Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!milano!uudell!bigtex!texsun!letni!rwsys!kf5iw!k5qwb!lrk From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Lyn R. Kennedy) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Diagnostic challenge: 2 IBM EGA monitors failed Message-ID: Date: 3 May 91 20:29:09 GMT References: <63997@bbn.BBN.COM> Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb Lines: 50 sher@bbn.com (Lawrence D. Sher) writes: > When a monitor fails, it could be anything. But when two monitors > partially fail in the identical way, one cannot help suspect that > this is a known failure mode, and fixing it must be known too. > > So... > I have two IBM EGA "Enhanced Color Display" monitors, IBM type 5154, > that have identical failure patterns. The symptoms: > > When first turned on, the picture is OK except for > unusual background brightness > occasional whole-screen glitches > ocassional raster lines near the top or center that seem misplaced > > During the first few minutes of warm-up > the unusual background brightness fades to a normal black > > A few minutes later a new mode of behavior suddenly appears: > the background brightness level is up again > the raster appears ragged, possibly every other line misplaced by 1-2 > pixels > the beast shrieks (15 kHz?) > it smells like a component has overheated > > Momentary disconnect of the signal line restores normal operation for a > few minutes. > > Any ideas? > .--------------------------------------------------------------- > /Internet email: sher@bbn.com > Larry Sher < US Mail: BBN, MS 6/5A, 10 Moulton St., Cambridge, MA 0213 > \ Telephone: (617) 873 3426 FAX: (617) 873 3776 > `---------------------------------------------------------------- It's a guess but i've have a color TV like this. The high-voltage was being affected by a collection of dust attracted by the electric charge. After you get it open and discharge everything in sight with one hand and a big screwdriver ( better yet let it sit turned off overnite ), clean-up everything you can get to around the high voltage section. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org lrk@k5qwb.UUCP 73, utacfd.utarl.edu!letni!rwsys!kf5iw!k5qwb!lrk Lyn Kennedy K5QWB @ N5LDD.#NTX.TX.US.NA P.O. Box 5133, Ovilla, TX, USA 75154 -------- "We have met the enemy and they are us." Pogo -----------------