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Grex > Micros > #138: Fix a Mac monitor and make $$$$$ | |
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raven
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Fix a Mac monitor and make $$$$$
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Sep 25 03:59 UTC 1995 |
I just sold a friend of mine a Mac LCIII and 14" Color plus monitor.
When she got it home the monitor didn't work :-(. Now the switch had been
mushy before so I'm hoping it's just the switch, however, the switch is
behind the tube, thus I need a reapir person with some expereince in
electronics. I know it's not the video board on the computer because she
did manage to get it up and running on a friends monitor.
I am willing to pay someone up to 15/hr to fix the monitor. If you are
interested respond here, or send me e-mail to set up an appointment.
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cybrgirl
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response 1 of 48:
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Sep 26 19:51 UTC 1995 |
Hi
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raven
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response 2 of 48:
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Sep 26 22:38 UTC 1995 |
Hi, welcome to Grex. Know anything about Apple monitors??
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ajax
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response 3 of 48:
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Sep 27 03:51 UTC 1995 |
You did try kicking it a few times, didn't you? :-)
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n8nxf
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response 4 of 48:
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Sep 27 14:22 UTC 1995 |
If it's only a switch this should not be too difficult. Do you have a new
switch to replace the existing one or are you looking for someone to
"hack" something close? Then again, most people think it's the switch
because it's the most complicated thing inside they can relate to ;-)
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raven
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response 5 of 48:
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Sep 27 23:16 UTC 1995 |
Well it's probably also the fuse, my friend broke the fuse trying
to get it out. I don't have a new switch or a fuse, if you are interested
in procuring these materials and donig the work for 15/hr please send me
e-mail. Thanks
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scg
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response 6 of 48:
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Sep 28 05:24 UTC 1995 |
I had a monitor that I thought had a fuse or switch problem. It turned out
that I was sort of right -- it had a short in the flyback transformer which
would blow a circuit breaker , or something like that, whenever power got to
it. It would then reset itself, only to blow again immediately.
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raven
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response 7 of 48:
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Sep 29 05:19 UTC 1995 |
Ummm does anyone want to take a look/test the monitor?
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n8nxf
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response 8 of 48:
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Sep 29 14:48 UTC 1995 |
If you'll deliver it, pick it up and are not in a hurry, I'll take a look
at it. Why don't you just take it to some computer fix-it shop? (MCRS?)
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raven
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response 9 of 48:
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Sep 29 18:19 UTC 1995 |
The reason I don't take it to a fix it shop is I don't want to pay
50-100/hr to fix the monitor because it isn'tv worth that much money. If
you can fix it for 10-15/r + parts ofcourse then it is worthwhile to fix
the monitor. BTW thanks ofr the interest. Send me e-mail with your address
and a good timne to drop it off and I'll arrange with my friend to drop it
off assuming 15/hr (maximum) + the cost of parts is agreeable to you.
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raven
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response 10 of 48:
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Sep 29 18:21 UTC 1995 |
p.s. Klaus please include your phone # in the e-mail so my friend
can set up the apponitment as I don't have the monitor now. Thanks again
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raven
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response 11 of 48:
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Oct 7 04:53 UTC 1995 |
Klaus fixed my monitor. I'm so relieved, and just wanted to say
thanks!!!
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omni
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response 12 of 48:
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Oct 7 06:37 UTC 1995 |
I think Klaus could fix a rainy day, if he put his mind to it. ;)
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n8nxf
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response 13 of 48:
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Oct 9 12:19 UTC 1995 |
Your welcome and thank you. I hope it doesn't give you any more problems.
(I found it most interesting that Gold Star made this monitor for Apple.)
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alan
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response 14 of 48:
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Oct 11 02:14 UTC 1995 |
What did you have to do , Klaus, to fix the monitor?
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alan
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response 15 of 48:
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Oct 11 02:16 UTC 1995 |
I have a Princeton vga which doesn't work nad another one which doesn't work,
I'm thinking of marrying them and having one which does. Any sage advice?
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rcurl
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response 16 of 48:
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Oct 11 05:07 UTC 1995 |
Don't they both have to work, to have offspring?
