On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 05:28:27 GMT, Slick wrote:

> My IIGS monitor is fritzing out. It works for about half an hour, then the
> screen goes blank, and the power light goes out. Pressing the power button
> has no effect. IF I leave it turned off for an hour (or sometimes more) It
> will turn on for a short time, then go out agin.

Slick, open up the case. The power supply has about 5 components one of which
is a big white ceramic resistor (3.3 ohms in the 110V colour monitor) you will
probably find the solder on this resistor has crystallised. Unsolder the
resistor, scrape the leads with a Stanley knife (gently!). Clean the solder
pads
with some 200 grit wet and dry sandpaper. Resolder the resistor and voila!
If the resistor is OK. Then check the "kickstart" cap in the power supply by
substitution or the STKxxxx power supply chip for bad solder joints.
Good luck!

P.S. BE CAREFUL MONITORS ARE FULL OF DANGEROUS VOLTAGES!


>
> Anyways, I remember hearing a long time ago that TV repair shops can
> repair computer monitors. That may not be true anymore, but was it true
> for the IIGS's AppleColor RGB monitor? Although even if it is true, I'll
> bet that they'd laugh at me if I brought it in.
>
> The other thing I'd like to know is, what's the going price for those
> monitors nowadays? I haven't been in the market for one since 1988, and
> that was a Christmas present from my parents (4th grade, no less).  One
> good thing I can say, that monitor's lasted longer than my Apple MultiScan
> 1705, it fritzed out after only 3 years, rather than 13.

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The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat so much.