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From: mmdf@udel.UUCP
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Subject: Re: monitor problems
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Date: 24 Jul 88 20:54:23 GMT
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In message <654@sunspot.edu> Charlie Miller says:

> My Commodore 2002 monitor seems to be developing a problem and
> I was curious if this might be the beginning of a common failure mode.
> After warming up a while (15 minutes or so) it occasionally makes a
> snap sound (like something discharging) and the screen flickers.
> I've been to lazy to take the back off and investigate because it
> doesn't happen often enough *yet*.  If this has happened to anyone
> else or you might have an idea of what to check I would appreciate the
> info.

Well, my monitor does exactly (and I mean EXACTLY!) the same thing.  I
have taken the back off and cleaned it out, but it still does it.  Also,
I have checked the cable and that didn't fix it.  Finally, I took the
monitor over to a friends house to check it out and it didn't have the
problem.  This leads me to believe that the problem is not in the
monitor, but somewhere else (unless when I transported it, it shook
something into place temporarily).  I have been comtemplating another
possibility and that is that the power supply for my A500 is bad and
sends bad things to my computer which in turn sends bad things to my
monitor.  And woilla! and snap, crackle and pop.

If you discover what the problem is, please let me know so that I can
fix my problem also.

                                    Shawn Clabough
                                    24847843@WSUVM1.BITNET
                                    Washington State University