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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Monitor popping
Message-ID: <2702@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Nov-87 03:58:55 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2702
Posted: Sun Nov  8 03:58:55 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Nov-87 07:31:07 EST
References: <4754@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 19
Keywords: My monitor goes POP and crashes my machine.

In article <4754@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> wpl@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM (William P Loftus) writes:
> My monitor goes POP (sounds like an electrical discharge), and
> the screen jumps.  In addition, My machine will crash once in a while 
> (quite a lot actually) when it POPs.  Is my monitor going bad? Is
> there anything I can do, before bringing it into a dealer?

The "popping" can be caused by electrostatic discharge within the monitor
case.  The solution I'd recommend is to take it to a TV repair shop where
they can blow out the dust, wipe off the black slime that accumulates on
charged surfaces, trim off any pointy solder joints and spray the works
with insulating "corona dope".  None of this is particularly complicated,
but don't even think of doing it unless you have the proper training and
experience.  Open the cover and you could either receive a fatal shock or
be sliced up by an imploding picture tube.

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!grr
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