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From: Lee.Scoggins@p10.f21.n232.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Lee Scoggins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! My monitor blanks out!!
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Date: 16 Nov 91 20:46:12 GMT
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> Quite a while ago, on comp.sys.amiga, someone was having trouble with
>there monitor just going black.  The same thing is now happening to me. 
>I might have a new virus, but I have installed all the disks that I
>use alot, and it's still happening.  I vaguely remember it had something
>to do with poor design on the 1084 (what I have) and a circuit building
>up enough charge to arc. Can anyone help me out?
> 
>-Desperate
>(I.E. Richard Wicks)
> 
>Hi there, well I have a 1081 and a while ago it started blanking out. It
>was due to some dry solder points. There was a slight shorting sound
>when it went black.
>  .bernard.

I have a 1084 monitor that experienced the same problem of
"cracking" and then going black.  It was a poor solder connection
that was causing the problem.  The arcing tends to get worse as the
dust inside the case builds up.


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