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From: andre@ra.src.umd.edu (Andre Tits)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Harware problem with EGA monitor
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Date: 26 Jul 90 11:14:01 GMT
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A friend of mine in Beijing, China has problems with his EGA monitor
(used with some IBM PC compatible):
  ``The display lights up rapidly, then disappears completely.''
He suggests as possible causes:
  1.  Due to transformer from 220 to 110.
  2.  Unreliable power line in China.
  3.  Bad EGA card.
  4.  Bad monitor.
He is thinking of getting a new EGA card in the US (relatives of his
going soon to Beijing) to try it, if it is not too expensive
(EGA BIOS Ver. 2.4/33).  He is asking me whether this is a wise
move or if other things should be checked first.

Anybody has a word of wisdom on this ?
Please reply by email, as I do not read this newsgroup.
Thanks for any help.
-Andre Tits