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- From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Monitor died. Any experienced repairmen around?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.115619.6019@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 11:56:19 GMT
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
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- Hi,
-
- a little while ago my svga color monitor died. I am going to repair
- it when I find the time, but I thought I'd see if there's anyone
- how can give me some pointers in order to reduce the repair time.
- First, I would like to say that, although I have no experience
- repairing tv's or monitors, I do know how they operate. I have
- a degree in computer technology and therefore the knowledge about
- electronics that comes with that, so be as technical as you like :-)
-
- I'll first state the symptoms and then the possible event(s) leading
- to it.
-
- Basically, it doesn't produce a picture. When it is turned on
- the led comes up only very weekly. It fluctuates rythmically,
- accompanied by a faint clicking sound from somewhere inside
- the monitor. Also, the tube doesn't seem to heat up. From this
- I would say either the tube is gone or the high voltage power
- supply doesn't function. Eitherway, the low voltage power supply
- doesn't seem to be able to sustain the normal level, leading me
- to believe there is a power drain somewhere, most likely in
- the high voltage circuits.
- I can reach any part of the power supply currently so I have no
- means of detecting where it fails. The fuse is still Ok.
-
- Before all this we had a rather sever electrical storm, whereby
- a nearby building was hit. As a result my total system came down,
- first leading me to believe it was damaged. However, after having
- gone downstairs to check on other equipment, I found I could
- switch it on again without any problem. Later though, I found
- my screen to flicker once in a while, especially under certain
- weather conditions (warm, cloudy, possibly leading to a thunder
- storm). The flickering was like when it looses power for just
- a thenth of a second. Not enough to blank the screen, but enough
- to notice, almost like when switching from text to graphics or
- back.
- I would say some component got hit hard enough to make it unstable
- close to burning, which it finally did.
-
- What I would like to know is, if the tube is gone, how can this be
- detected without proper equipment? It doesn't look damaged.
- In order to really get close to the circuit board I would have
- to disconnect the cable leading from the trafo like element to
- the tube, connected to the side of the tube with a circular
- piece of rubber. Can this be disconnected without consequences?
- And last but not least. Does anyone have a ready made solution
- as to which components are gone and should be replaced :-)
-
- The monitor in question is a Datamax DM-7 svga color monitor.
- If you happen to have a circuit layout of this I'd be even
- more obliged.
-
- Thanks for your time,
- seasons greetings
- Erik
-