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24" Widescreen CRT (FW900) From Ebay arrived,Comments.
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The issue you have is an easy fix and the part to replace without performing soldering is the mounted D-board and we have the part in stock. It is not difficult to replace the part but I recommend to have a technician replace the part for you.
Hope this helps....
Sincerely,
Unkle Vito,
Nothing odd about the picture once it warms up. It all seems as normal as it always has, No blurry text, colors look great. The oddity are the red flashes on boot up. Screen flashes bright red or red orange 3 or 4 times, then it settles down. If I can find someone local who can test it I will take it in.
@poordevil
Hm, zzcool also had this flashes at booting up. Also 3 or 4 times. But blue and green. But his monitor dont settled down after that. Maybe it's nearly the same problem. zzcool has sent his monitor to a repair shop. Maybe if he know what was wrong and he know a fix, he can help you. I would dont use or test it anymore, otherwise it will be damaged more maybe.
Hm, zzcool also had this flashes at booting up. Also 3 or 4 times. But blue and green. But his monitor dont settled down after that. Maybe it's nearly the same problem. zzcool has sent his monitor to a repair shop. Maybe if he know what was wrong and he know a fix, he can help you. I would dont use or test it anymore, otherwise it will be damaged more maybe.
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Jonathan's monitor had physical damage while in transit to Sweden. The hit the box sustained most likely was in the back of the unit when the A-Board and the neck of the tube (guns and grid) are located at. That is why the color flashes and the malfunction.
Hope this helps...
Sincerely,
Unkle Vito!
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I love seeing these in their natural environment. This is at a special effects firm in the UK circa 2007. They are editing the Jeremy Clarkson documentary "The greatest raid of all".. Go look it up it is Excellent. This is actually a screenshot from a documentary of the documentary..
but you told me my electricity damaged it?
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We assessed all what you mentioned to me on several emails... And what I told you in the end is that it may have been damaged in transit and/or in customs when they took it out for inspection. It is rare to me that this did not happened to the unit I sent to Netherlands along with yours and that one was not in the factory pack! Your was!
Please READ!!!! the emails I sent you before you explode like this on this forum. It is not the first time you have done this...
Hope this helps...
Sincerely,
Unkle Vito!
explode?
i am just very confuzed
as you seemed to be very sure on my electricity damaging it
i before said that it was probably damaged in the shipping but you said it was my electricity so it confuzes me seeing how now you say it's not
i am still taking it to a repair shop as we agreed but this confuzes me you were very sure it was my electricity that damaged it very and now your not that part confuzes me you even said you knew what happened after i mentiond the blinking light thing and i don't recall you saying you are sure that it got damaged in the shipping after you said i damaged it with my electricity
but i will take it to a repair shop so they can say what the problem is but sadly it will cost money to even take it there so thats why i havn't done it yet
and i hope you understand that it's not fun for me to have a brand new fw900 sitting on the floor that i paid almost everything i had for while im forced to use a 21 inch so please understand
all i want is for my monitor to be fixed so i can use it all of this just makes me very sad
but i take back what i said as i shouldn't have said it it just confuzed me i just want it fixed you have to understand how i feel about this
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Jonathan:
You confused me with your postings and emails... Just read them all and then make an objective assessment of what you have've stated.
First, you said the the unit worked great and that you were very happy with it, but then you said that it was not OK. Then you stated that the unit does not work. At first, assessing your statements, and again WITHOUT ME PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTICS ON IT, it may have suffered peak voltage damage. But then after you stated that your home is properly wired and that you had an power strip connected to it (even when someone that had a similar problem recognized the power strip), you and I concluded that it may had suffered damaged during transit and/or when customs took it out of the box for inspection (if applicable).
Again, I cannot determine exactly what happened to this unit without testing it first, other than attesting that when it was packed and shipped, it was brand new and fully functional, and you received several pictures of the functional unit before packing and while it was being packed. So it left my lab functioning perfectly!
I told you several times to put in the box and send it back to me and I will repair it for free then send it back to you at my expense. My offer still stand...
Hope this helps...
Sincerely,
Unkle Vito!
i would gladly send it back but i don't have the 1000+ it costs to send it back i don't have it so i have to get it repaird here
once i get it repaird i will buy this
it is a ups battery backup with protection against pretty much anything in terms of power i want to be safe this time no matter what
once i send it in for repair here in sweden will it then be good as new with no permanent damage caused by any of this (as in absolutely no damage caused by this)
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UnkleVito, if you could provide some insight, I would appreciate it. I have an A7217A that has started acting a little strange when it is cold. When the monitor has just been turned on, there are two things:
1. The monitor's convergence seems off - items are blurry. It takes 2-3 minutes before I can read small text clearly @ 1920x1200.
