lippin@maypo.UUCP (06/04/88)
When I switched my Mac (Fat, upgraded to Plus) on tonight, all I go on the screen was a vertical line down the middle, acting as if all the pixels had been mashed away from the edges. It still boots and shuts down fine (thanks in part to my adding cmd-Q==Shut Down to the Finder), so the problem seems to be just in the video. As far as I noticed, there was no warning or external attack. Is this the famed flyback transformer breakdown? If so, how should I fix it/get it fixed? If not, what is wrong, and how can it be fixed? Please reply by mail; I'm leaving town next week. --Tom Lippincott lippin@math.berkeley.edu ..ucbvax!math!lippin "First the quake, and then the thunder, Then it all just slid right under. Goodbye, California." --Corky Siegel
werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (06/05/88)
on page 18 it has an article on "Macintosh Repair and Maintenace" which every Mac-owner should have at theri finger-tips; it includes such information as where you can buy a flyback-transformer for $35, where you can get your broken analog board swapped for $65, it tells what tools to get where, etc... it has paragraphs titled: Tools of the Trade; Clock Problems; Picture Problems; Shrunken Pictures; Mystery Bugs; Crippled Mice; DiskDrive Problems; Cabling Problems; The Last Word on Fans; .... It was 2 other articles which are hardware related: "Caring for your Imagewriter" and "Help! My Imagewriter is Driving me Dotty". quite honestly, I've pretty much given up reading other rags ...
sdh@thumper.bellcore.com (Retief of the CDT) (06/06/88)
>When I switched my Mac (Fat, upgraded to Plus) on tonight, all I go on >the screen was a vertical line down the middle, acting as if all the >pixels had been mashed away from the edges. It still boots and shuts >down fine (thanks in part to my adding cmd-Q==Shut Down to the >Finder), so the problem seems to be just in the video. As far as I >noticed, there was no warning or external attack. > Me too. Me too! I have an original mac upgraded to a plus with 2M. It still has the original 128K power supply. I opened it up and saw no damage to the components save that the width coil had no effect and it looked like it had a nice crack in it. Please, tell me the fix, I don't want to shell out the $175 ($150 for the new supply, $25 for labor) to get the local store to replace the board (*I* can do that!). Steve Hawley sdh@bellcore.com hawley@oberlin.edu
werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (06/07/88)
Macazine, July 88, pp12+, says that TOTAL SYSTEMS INTEGRATION in Eugene, OR will fix any non-butchered power-supply for $65 .. 1-800-874-2288 and (503) 345-7395 now, go out and buy the magazine ... ((-: Disclaimers: neither TSI nor MACazine know I exist - much less sends me Xmas-presents or other niceties. I hope this changes though... BULLETIN: Correction - Macazine has my name in their subscription list.