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n8nxf
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response 17 of 48:
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Oct 11 15:14 UTC 1995 |
All I had to do was replace the fuse. Unfortunatly, with todays throw-away
mentality, the entire monitor had to be diassembled to unsolder the fuse
from the PC board! They could have designed it to take board-mount fuse
clips, but no. They had to save the 5 cents. (Five cents adds up over several
thousand units you know...) Raven had done some net-surfing and came to
the same conclusion I did: The fuse used in this monitor is under rated.
The original was 2.5 amp and I replaced it with a 3 amp Slo-blo. (The
degausing circuit pulls a fair amount of current on start-up. the Slo-Blow
will allow the high, short duty current pulse to pass without taking the fuse
out over time.)
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scott
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response 18 of 48:
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Oct 11 16:25 UTC 1995 |
Not to mention that fuses sometimes get more sensitive over time, and
eventually blow under normal loads.
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n8nxf
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response 19 of 48:
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Oct 11 20:01 UTC 1995 |
Agreeded, but this monitor looked as though it had seen little use. Very
clean inside and the date on the tube was 1993. Either way, it now sports
an external fuse just in case.
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keesan
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response 20 of 48:
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Feb 14 19:27 UTC 1999 |
Mac monitor questions. We have a Mac LC, someone wants to buy it with a color
monitor. We do not have a Mac color monitor. We have a collection of color
VGA and SVGA monitors that Tim donated to sell with computers. One is a
Multisynch 15" that runs up to 1280 dpi. There are a few other multisynchs
that run to at least 1024 but we could not test them higher. Kent said the
15" Multisynch was the only one that would run on the Mac LC but I am not sure
he knew about the other Multisynchs running at 1024. Does an LC (with the
special adaptor) really require 1280 dpi monitor to run, or will any
Multisynch or multiscan work, and can we just attach monitors and see if they
work? We do not know how to use a Mac but need to get this figured out
before MOn eve because the guy want sto come look at it then, so cannot wait
until next Saturday for help. We could also sell him an si with a BW monitor
but he really prefers color because one kid has color and the other will be
jealous. Where could one find an affordable used Mac color monitor, and at
what price? Computer Rennaissance said $80-150 if they had them, they do not
at present have any.
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rcurl
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response 21 of 48:
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Feb 14 19:56 UTC 1999 |
Have you tried Property Disposition?
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scg
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response 22 of 48:
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Feb 14 23:25 UTC 1999 |
The Mac color monitors I've seen, especially from the LC era, have generally
looked very low resolution, so I don't think you'd need a 1280x1024 monitor
for it, but I don't know.
Note: That's not 1280 dpi, but 1280 dots across the width of the screen, by
1024 dots from the top to the bottom of the screen.
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keesan
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response 23 of 48:
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Feb 15 01:11 UTC 1999 |
Kent said we do not need the 1280 dot resolution but rather we do need a
multisynch monitor, of which we have others of probably lower resolution.
They test out at 1024 and we have no card to test them at 1280, but I can try
finding them on the web. Kent also said the multisynch monitors were all that
would work on the adaptor that Kiwanis happens to have. Is it possible to
buy an adaptor that will let the LC be used with a plain VGA (640x480 dots
horizontalx vertical) instead? Kent also I think was trying to explain that
the scan rate is important. Just what sorts of monitors should we test on
the LC besides making sure that they are multiscan for this adaptor? WOuld
it help to have any other numbers before testing them, in order to rule out
those with the wrong numbers? (Vertical scan or whatever).
Neither Kent nor John were at Kiwanis precisely at 9 am so I sold the first
computer of the day, with the help of another customer who knew how to use
it, and I will be selling a Mac tomorrow (I have even less idea how to use
it, can't even figure out how to switch off an SE). My previous selling
experience was just after closing, to someone who wanted to make a Mac Plus
into a fishtank, which required less knowledge of Macs on my part.
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scg
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response 24 of 48:
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Feb 15 05:23 UTC 1999 |
There's a power switch on the back of the SE, which you can use to switch it
off.
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