2. The monitor's image size 'pulses' when i minimize/maximize a large, white window. With an all black window, the picture will fill the screen completely. When I maximize something with a white background, the entire picture seems to shrink slightly for a moment before returning to it's full size.
Do these sound related? Any idea what this might be? I have a spare FW900 that I may be able to scavenge parts from if I knew what I needed to swap. The other monitor has some discoloration (green tinge) issues, but maybe i'll get lucky...
Any input would be much appreciated; I really love this monitor and have no desire to compromise with an LCD.
1. The monitor's convergence seems off - items are blurry. It takes 2-3 minutes before I can read small text clearly @ 1920x1200.
2. The monitor's image size 'pulses' when i minimize/maximize a large, white window. With an all black window, the picture will fill the screen completely. When I maximize something with a white background, the entire picture seems to shrink slightly for a moment before returning to it's full size.
Do these sound related? Any idea what this might be? I have a spare FW900 that I may be able to scavenge parts from if I knew what I needed to swap. The other monitor has some discoloration (green tinge) issues, but maybe i'll get lucky...
Any input would be much appreciated; I really love this monitor and have no desire to compromise with an LCD.LAGRUNAUER
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UnkleVito, if you could provide some insight, I would appreciate it. I have an A7217A that has started acting a little strange when it is cold. When the monitor has just been turned on, there are two things:
1. The monitor's convergence seems off - items are blurry. It takes 2-3 minutes before I can read small text clearly @ 1920x1200.
2. The monitor's image size 'pulses' when i minimize/maximize a large, white window. With an all black window, the picture will fill the screen completely. When I maximize something with a white background, the entire picture seems to shrink slightly for a moment before returning to it's full size.
Do these sound related? Any idea what this might be? I have a spare FW900 that I may be able to scavenge parts from if I knew what I needed to swap. The other monitor has some discoloration (green tinge) issues, but maybe i'll get lucky...
Based on what you are describing, and again, without performing a full diagnostic test on this unit, most likely the culprit is a faulty flyback transformer (FBT). We have parts available for this monitor.
Removing and installing the FBT is not an easy task for users with no soldering skills and/or no experience working inside a CRT, specially this particular monitor. If someone attempts to make the repairs and the tube is not discharged or the chassis not grounded, the tube may be damaged beyond repair and this monitor will be ruined.
My recommendation to you is to take the unit to a qualified service center and have a technician replace the part for you. Please note that this part, once installed, needs adjustment (there are two pods on the FBT that need to be adjusted via MEME & crosshatch patterns).
Hope this helps...
Sincerely,
Unkle Vito!
my fw900 is showing these EXACT problems+flashing as described already so it is the flyback transformer? if so is it more clear what may have caused it?
and what you said adjustments is that simple to do for technicians who knows about the monitor (they said they do) or is it possible that the picture will get worse after it is repaired?
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The flashing... Is it present when the unit is first turned on or does it appears afterwards? Which color is flashing and how long before you get a normal displayed image?
The GDM-FW900 is a very particular CRT that unless the service center you are planning to take it to perform the repair has previously worked on this line of monitors, I wouldn't take it to them no matter what they tell you. The risk is to end up with the tube fried and I've seen it happen many times over. Find out which service center. In you are is "Sony Authorized" then take it to them. They still out there...
Hope this helps...
Sincerely,
Unkle Vito!
did you see the video i sent you?
here is the video again of the VERY first start i did on it
http://speedy.sh/hBBD6/fw900.mp4
it flashes a few times when it starts from cold (usually lasts for a few seconds then it dosn't happen again untill next time it's started from cold) it is extremely blurry when starting from cold which corrects itself as it warms up text is barely readable it zooms in and out of the picture as you maximize windows (and not always) (this corrects itself after warmup aswell)
so now you might know what the problem is and what caused it? so it is the flyback transformer is so what may have caused it?
