Info on repairing old commodore and philips monitors

[iamaboringperson]

I have old 1084(s) monitors that make funny high pitched sounds and don't light up the LED.
Plus those old philips ones(the ones that people often used with their amigas), which make strange high pitched sounds.

I'm wondering what common problems these monitors have?
Any particualar components I should be looking at? (I did check the fuses years ago)
Are there resources on the web about fixing these monitors?

Or should I just give up and dump them?

 :-)

[iamaboringperson]

I had the local C= dealer fix it (he said it was
a bad PSU), and exactly one day after the
warranty had expired (30 days), it broke again!
Our scum dealer wanted to charge to fix it the
second time...I told him to eat ****, and the
monitor still sits in my closet...almost new,
yet broken.

There is one 1084S that I was going to throw out.

[iamaboringperson]

DoomMaster wrote:
Just install a Commodore A2320 card into your Amiga 2000s video slot and hook up a new ViewSonic 17" Flat-Panel display.  That's what I have.  It really looks awesome!  Throw away those old monitors.     :-D

hmmm Does it have to be 'ViewSonic"? What about other brands? must it be 17"? Why may I not chose CRT?

But thanks for the monitor repair advice anyway, "doommaster"

[iamaboringperson]

Thanks Dr_Righteous, that just might help!

:-)

[iamaboringperson]

@all
Thanks for the suggestions

any TV repairs center, should be able to fix your problem.

Oh yeah? Not the one that I took my 1084S to 3 years ago when it died. It was sitting there for about 3 months, and I went there to pick it up, and they hadn't fixed a thing, they didn't know what to do! :-(


If I'm going to spend money on one, I might as well just buy a new one, I've seen them advertised for about AU$90, which is a bit much IMO. But I'm trying to get one with Amiga from ebay etc.

Monitor repairs can cost around $70 or more, IMHO it's not worth it.