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- From: alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro)
- Subject: Re: MacPlus - No Video!
- Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
- Date: 17 Dec 92 21:48:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <alen.724628896@crash.cts.com>
- References: <truesdel-161292205910@mac_dungeon.ics.uci.edu> <1992Dec17.171653.19229@shearson.com>
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- In <1992Dec17.171653.19229@shearson.com> brekshyn@shearson.com (Bohdan Rekshynskyj) writes:
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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
- >Greetings,
- > 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.
- > Bohdan
-
- I had same symptoms on my plus. Turned out to be the analog board, a bad
- solder joint on one of the wire-bundle connector pins. Took two years to fail.
- Since then I've upgraded my power supply from a kit sold by Soft Solutions.
- (503)461-1136. They give great (free) tech help over the phone too.
-
- Your mileage may vary...I've no connection with Soft Solutions except
- as a satified customer. Beware of high voltage on the analog board
- (from an undischarged CRT)...macs are FUN.
-
- --alen
- alen@crash.cts.com
-