tasayco@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Tasayco Hakia) (08/24/90)
Hi! Yesterday my monitor died, or at least it seems that way. It seems to be still getting power because the green light is on, but the screen is totally blank. I would appreciate any help like hints of what could be wrong and how to fix it or advice about sending it to Atari for repair, or whether any TV repairman would repair it, or any experience you have had with dead monitors. By the way, how much does a (new or used) mono monitor cost? And is there anybody willing to sell one? Thanks in advance! Francisco Figueirido
kclenden@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Kevin Clendenien) (08/25/90)
In article <2051@idunno.Princeton.EDU> tasayco@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Tasayco Hakia) writes: >Hi! Yesterday my monitor died, or at least it seems that way. It seems >to be still getting power because the green light is on, but the >screen is totally blank. I would appreciate any help like hints of >what could be wrong and how to fix it or advice about sending it to >Atari for repair, or whether any TV repairman would repair it, or any >experience you have had with dead monitors. By the way, how much does >a (new or used) mono monitor cost? And is there anybody willing to >sell one? Thanks in advance! > > Francisco Figueirido If you decide to send it off to have it repaired, I suggest: R&R TV-Stereo Service Bldg. 209, Area C W.P.A.F.B., OH 45433 (513)-878-6696 If you call them, talk to Ron. They were recommended to me by Best Electronics. My mono monitor had died (even the green led was out), and I called Best Electronics who recommended R&R. So I sent them my monitor on a Monday, they called me on Friday with an estimate on the repair cost, I sent them a check Saturday, and by the next Friday I had my monitor back in working order. It cost me $56, including shipping, for everything. I have had some bad experiences with Atari related repairs before, but R&R gets five stars out of five. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- kclenden@silver.bacs.indiana.edu Kevin Clendenien BLAST BBS - (812) 332-0573 BLAST, President "I want someone like you, only nicer."
neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) (08/29/90)
In article <2051@idunno.Princeton.EDU> tasayco@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Tasayco Hakia) writes: >Hi! Yesterday my monitor died, or at least it seems that way. It seems >to be still getting power because the green light is on, but the >screen is totally blank. I would appreciate any help like hints of >what could be wrong and how to fix it or advice about sending it to >Atari for repair, or whether any TV repairman would repair it, or any >experience you have had with dead monitors. Well I guess this as good a time as any to voice my sorrows too. We have two SM124 monitors here with the same problem. We have carefully checked them against working ones and it looks like the line output transformers are dead. We have been waiting for months for a local Atari dealer to get us replacements but nothing has turned up yet. The dealer has quite a few SM124s waiting for repair and says he can't get the LOPTs for them. However he can get LOPT's for SM125's (The Tilt 'n Swivel monitor) but they are no use to SM124's. Unless we can get our hands on SM124 LOPT's we might have to buy new monitors and I don't want to get SM124's if I can't repair them. SM125's seem not to be on sale any more. BTW SM124's are made for Atari by Goldstar. Anyone know if they will supply the parts? > Francisco Figueirido +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! DISCLAIMER:Unless otherwise stated, the above comments are entirely my own ! ! ! ! "I think all right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of ! ! being told that ordinary decent people are fed up in this country with ! ! being sick and tired. I'm certainly not and I'm sick and tired of being ! ! told that I am!" - Monty Python ! ! ! ! Neil Forsyth JANET: neil@uk.ac.hw.cs ! ! Dept. of Computer Science ARPA: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk ! ! Heriot-Watt University UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!neil ! ! Edinburgh, Scotland, UK ! +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
shawl@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (09/01/90)
> Hi! Yesterday my monitor died, or at least it seems that way. It seems > to be still getting power because the green light is on, but the > screen is totally blank. I would appreciate any help like hints of > what could be wrong and how to fix it or advice about sending it to > Atari for repair, or whether any TV repairman would repair it, or any > experience you have had with dead monitors. By the way, how much does > a (new or used) mono monitor cost? And is there anybody willing to > sell one? Thanks in advance! I've had recent problems with my mono monitor; there is a capacitor that has blown 3 times! The first two times, it was replaced with a close but not exact one meeting the specs; this last time, my nearby atari dealer (in kansas city one hour away) got the correct one from california. So far so good. In any case, the symptoms where a black screen; if you open up the case, if it is blown capacitor you might see a mess since my literally exploded; there was also a smell. GOOD LUCK!!
mfolivo@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Mark Newton-John) (09/01/90)
About dead components, have you tried using Atari's replacement
service? This is where you send them your dead whatever, a small
fee, and they send you a brand new unit.
I've known those who have sent in dead 1050 drives and got back
XF354, 1027s and got back XDM121s, and even dead Megas, and got new
Megas back. So, contact Atari, send them your dead SM124, and
they'll send back a new one.
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the good guys! Sakura-mendo, CA
Internet: mfolivo@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US