and yes the service center is sony authorized i was led to them about 6 months ago when i called sony for calibration of my old fw900
when i asked them if they know how to open it and how it works they said
(yes we have all technical information on this one)
all i want is for my fw900 to work 100% perfectly no problems what so ever just as a brand new fw900
my old fw900 showed a very good black when starting from absolute cold my new fw900 showed a very green black is this a problem or is it just that all fw900's are different? as i'd love for my new fw900 not to have a green tint black when starting from cold (i am fully aware that the picture gets better when it warms up but my old fw900 had a greyish nice black while the new one has a green tint black why is that?)
i simpy want my new fw900 to work perfectly with absolutely no problems what so ever no issues nothing just the same as a brand new fw900
and you said the trailing is caused by the location i am at does that mean there is no possible way to not have any trailing or ghosting not even if i buy a better cable?
is this possible after it gets repaired that the damage did not cause any permanent damage
i have put off playing far cry 3 and watching the dark knight rises as i am saving those two for when i have my fw900 perfectly working again as ut would calm me down alot knowing the problem can be fixed without any permanent damage or anything caused by this
and just to make sure you didn't missunderstand me regarding electricity
i used one of these for my fw900 (this is what it looks like)
http://www.electricswitchesandsocke...d_switched_power_extension_socket-309695.html
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Jonathan:
The assessment I made about the unit your were sent was based on all your emails and discussions we had about those observed problems. Once again, I cannot determine exactly what happened to your unit because I have not perform the diagnostics and tests on the unit, so all my assumptions and conclusions were based on your observations and your emails including the videos.
My offer still stands; and this time I rest my case.
I will be waiting for the monitor to arrive to my lab.
Sincerely,
Unkle Vito!
i simply cannot afford to ship it back i can't afford it it is impossible
so it is either repair here or nothing at all and since you offered to send spare parts needed for the repair i am going with that
sadly they have not responded to my emails for a week so i have to wait untill they so i can send the monitor to them for repair
but i simply cannot afford to ship it back it will cost over 1000 i don't have that much money
I'm suprised someone still has these parts nowadays. Thanks for the offer, but i'm afraid this won't fix everything. Due to the age i think more parts are going to wear out soon and it will be a neverending story. If they'd sell these monitors brand new i'd have bought one, but replacing parts is not something i'm going to begin with.
I'm going to find a nice 27" TFT that has a good quality screen. I'm still not sure whether to sell my FW900 (won't sell for much anyway) or just to keep it as a museum piece
is this the correct cable to use windas with this monitor? even though 27€ seems a bit too much for it..
is this one better? it seems to be used with hdds, will it work through windas with a serial to usb cable?
Thanks!
seems a bit too much for it..is this one better? it seems to be used with hdds, will it work through windas with a serial to usb cable?
Thanks!
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well i have been in contact with the repair service i can finally send it to them so i will try to do that as soon as i can hopefully the fault is small
if it is the flyback transformer then they just have to replace it as vito agreed to send any spare part needed
hopefully i can get my fw900 perfect and as new
if it is the flyback transformer then they just have to replace it as vito agreed to send any spare part needed
hopefully i can get my fw900 perfect and as new
I recently found an unused dell p1130 trinitron. Its perfect except a small geometry problem: The top and bottom of the image is a bit horizontally bent. The image "goes down" about 2mm on the left and right compared to the center. It is not a big problem but it would be nice to have a perfect image
So I took apart the monitor and connected my serial<>TTL converter cable. I started windas and selected dell p1130 and COM1+MANUAL under config. But when i press save data the program crashes. I did convergence calibrations on my fw900 a few months ago with the same computer and serial<>TTL cable and it worked perfectly.
Do anyone have an idea why it is crashing? Is the max232 chip broken maybe?
If i get windas to work again, what values should i change to correct the geometry problem?
So I took apart the monitor and connected my serial<>TTL converter cable. I started windas and selected dell p1130 and COM1+MANUAL under config. But when i press save data the program crashes. I did convergence calibrations on my fw900 a few months ago with the same computer and serial<>TTL cable and it worked perfectly.
Do anyone have an idea why it is crashing? Is the max232 chip broken maybe?
If i get windas to work again, what values should i change to correct the geometry problem?
@zealda
I also have this problem! and that the right side and top auf the whole pictures is stretched over the viewable image area until the monitor is warmed up...
And on the top i have also this 2mm (maybe more) right and left "down". Would be awesome if this could be fixed with windas.
I also have this problem! and that the right side and top auf the whole pictures is stretched over the viewable image area until the monitor is warmed up...
And on the top i have also this 2mm (maybe more) right and left "down". Would be awesome if this could be fixed with windas.
