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monitor acting up
Since my recent move, my Samtron monitor has decided to go pink on me every
now and then. Not red, just a deep pink, for no apparent reason. The first time, I wiggled it a bit. The monitor, that is. It came back. It acted up again and took more than a wiggle - I had to give it a firm tap. Again, everything was OK. So now it's gotten to where I have to give it a hard slap before it settles down. Personally, I don't mind slapping it, but the sound startles my wife who looks at me kind of funny, afterwards, like it's tube abuse. What do you think - am I stuck with a dying or masochistic monitor? Is what I'm doing considered tube abuse? Should I tell my wife to mind her own business? Why do these things always happen to me? Thanks. |
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As an old time TV repairman, I used to run into this problem fairly often.
It was generally due to a flaking cathode, causing a small particle to intermittently short out one of the grids in the electron gun. The problem could often be solved by placing the display face down and gently tapping on the CRT neck, thus dislodging the flake into the bell of the tube where it would do no further harm. "John" wrote in message ... Since my recent move, my Samtron monitor has decided to go pink on me every now and then. Not red, just a deep pink, for no apparent reason. The first time, I wiggled it a bit. The monitor, that is. It came back. It acted up again and took more than a wiggle - I had to give it a firm tap. Again, everything was OK. So now it's gotten to where I have to give it a hard slap before it settles down. Personally, I don't mind slapping it, but the sound startles my wife who looks at me kind of funny, afterwards, like it's tube abuse. What do you think - am I stuck with a dying or masochistic monitor? Is what I'm doing considered tube abuse? Should I tell my wife to mind her own business? Why do these things always happen to me? Thanks. |
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Thanks, bobster. Matter of fact, it did it just as I was posting the first
time, so I just tried the fix - hopefully it'll work. Much appreciated! "bobster" wrote: As an old time TV repairman, I used to run into this problem fairly often. It was generally due to a flaking cathode, causing a small particle to intermittently short out one of the grids in the electron gun. The problem could often be solved by placing the display face down and gently tapping on the CRT neck, thus dislodging the flake into the bell of the tube where it would do no further harm. "John" wrote in message ... Since my recent move, my Samtron monitor has decided to go pink on me every now and then. Not red, just a deep pink, for no apparent reason. The first time, I wiggled it a bit. The monitor, that is. It came back. It acted up again and took more than a wiggle - I had to give it a firm tap. Again, everything was OK. So now it's gotten to where I have to give it a hard slap before it settles down. Personally, I don't mind slapping it, but the sound startles my wife who looks at me kind of funny, afterwards, like it's tube abuse. What do you think - am I stuck with a dying or masochistic monitor? Is what I'm doing considered tube abuse? Should I tell my wife to mind her own business? Why do these things always happen to me? Thanks. |
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