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From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Monitor popping
Message-ID: <484@mcdsun.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 10:26:13 EST
Article-I.D.: mcdsun.484
Posted: Mon Nov  9 10:26:13 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Nov-87 19:49:32 EST
References: <4754@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> <2702@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division
Lines: 18
Keywords: My monitor goes POP and crashes my machine.

In article <2702@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>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,

I've done all this myself, and the monitor still pops, though not as
frequently and it no longer crashes the machine.  So now I'm back to where
I was a month or two ago before the problem got really bad.  I guess maybe
my next step is to take it to a TV repair shop and let them check the 
HV section to see if maybe it is set too high (is it even adjustable, some
monitors are, some aren't...).  

-Fred
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# Motorola Computer Division, 2900 S. Diablo Way, Tempe, Az 85282  USA