Re: gs monitor died?

[mfumu@alphalink.com.au (Bill Robbins)]

In article <8j2p0i$236$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, tuey@my-deja.com wrote:

>after several months of having my gs dismantled (ok, ok, don't beat me.
>i know that means i'm no longer apple ii true), i tried putting it back
>together.  but i guess what i've heard is true.  once you take them
>apart, they get miffed and just won't play right anymore.
>
>my monitor refuses to look at me.  i've been reading a lot of the
>messages here in hopes that it might turn out to be only a battery
>problem (like happened to my Performa last year) but i guess the gs
>battery only runs the clock & desktop ram & all.
>
>so, before i go looking to buy a new monitor (or (sniff) permanently
>pack the gs away in the back bedroom  with my IIe), is there anything i
>could try that might tell me for certain that it's the monitor?  i can
>hear the system trying to boot, but i see absolutely nothing.
>
>suggestions, gentlemen?
>
>tuey
>
>
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>Before you buy.

If you have had the back of your monitor, do it again.  (Orientation is
from a position of looking at the screen from the front.)  Note the
circuit board that plugs into the video tube itself.  On the right hand
side of the board find a little white switch, it's about the middle of the
right side of the board.  It has three positions up, down and, you guest
it, center - or pointing straight out vertical to the board.  If it's not
in this last position, that could be your only problem.  Put it there and
try again.

Other things to note:

Does the power light come on.  If not, you've likely got a problem with
the power supply.  Check the fuse which is at the rear right hand corner
of the main circuit board.  (Yes, you have to take the back off to find
the fuse. Be very careful putting anything, including parts of your body
in the area of the high voltage transformer.  If you want to be really
safe, leave the monitor off for about a day before taking off the back.)

The control panel is attached to the back with a single screw.  The wiring
webs which run to the main circuitry are not long enough to make it easy
to take the back off and get at that screw, but it's not impossible.
However when taking the back of the monitor off and putting it on again,it
is virtually impossible NOT to put some strain on these wires.  Make sure
that the connectors for these wires are firmly seated and making good
connections. Since one of the controls in this panel is the off/on switch,
if the wires connecting it to the power supply have come loose, it would
have the same effect as a blown fuse.

Hope this helps.
-- 
Bill Robbins, mfumu@alphalink.com.au