>The only other problem I can see with this machine is that the video is >a little flakey. It's only bright enough if you turn the level all the >way up, and it had occasional jitters or flutters, slight jumps in size >or position. Nothing consistent, but noticeable. My first thought was >failing caps in the power supply or analog board. Then I wondered >whether just tweaking the pots on the analog board slightly might help. >Haven't broken the box back open to try that yet. Any comments on those >ideas, or other suggestions? > It could likely be one or more dry joints on the analogue board, when you have the case off look around the joints on the flyback transformer (the black thing with the red lead coming off it to the crt cap)
A good test for dry joints is with the case off and the machine running (obviously be careful not to touch anything inside when powered up like this) use a heavy insulated screwdriver and holding it the wrong way round gently tap areas on the analogue board with the rubber handle, if you see any noticable action on the screen then you have a dry joint. > >Tim > Regards Sean. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
