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Re: killed 2 monitors in 2 weeks...
« on: December 18, 2007, 07:28:08 PM »
You can probably repair thoose monitors!

http://amigahardware.mariomisic.de/cgi-bin/showhardware_en.cgi?HARDID=849

Look for "Common Problems"

The C=1084 is usually a variation of the Philips CM8833 monitor
A1200, Blizzard 030, 2+32MB ram, 4GB CF, pcmcia netcard, Kickstart 3,1
A600, 2MB chip ram+4Mb pcmcia S-RAM, Kickstart 3,1
CD32 - Just for fun  :-D
 

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Re: killed 2 monitors in 2 weeks...
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2007, 08:10:19 PM »
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Colani1200 wrote:
Maybe, but I don't have the time & knowledge. I also guess it's that transformer (whistling noise).


Maybe just a bad soldering at one of the transformers pins. Try it :-)

Lucky my, I have CM8833, C=1084 and C=1071  :-D
A1200, Blizzard 030, 2+32MB ram, 4GB CF, pcmcia netcard, Kickstart 3,1
A600, 2MB chip ram+4Mb pcmcia S-RAM, Kickstart 3,1
CD32 - Just for fun  :-D
 

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Re: killed 2 monitors in 2 weeks...
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2007, 08:39:51 PM »
I think it is worth a try :-)

Yep, if you sell something, you will need it sooner or later.
Worse, you could have thrown it away  :-o

I just ordered an Amiga3000 with a C=1960 monitor, saved from been dumped in a container.. Lucky me!!
A1200, Blizzard 030, 2+32MB ram, 4GB CF, pcmcia netcard, Kickstart 3,1
A600, 2MB chip ram+4Mb pcmcia S-RAM, Kickstart 3,1
CD32 - Just for fun  :-D
 

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Re: killed 2 monitors in 2 weeks...
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2007, 10:03:28 PM »
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Tomas wrote:
Give it a light smack and see if that does anything  :-P
If it does, then it is most likely just some bad solder joint somewhere.


I agree :-)

My CM8833 had EXACTLY this problem, after I soldered the transformer the problem was solved.
A1200, Blizzard 030, 2+32MB ram, 4GB CF, pcmcia netcard, Kickstart 3,1
A600, 2MB chip ram+4Mb pcmcia S-RAM, Kickstart 3,1
CD32 - Just for fun  :-D