bill@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Bill Draper) (10/12/90)
Our Apple color monitor powers down randomly. Once in May, once in Sept 4times in October. Shut down time is 5 to 20 minutes. The monitor hsa been on 24 hours a day for 3 years. Front panel indicator light goes out. When operating its low voltage supplies are apparently ok when unit is functioning normally. Any fix suggestions would be appreciated. /Bill Draper
mt@cleo.cs.wisc.edu (Manolis Tsangaris) (10/17/90)
bill@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Bill Draper) writes:
* Our Apple color monitor powers down randomly. Once in May, once in Sept
* 4times in October. Shut down time is 5 to 20 minutes. The monitor hsa
* been on 24 hours a day for 3 years. Front panel indicator light goes
* out. When operating its low voltage supplies are apparently ok when
* unit is functioning normally. Any fix suggestions would be appreciated.
I had the same problem a month ago. Replies I got from people on
usenet, suggested that the cutoff capacitor (a large red plastic box at
the bottom of the monitor) was dead. I have ordered one from SONY
($55 instead of $80 that Apple charges), I put it on and .... so far the
monitor seems to work ok!
--mtZack.Edison@f823.n102.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Zack Edison) (10/19/90)
your monitor has a bad power supply ( I think) I had the same problem and I think it cost $175 to repair, then get apple care for $5 a month it is a commom problem with that unit. good luck zacj -- Zack Edison via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!102!823!Zack.Edison INET: Zack.Edison@f823.n102.z1.FIDONET.ORG