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- From: brekshyn@shearson.com (Bohdan Rekshynskyj)
- Subject: Re: MacPlus - No Video!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.171653.19229@shearson.com>
- Sender: news@shearson.com (News)
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- Organization: Ordinatio
- References: <truesdel-161292205910@mac_dungeon.ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:16:53 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In article 161292205910@mac_dungeon.ics.uci.edu, truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) writes:
- >> I have a MacPlus that exhibits the following symptoms:
- >>
- >> * intermittent flashing on screen
- >>
- >> * sometimes no video upon powerup
- >>
- >> * flashing, then total loss of video
- >
- >Either you have a loose connector or, much more likely, your analog board
- >is dead or dying. In any event, unless you can open the case, discharge the
- >CRT, and optain spares cheaply, it needs a tripp to an authorized Apple
- >tech. If it's the board, it's going to cost at least $100.
- >
- > --scott
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- Greetings,
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- It sounds like a loose solder joint. Invest the $20 bucks or so and get the
- book "Macintosh Repair Secrets". No need to pay these ripoff dealers several
- hundred dollars what 15 minutes and a soldering iron will fix. I have fixed
- mine twice now as well as the keyboard using this book.
-
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- Bohdan
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