Well it depends upon how "techie" you are...
The normal cause of failure is a $0.75 input transistor, available from any
Radio Shack.
Substitution often works just fine... don't know how many I've salvaged like
this...
Many of these are so prone to failure that they are seated on a ceramic base
so that they can be easily removed. It's also easy to find "logically" since
it will be the first transistor "in" from the cable.
If this is the case, replacing it will bring your monitor back from the
dead. Since this component interfaces the monitor's to the rest of the
world, it's very easy to zap...
The problem is finding which one it is.
On some circuit boards it is clearly labeled.
Sometimes you can also obtain a circuit diagram for the monitor to help you
locate it.
If your good with an ohm meter you can also locate it...
Also you can probably E-Mail the manufacturers tech support department and
ask them what it's "position number" is on the circuit board. You'll have to
be specific though...
I.E. "Initial Input transistor for RGB Red input logically closest to video
input."
They should be able to tell you "it's at position C5" corresponding to
markings on the board.
It's funny that this simple repair is the cause for hundreds of thousands of
otherwise good monitors being junked. By the time you throw in labor and
shipping costs, it's normally cheaper for companies to replace the
monitor...
However if you have an hour you can fix it yourself.
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Malka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 8:55 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] best video card for Linux?
You are correct. It was the monitor. I changed it and everything is fine.
Anything I can do with the old monitor other than just junk it?
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
