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From: stever@videovax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Popping monitor
Message-ID: <4049@videovax.Tek.COM>
Date: Sat, 22-Nov-86 14:55:18 EST
Article-I.D.: videovax.4049
Posted: Sat Nov 22 14:55:18 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Nov-86 00:44:11 EST
References: <685@husc6.UUCP>
Reply-To: stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.)
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Organization: Tektronix Television Systems, Beaverton, Oregon
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Summary: The problem is high-voltage arcing. . .

In article <685@husc6.UUCP>, Jason May (may@husc4.UUCP) writes:

> 	Since I got my Amiga over the summer, I have had a problem with
> my monitor frequently making popping or snapping noises, very quietly,
> accompanied by a flash from the screen.  This is not a normal Amiga
> error-screen-flash flash, but a very fast jump of the whole image.

> . . .

The problem is arcing in the high-voltage section.  You need to find a
*good* service center before the high-voltage supply dies.

					Steve Rice

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