Re: Apple II video problem

[pfaiffer@access.mbnet.mb.ca (Mike Pfaiffer)]

In <40elf2$2qg@news.mel.aone.net.au> philip@labtam.OZ.AU (Philip Stephens) writes:

>rogtha@delphi.com wrote:

>> I have an original Apple II. Every five minutes the video goes bye-bye.
>> It either disappears or screws up. I lift the front of the unit and drop it
>> an inch or so, and the video returns, but the keyboard doesn't work, so I
>> push RESET and everything's fine for five more minutes.
>> Any ideas?
> 
>Cyrus Roton replied:

>>It might be a bad connection between one of the video jacks and its plug. 

>It could also be the brightness (?) pot, found near the video connector on
>the motherboard.  It's a small round pot that can be turned with a 
>screwdriver.  I have an old Apple ][+ sitting in a cupboard, and it had
>problems with the video blanking out late in it's life because the pot had
>a loose connection.

	Check the chips. If they are in sockets try pressing them down. 
Sounds as though YOUR remedy of dropping the front is similar to the 
famous Atari three inch drop to reseed the chips.

				Later
				Mike





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