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From: hgw@julia.math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need a Flyback Transformer for my Mac
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Date: 7 Dec 89 17:19:58 GMT
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In article <5215@bgsuvax.UUCP> denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) writes:
>In article <609@telesoft.com>, colleen@telesoft.com (Colleen Wirth @second) writes:
>> they said that the problem was that the "flyback transformer" that
>> powers the picture tube was broken.  They were going to fix it for me
>> when, lo and behold, this is a proprietary Apple Macintosh part.  
>
Be warned, when my Mac blew its flyback, the repair company had to also
replace a power transistor.  My guess is, might of been a BU406.
While your at it, check your capacitors, make sure it's not bulging
or leaking.  Check espacially the Bi-Polar one.

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