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From: wouk@alumni.colorado.edu (Arthur Wouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: (*SIGH*) 3b1 monitor question.
Message-ID: <1991May19.172958.6629@colorado.edu>
Date: 19 May 91 17:29:58 GMT
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In article <1991May18.161722.21388@colnet.uucp> res@colnet.uucp (Rob Stampfli) writes:
>The most common problem with 3B1 monitors is a failure mode where the right
>side of the screen becomes increasingly nonlinear.  Once this starts, it
>proceeds at an exponential rate until the monitor fails.  The problem is
>a bad capacitor in the flyback circuitry.  If it is caught prior to the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>actual failure of the monitor, this is all that has to be replaced.  Once
>the capacitor fails, it takes out many hard-to-replace parts, like the
>flyback transformer, effectively rendering the monitor unrepairable at any
>reasonable cost.
 
is there only one capacitor in the flyback circuitry, or is there a
particular one to replace? if so, what are the specs?
-- 
arthur wouk 
internet: wouk@cs.colorado.edu