
>sometimes too, it i tap on the knobs on back, it will 
>be ok, so it could be a bad knob, (although the led dimming is strange)

This is definitely the bad flyback connection problem.  Find an electronics
guru and tell them to resolder the 10 joints on the flyback transformer. 
Your monitor will then be good as new.

ObWarning: Don't try this if you don't know what you're doing, as hazardous
voltages exist in the flyback circuit.  If you kill yourself, I can't be held
responsible.



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