Re: Monitor problem

[Giorgio Morocutti <giorgio.morocutti@alice.it>]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:03:23 -0800 (PST), Allen Bong
<allenbsf6502@gmail.com> wrote:


>Hi,
>
>Michael was right!  I found 3 caps having some kind of electrolyte
>leak at the legs of the caps at C417 1000uF 16V, C901 10uF 100V and
>C206 220uF 90V.  I changed them one by one and tested the monitor
>after each cap was changed.  After changing the 3rd cap, the bright
>dot was gone.
>
>I guess the cap must have become open circuit but I have no capacitor
>meter to confirm.  I used caps with smaller footprints but higher
>voltage rate as 90V and 100V caps were not available here.
>
Good news for my monitor !

I have already changed C206 and C501 ( C901 !?), now I will change
C417 1000uF-16V.

Thanks !

Giorgio



Giorgio Morocutti
giorgio.morocutti@alice.it
Apple II & Apple III forever !