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From: price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: flaky mac+ monitor
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Date: 2 Jan 91 21:00:50 GMT
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Reply-To: price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price)
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Hi all:

	My Mac+ is starting to have problems.  The monitor occaisionally 
goes black.  I can bring it back with a slight jar to the side of the 
machine (Macs must be made in America, right?  :) but I don't know if this 
is a problem that will get progressively worse or not.

	It seems to me that this has been discussed before, but I never 
paid attention since I didn't have the problem before (naturally...).  So, 
if anyone could mail me answers to the following questions, I'd appreciate 
it and post a summary:

	1)  What's the problem?  If I haven't given enough details, let me 
	    know, and I'll try to be more specific.
	2)  Since my computer is out of warranty anyway, I'm not afraid to 
	    open it up.  I have enough experience with electronics so that 
	    unless someone tells me that there's no possible way I can fix 
	    this myself, I'm willing to give it a shot.  Can anyone clue me 
	    in here?  Is this something that normal humans can fix?  

	I realize that with the information I've given, a real diagnosis of 
the problem is impossible, but I'm looking for hints as to what sort of 
thing I should be looking for.  Also, if there are any books available on 
do-it-yourself Mac repair, I'd appreciate pointers.

	Thanks in advance!

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