wrote in message news:8j58lj$li5$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > i get the "hair on the back of the hand" thing. i think i can hear > crackling when i turn it off, but not necessarily when i turn it on. it > has a very faint electric "humm." i've fiddled with the dials on the > side and back and still have a black screen. > OK, now we're getting somewhere. That means you have high voltage. A couple of possibilities: You've lost filament voltage. To check that, get it as dark as possible, turn on the monitor, and see if you can see an orangish glow at the rear of the tube. Or leave it on for a while and feel the temperature of the plastic at top rear center. Is it hot compared to the other parts of the top? If so, the filaments are working. If not, repair is beyond the scope of a non-technician. You might try adjusting the screen voltage. (For safety, just don't touch anything in there. Use a plastic handled screwdriver to do the adjusting, there is no need to touch anything inside, and you do need to have the monitor on.) That is kind of the master intensity control. To locate it, remove the rear cover, and find the large part at left rear that has a fat (usually) red wire coming out the top and connecting to the tube. There are two adjustments on it, one for focus and one for screen, which affects the brightness. Adjusting this requires that you remove the back, set the monitor on something non-conductive, turn the whole thing on so you'd have a picture on the screen (connect to IIgs and turn it all on), and try first one adjustment (looks like a screw head, only plastic) and then the other. Adjust brightness to suit, and focus while you're at it. I'll bet that "fixes" it. Better still, just pick up another monitor. They can be had free or for $5-10 at thrift shops or computer recycling places. Grade schools are also a good source. -Paul