on 8/12/03 9:45 PM, Brandon Davis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know what the following symptom means (and can give me a > solution - or can direct me to a website with a solution - to the > problem)? - After being on for awhile, the display on my Colour Classic dims > and brightens. > > It seems to happen when the display warms up. It's not a consistent problem. > It may get dim, get dimmer, then brighten up for awhile. The soft switch on > the front panel does work (e.g., when the display "auto-dims", you can > brighten it up a relative amount by "up-ing" the switch ...ditto for > "auto-bright" and dimming via the switch). > > Clues? Suggestions? > > TIA > > --- brandon davis --- > -- sacramento, ca -- > >
There are controls internally that set brightness, etc., via screw-slot settings. If these have become flaky due to time, heat, etc., the first step is to adjust them just to clean the potentiometer. This should include the flyback transformer which will have one or two adjusters. Bright and focus. Be careful not to over-brighten. It kills a dying flyback. If this fixes it, good. If not, then one or more things, particularly solder joints, (parts where the solder joins a prong or pin to the trace on the motherboard), need to be inspected and re-soldered. Jeff -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
