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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Lilwolf on January 10, 2005, 02:35:11 pm

Title: Question about a dying monitor
Post by: Lilwolf on January 10, 2005, 02:35:11 pm

A friend of a friend has a galaxian game which the monitor is dying.

After a bit... the screen shrinks down I hear.  Is this fixable (or is this enought description?)

Hes looking for a buyer and I'm wondering if its repairable or should be sold asif without a monitor.

Thanks..  (sorry about the lack of description... I would go farther into detail if I had more info)

Title: Re: Question about a dying monitor
Post by: ChadTower on January 10, 2005, 02:40:02 pm

Very likely fixable.

Title: Re: Question about a dying monitor
Post by: Ken Layton on January 10, 2005, 06:38:55 pm

Probably repairable. You should include the monitor anyway in the sale of the machine regardless of whether it works or not IMO.

Title: Re: Question about a dying monitor
Post by: Lilwolf on January 11, 2005, 08:25:18 am

The question was if we try to fix it and sell it..

Title: Re: Question about a dying monitor
Post by: ChadTower on January 12, 2005, 09:08:52 am

The solution is pretty much always to do a cap kit... that fixes 90% of problems if the monitor is working.  After that, you've got some transistors, maybe a potentiometer or two... these monitors aren't hard to fix once you've done a couple.