Re: Apple 14" composite monitor on IIGS?

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <20020515122647.21834.00013237@mb-ch.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>SLICK underscore(_) RCBD at HOTMAIL, a dot(.) COM asked:
>
>>My IIGS monitor is at death's door, knocking loudly. It works fine for
>>about 5 or 10 minutes, sometimes even 15, then it sudeenly cuts out, as if
>>it were unplugged or turned off. I then need to press the power button to
>>turn it off and wait. After about an hour or so it will work again.
>
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>
>Almost certainly, the problem with your monitor is an intermittent open
>in the PC board, triggered by temperature rise.  This is easily fixed, once
>found, by resoldering the connection or bridging the break.  Finding it can
>be tricky if the crack or bad connection is not readily visible.
>

The most likely culprit is a broken solder connection on the flyback
transformer to the motherboard.  Reheat each joint with a soldering pencil
and try the monitor again.  I think <:-)> the flyback transformer is a big
heavy thing near the bottom back.  Never done this fix before.

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)