>>I have a 9 year old 17" Supermac monitor on which the screen >>suddenly goes to white/bright light gray with visible diagonal >>retrace or scan lines. Usually it does this after it's been on for >>at least 20 minutes but sometimes within a few minutes of boot up.
[snip] >>Can anyone diagnose these symptoms? > >if the lines are straight or checked it is a bad vramchip or bank, or >if the cursor has flickering details otherwise >if they are white lines angelled towards one corner slightly or just >a little bit, it can be a broken monitor, but maybe the damage then >isnt too bad, cause the tube itself is workin, maybe just some >soldering or changing some resistor or so, old tv sets used to become >that way - and on them this is a workable problem, BUT it could also >be some other source, a tv nearby ?? another screen ??? the >neighbours doing their own radiobroadcasts ??? a refrigerator or >freezer close up that starts up every 20 minute or so ??? > >L >-- In the days of 68000 Macs it was either the analog board or the flyback transformer going bad. Charlie -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
