Re: Fixing IIgs RGB monitor - is it possible?

["roughana" <andrew.roughan@writeme.com>]

I should have done a bit more searching through c.s.a2 first.
The problem I described seems to be a matter of replacing capacitors.
A search and destroy mission which would be labour intensive, but
possible.

Contrary to my belief that all 4 monitors exhibited the same problem, I
have a couple of further symptoms.
Two monitors require the contrast to be turned up high to see the
picture and the picture itself is biased towards the top of the screen.

Any ideas on those?

Thanks,
Andrew


roughana wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> With all this talk of the RGB monitor being a great picture and various
> issues with other solutions, I thought I'd ask the question...
>
> Is it possible to fix the problems that the Apple IIgs RGB monitor has,
> and if so what would be involved?
>
> I have 4 monitors all exhibiting similar issues... ie having to keep
> turning the contrast and brightness down to see a decent picture before
> the screen goes totally white and impossible to read.
>
> Obviously to fix it will require someone with monitor fixing skills,
> but there are plenty of monitor and TV repair technicians around. They
> probably need a pointer to what the problem is and a source of spare
> parts... its the parts availability that I imagine is the issue.
>
> Or is this a non-issue and any repair shop should be able to fix them
> easily?
>
> Is there a tech reference for fixing these monitors available anyway?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew