Re: Apple Lisa Display

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

In article <-CSdnTq6EpQ0uMCjXTWc3w@comcast.com>, "GarberStreet Enterprises"
<willy46pa@comcast.net> writes:

>> Is the screen at all readable through that?  Is it changing at all?
>> If it is, could just be dried-up capacitors in the video section;
>> someone with electronics skill (and some respect for high-voltage)
>> could possibly fix it.
>
>You should be able to tell if electrolytic capacitors have gone bad.
>They leak and make a nice pattern. Kind of looks like you dropped
>a splotch of coffee around it.

Not necessarily.  Electrolytics can fial in several ways, and leakage
is only one.  Simply drying out over time is another, and it tends to
leave no visible signs.

-michael

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