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I'm sure some are already aware of it, but there is a "side-effect" of faster (1ms) 3D backlight strobing that reportedly enables 94% blur reduction (non-smudged/smeared scene elements during FoV movement) on a few 1ms backlight strobe capable 24" 1080p TN lcds in 2D gaming. If anything, a single solid shadow afterimage. Full clarity/readability of high detail objects/architectures, high detail textures, depth via bumpmapping, other shaders during high speed FoV movement.
ASUS/BENQ LightBoost owners!! Zero motion blur setting!
It requires you to maintain 100fps at 100hz setting, or maintain 120fps at 120hz setting though so is pretty demanding on some games even at high / high+ settings.
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This is huge for people who hate lcd blur.
ASUS/BENQ LightBoost owners!! Zero motion blur setting!
It requires you to maintain 100fps at 100hz setting, or maintain 120fps at 120hz setting though so is pretty demanding on some games even at high / high+ settings.
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This is huge for people who hate lcd blur.
Yes... But its expanded if it is cold and contracts to the right size if it is warmed up... I dont can set the picture to the borders nearly because every time i coldstart then there is a part of the screen out of screen until a half hour. that sucks so i have set it smaller as it can be and at colstart now it is stretched until the borders and after warmed up it is ca. 1cm space between the picture and border.
I recently found an unused dell p1130 trinitron. Its perfect except a small geometry problem: The top and bottom of the image is a bit horizontally bent. The image "goes down" about 2mm on the left and right compared to the center. It is not a big problem but it would be nice to have a perfect image
So I took apart the monitor and connected my serial<>TTL converter cable. I started windas and selected dell p1130 and COM1+MANUAL under config. But when i press save data the program crashes. I did convergence calibrations on my fw900 a few months ago with the same computer and serial<>TTL cable and it worked perfectly.
Do anyone have an idea why it is crashing? Is the max232 chip broken maybe?
If i get windas to work again, what values should i change to correct the geometry problem?
Image bows in the middle? Might be able to sort this out with the horizontal trapezoid control. (Look for a pot labeled H.TRAP or such on a panel attached to the tube. Make sure it is that control and not something else to avoid compromising the factory calibration. And also extreme caution not to touch anything else due to the potentially lethal electrical current present in a CRT assembly.)
@SH1
WOW! If this will really exist, that would be awesome! No one gave me this suggestion until now. Is this pot maybe existing or real exist? I only knowed that there are 2 focus pots and dont beliefed that here is something other. What are the any pots by the way? 2 for focus, 2 for H.TRAP and V.TRAP or what? But this problem i only have at the TOP and not at the bottom. If i change the H.TRAP then also the bottom is unequal but the top is equal or do I missunderstanding something?
WOW! If this will really exist, that would be awesome! No one gave me this suggestion until now. Is this pot maybe existing or real exist? I only knowed that there are 2 focus pots and dont beliefed that here is something other. What are the any pots by the way? 2 for focus, 2 for H.TRAP and V.TRAP or what? But this problem i only have at the TOP and not at the bottom. If i change the H.TRAP then also the bottom is unequal but the top is equal or do I missunderstanding something?
No, it's real.
(At least on my F520, but I assume Sony would be consistent with such things.)
I've never touched the other pots, so can't really advise. However, my CRT came with the bowing problem and I was able to resolve with the H.TRAP and TB-PIN pots (or horizontal trapezoid and horizonal pincushion, respectively)...
That's where the horizontal (or I guess they're abbreviating it top/bottom) pincushion pot (TB-PIN) comes in.
You trade error between top and bottom with TB-PIN until they're equally off and then smooth it out with the H.TRAP pot.
Result probably won't be perfect, but hopefully still quite good...(a trade off for CRT's other virtues...
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Wow! Thats really nice! Thank you! Here was somewhere other who had the same problem. Maybe he can also fix it with your solution. I will do this next time i open the monitor. Or maybe if i have time.
BTW: Today i think i have found a dead pixel! I know, impossible. But it is really behind the screen and not on the glas. Also it is a black dot which dont change the color. only exactly one! And i dont think its dust or dirt. or maybe yes but then it was behind the screen since production?!?
It not worse. you cant notice it. also not on a equal white fullscreen. only if you are really looking for. But i am asking me how this is possible. Anyone who knows that? I have read much on google, there are some people but no one know what is the real cause. Also if i move the monitor it is not change the position. its on the right hand side and more to the center here.
