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From: shawl@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: dead mono monitor
Message-ID: <25386.26de6f08@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 31 Aug 90 19:07:03 GMT
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Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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> Hi! Yesterday my monitor died, or at least it seems that way. It seems
> to be still getting power because the green light is on, but the
> screen is totally blank. I would appreciate any help like hints of 
> what could be wrong and how to fix it or advice about sending it to
> Atari for repair, or whether any TV repairman would repair it, or any
> experience you have had with dead monitors. By the way, how much does
> a (new or used) mono monitor cost? And is there anybody willing to
> sell one? Thanks in advance!


I've had recent problems with my mono monitor; there is a capacitor that
has blown 3 times!  The first two times, it was replaced with a close but
not exact one meeting the specs; this last time, my nearby atari dealer
(in kansas city one hour away) got the correct one from california.  So
far so good.  In any case, the symptoms where a black screen; if you open 
up the case, if it is blown capacitor you might see a mess since my literally
exploded; there was also a smell.

GOOD LUCK!!