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- From: echriste@afit.af.mil (Eric R. Christensen)
- Subject: Repair for Apple 13" HiRes RGB Monitor
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.142454.15613@afit.af.mil>
- Followup-To: Apple 13" HiRes RGB Monitor Failure
- Originator: echriste@wb10
- Sender: news@afit.af.mil
- Nntp-Posting-Host: wb10.afit.af.mil
- Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology
- References: <9301230052.AA15450@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:24:54 GMT
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 16:52:35 -0800
- Message-Id: <9301230052.AA15450@apple.com>
- From: wingo@apple.com (Tony Wingo)
- To: echriste@afit.af.mil (Eric R. Christensen)
- Subject: Re: Apple 13" HiRes RGB Monitor Failure
- References: <1993Jan22.151200.3478@afit.af.mil>
- Organization: Apple Computer
- Status: R
-
- In article <1993Jan22.151200.3478@afit.af.mil>, you wrote:
- >
- > I have had a MACII with a 13in Apple HiRes Monitor and an 8 bit video
- > card for about 5 years. A couple of weeks ago the monitor quit. When
- > I took the powere supply out it was discoverd that some wires were cold
- > soldered. These wires were resoldered and all worked fine for about
- > 2 weeks. Earlier this week the monitor just shutoff. I restarted the
- > system and the monitor came up fine and stayed on. This morning the
- > monitor again shut off. I shut down and restarted the monitor came up
- > again but then shut down almost immediately and wouldn't restart. I
- > waited about a half an hour and tried it again and it came up ok and
- > has remained on for the last 2 hours.
- >
-
- This sounds like the defecttive Hi Voltage Capacitor problem.
-
- The following quote descibes the problem and solution
-
- --begin quote
-
- "A defective high-voltage capacitor in certain displays
- manufactured between March 1990 and July 22, 1991, can cause the
- Mac as well as the monitor to shut down unexpectedly. the affected
- monitors reportedly have serial numbers in the following ranges...
-
- 7000001 - 7101012, 5378111-5624450 and 9000001- 9029500
-
- The repair program officially called the 13" RGB High Voltage
- Capacitor Repair Extention Program, provides for free replacement
- of failed capacitors until March 15,1993.
-
- Users who have already paid authorized Apple service providers for
- out-of-warrenty repairs to correct the problem are eligible for
- reimbursement if they submit doc by Aug 15 to ..
-
- APPLE computer Inc.
- Attn: High Voltage Capacitor Reimbursement
- P. O. Box 17214
- Denver, colorado 80217
- Further info call: (303) 297-2321"
-
- --end quote
-
- Note that the repair program ends at the end of March, so if your unit's
- serial number falls in the appropriate range, get it fixed asap.
-
- -tony
-
- >>usual disclaimer<<
-
- I hope the above helps for those experiencing the intermittent monitor
- failure problem
-
- Eric Christensen
-