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Author Topic: Still having the Ms. Pacman problem. Could it be the flyback?  (Read 1570 times)

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I think box directly on the monitor is called the flyback.  Could this be the problem for my scrolling screen?  If I turn the right knob up I can get the screen to be still but there are white lines straight verticle down the screen and the screen itself is somewhat white.  When i adjust that knob down the white lines go away however the screen starts scrolling again.  Im at a loss here and cant find anyone in my area that knows anything about it.  Any help would be greatly appriciated.  Thanks!

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Re: Still having the Ms. Pacman problem. Could it be the flyback?
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2006, 02:06:28 pm »
some sort of power issue on the chassis,probably something to do with the caps(thats if your vertical/horizontal hold don't sort it)

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Re: Still having the Ms. Pacman problem. Could it be the flyback?
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2006, 04:13:31 pm »
Checking and adjusting the B+ maybe....... fiddling with the flyback is actually an adjustment on the screen voltage, so maybe there a B+ issue.

Monitor type??
(haven't looked for the original post yet)
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Re: Still having the Ms. Pacman problem. Could it be the flyback?
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2006, 04:57:32 pm »
once in the very distant past i did have a flyback that would break down causing the same fault,i guess it could be to do with one of the windings shorting out

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Re: Still having the Ms. Pacman problem. Could it be the flyback?
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2006, 07:52:06 pm »
Im not to familiar with this stuff.  What is the B+?

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Re: Still having the Ms. Pacman problem. Could it be the flyback?
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2006, 10:48:42 am »
It would be easier to read up on that in the manual.
Kinda hard to explain, it's part of the power supply on the monitor chassis itself.

Did you find an exact model of that monitor?
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Re: Still having the Ms. Pacman problem. Could it be the flyback?
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2006, 10:51:13 am »
Im not to familiar with this stuff.  What is the B+?

Then for your own safety you should not be working on monitors. It is highly suggested you have a professional repair it.