Re: My RGB went green!

[rwifall@nmsu.edu (Richard J Wifall)]

Stephen Costaras (stevecs@ripco.com) wrote:
: : My friend lost his RGB but it is all RED (redish-orange) vs. the green screen
: : in this article.  Is this the same problem but a different choke?  Has anyone
: : ever had a RED screen.  Me and my lack of tech was just assuming that it was a
: : different mix of colors to create the GREEN (or RED) screen.  Can anyone
: : provide any light on this one?
:
: I don't know about that, but mine went all 'Blue' (kinda a nice hue too ;)
: a while back.  I didn't bother fixing it as I had a couple spare composite
: monitors that I could use.  It's still downstairs.

	If your Apple RGB monitor has changed to a solid color (red,
green, or blue) that means the peaking coil for that color blew.
Apparrently they are supposed to be rated at 10 microhenry's.  When
mine blew I couldn't locate any local inductor sources so I just
twisted up a piece of wire and used that as the replacement.  (Didn't
even count the turns :)  Occasionally I'll see some flickering in the
color, but otherwise it works fine.  I guess I need to get a 10 uHenry
inductor one of these days and replace my wire. :)
	If you don't want to fix your monitor and it needs a home....


: Steve

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