BTW: Today i think i have found a dead pixel! I know, impossible. But it is really behind the screen and not on the glas. Also it is a black dot which dont change the color. only exactly one! And i dont think its dust or dirt. or maybe yes but then it was behind the screen since production?!?
It not worse. you cant notice it. also not on a equal white fullscreen. only if you are really looking for. But i am asking me how this is possible. Anyone who knows that? I have read much on google, there are some people but no one know what is the real cause. Also if i move the monitor it is not change the position. its on the right hand side and more to the center here.
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I am selling mine if anyone is interested - practically new condition, hardly has been used - PM if interested
I live in WY and frequently travel to Fort Collins and Denver Colorado if you wanna meet up in person.
Here is the thread in the hardforum FS/FT - http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1039522154#post1039522154
I live in WY and frequently travel to Fort Collins and Denver Colorado if you wanna meet up in person.
Here is the thread in the hardforum FS/FT - http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1039522154#post1039522154
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Hi all, still a proud FW900 owner, but have run into an issue with my new install:
I've run into a problem trying to run a monitor from my Displayport out on the HD7750.
My current configuration:
- LG W2600HP running from the DVI out (no issues)
- Sony FW900 running from the displayport (using DP -> VGA converter)
The monitor works just fine, but I'm limited to a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 (when detected as FW900). When I connect the monitor to the DVI out (using a DVI -> VGA converter), it works fine and all resolutions are available. Furthermore, when it is detected as "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" then more resolutions are available, but I am limited to a flickery 60Hz.
I've tried:
- updating AMD drivers
- installing Catalyst Control Center (yuck)
- updating BIOS
- installing all Windows Updates
- uninstalling monitor driver/reinstalling
None of this has worked, yet the monitor works fine when connected to the DVI port, so I'm assuming that there is a Windows 7 driver out there somewhere that might help me? This setup worked fine on my Sapphire Ultimate HD4650 in a previous build...
Rundown of my current setup:
ASUS P8Z77-V LX2
Intel Core i7-3770K
SAPPHIRE HD 7750 Ultimate
2x Intel 330 120GB SSD
Seasonic M12II-520 80Plus Bronze 520W Retail
16GB Crucial DDR3 1600MHz CL9 Ballistix Sport
Thank you for any assistance.
I've run into a problem trying to run a monitor from my Displayport out on the HD7750.
My current configuration:
- LG W2600HP running from the DVI out (no issues)
- Sony FW900 running from the displayport (using DP -> VGA converter)
The monitor works just fine, but I'm limited to a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 (when detected as FW900). When I connect the monitor to the DVI out (using a DVI -> VGA converter), it works fine and all resolutions are available. Furthermore, when it is detected as "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" then more resolutions are available, but I am limited to a flickery 60Hz.
I've tried:
- updating AMD drivers
- installing Catalyst Control Center (yuck)
- updating BIOS
- installing all Windows Updates
- uninstalling monitor driver/reinstalling
None of this has worked, yet the monitor works fine when connected to the DVI port, so I'm assuming that there is a Windows 7 driver out there somewhere that might help me? This setup worked fine on my Sapphire Ultimate HD4650 in a previous build...
Rundown of my current setup:
ASUS P8Z77-V LX2
Intel Core i7-3770K
SAPPHIRE HD 7750 Ultimate
2x Intel 330 120GB SSD
Seasonic M12II-520 80Plus Bronze 520W Retail
16GB Crucial DDR3 1600MHz CL9 Ballistix Sport
Thank you for any assistance.
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Don't suppose anyone has any idea where to get one of these in (or shipped to) Australia? I've been looking around on Ebay, in classifieds etc but have never seen one.
Hi, thanks a lot for the reply.
The quality of the image on the W2600HP when using the Displayport -> VGA adapter that I currently have is quite blurry and not really acceptable. Would this be improved using a Displayport -> DVI adapter? It's unfortunate that the W2600HP doesn't have HDMI input in the end I guess, would resolve the problem quite easily. I don't see myself buying a Displayport -> DVI adapter unless I'm certain that the quality will be better than the Displayport -> VGA on the LCD.
I also found this post:
I'm wondering if the Displayport is then limited in the resolution it can output to the FW900? I primarily use the FW900 as a secondary monitor for color/brightness/contrast correction for photographs, so maybe I should just stick with the lower resolution until it finally passes away?
Thanks again for the response.