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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Crow TJ on May 08, 2010, 05:56:37 pm
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Had a brand new WG9200 in storage for the last 4 years and when moving it out I heard about 30 sec of gas leak (assuming I lost the vacuum). I think the control board attached to the tube was displaced when moving the monitor. When I plug it in there is no glow at the vacuum tube. Is there any way to have this repaired or it is a lost cause. I suspect it it lost and an expensive lesson.
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Broken Tube = Loss of Vacuum = Chuck it (the tube at least).
You may be able to find a compatible "donor tube" from a TV set or another monitor with different problems since the electronics are probably all still OK.
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start searching for a donor tube, this one is toast.
match up the tube # (its very common (a64#)) and swap the yoke to the new tube (trust me it's not as hard as you think)