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From: sher@bbn.com (Lawrence D. Sher)
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Subject: Re: My Sony Multiscan died!
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Date: 10 Dec 90 16:07:10 GMT
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In article <27282.275ef542@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2fmkjerky@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>My Sony CPD-1302 monitor was working fine for the last year and a half or so,
>and then this morning when I tried to turn it on, it clicked on, and then 
>the power button started flashing back and forth like it was trying to sync
>in (It's a multisync monitor), and then the light went out.  After a few
>times of this, it seemed to not even respond at all to the monitor being
>turned on.

I had a similar problem.  It was the power switch.  Sony charged $113
for a carry-in depot repair (Boston area), which sounds high but in my
experience is not at all high.  They also cleaned and readjusted
internal stuff, so the monitor was noticeably better after the repair
than before it broke.
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