Maintenance on 1084S monitor

[JimS]

Hi,

 Have had it apart about 3 times and can not find a problem, probably a cold solder joint. Has driven me crazy for five years now. One day I will find it.

smerf

I've found that cold solder joints happen most often on the flyback transformer. I made it a habit to check and then resolder those joints whenever I had to open any of the Amiga monitors.

[JimS]

Interestingly enough, although it says 1084S on the front of the monitor, it's not the same model I bought with my original Amiga A500 years ago. I used to own the second one pictured on the page below, but the one I've just bought is the third or forth model on the page, which is listed as a 1084ST or 1084S-D1. Is this a later model?

Commodore used two manufacturers for the 1084. Phillips and Daewoo. The "D" in the model number means yours is a Daewoo.

[JimS]

Unfortunately, the monitor on/off button has started playing up! I found I had problems turning it on because I couldn't get the button to stay in the on position. Since then, I've resorted to leaving it in the on position and just plugging or unplugging it at the mains through an extension lead. Can anyone tell me of an alternative?

You could power it through a switched power strip....

[JimS]

Can you give me an example of this? Where would I get one? Can you post a link? The lead that came with it is also quite short and should be replaced. It also has to work on 230V 50Hz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_strip