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Recent content by Strat_84
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
Yes, I have one suggestion: if you don't know what you're doing, stop torturing that poor innocent piece of hardware. Grounding pin 16 of IC406 to lower G2, seriously ? Did you even bother to have a look at the service manual to realize how senseless this is ? It wouldn't be surprising if you... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
Polishing a plastic film, that's a good joke. :LOL: But I'm glad for you the issue wasn't more serious than that. Now regarding a proper replacement film, this is a problem that has never really been overcome, hence the advice to avoid removing that film unless it is critically damaged. -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
Well, it wasn't very wise to do what you did in the first place. The P260 has its AR filter deposited on a PET film which is stuck on the tube. The correct way to remove it was to remove the bezel, and then unstick the film. Now, how to rectify this ? I really don't know if this is even... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
I confirm CRU should work with a R9 380/380X, that's what I have used for years. But that's with windows 7, there could be an issue coming from a newer version. -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
I've already used some isopropanol to clean trinitrons screens. Not really advised as it may worsen the condition of a coating already getting damaged (yes, it's really fragile, use only water), BUT I have never seen it making any coating hazy. Odds are higher this comes from some kind of... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
There's a coating on the plastic film so his question still stands actually. Removing the coating only will remove the shielding and AR effect, while keeping most of the contrast enhancing properties. If the film itself is dead and there is no plan to replace it, this option might be less worse... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
I have the same problem with a Dell p1130, it goes away when slapping the monitor, I didn't have time to fix this definitively. It's a bad contact I believe related to the shit connector between the D board and the A board on that model, and causing the A board to not be grounded properly. So... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
I've been again working a little on that issue during the past few months, I actually found ONE company that may have been willing and able to replicate the original film but I was told ludicrous prices: 900 to 1000$ a sheet (count at least 2 for missed applications). I believe the sales man was... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
The maximum voltage of a capacitor won't change anything regarding the board operation. A different ESR might cause slight changes in voltage though. I did a full recap on a G1 and a G1W chassis, I don't remember this to systematically cause major convergence issues (and I only used top quality... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
There probably was no need for chip swapping to find out if there is a problem. Just check each chip with a multimeter in diode mode between the +5V supply and the other pins. If you find it conductive when it doesn't make any sense (usually both ways), you got your faulty chip. ;) -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
Oh, I see. You're kind of guy who uses a nuke to get rid of a mosquito, aren't you ? :LOL: As for the problem with your led, indeed there may be a short related to the standby 5V line but only triggered by plugging the TTL link. According to your board switching, we know the culprit may be on... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
I don't know how you think to have repaired a trace because flat cables normally can't be repaired AFAIK. A damaged one has to be replaced. As for that led issue, does it turn off or turn orange ? Having the led orange and the display shutting down is normal behavior when a TTL connexion is... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
Have you tried checking the flat cables, especially between the N board and D board ? One or more tracks could be broken if they were not handled with care. Otherwise, if you can export the settings of the monitor on your computer with Windas and can only read 0s as values, the issue may come... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
Some FW900 news for a change. :) I finally had some time to try fixing my red cathode intermittent G1-k short issue, mainly with neck tapping/discharges. In the process, the tube developped ... a BLUE intermittent short. :mad: As a side note, the CR7000 isn't very good at dealing with shorts. I... -
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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
I couldn't resist looking for the service manual, I confirm, that one is the next generation without the transistor trick. But it wasn't messing with the main RGB amplifier, rather the cutoff amp. I'm getting old and forgetful. :oops: