v128ll9e@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard B Wicks) (10/15/90)
Quite a while ago, on comp.sys.amiga, someone was having trouble with there monitor just going black. The same thing is now happening to me. I might have a new virus, but I have installed all the disks that I use alot, and it's still happening. I vaguely remember it had something to do with poor design on the 1084 (what I have) and a circuit building up enough charge to arc. Can any- one help me out? -Desperate (I.E. Richard Wicks)
perod@ifi.uio.no (Per Christian deg}rd) (10/15/90)
The ByteBandit Virus blanks the screen. If your Amiga is infected, the virus can be disabled by pressing Left-Alt, Left-Amiga, Space, Right-Amiga, Right-Alt in that order. If the monitor is the problem, it usually helps to hit its left side. Per Chr. Oedegaard [perod@ifi.uio.no]
terminal@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (Bernard Leach) (11/09/90)
In <40699@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v128ll9e@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard B Wicks) writes: > Quite a while ago, on comp.sys.amiga, someone was having trouble with >there monitor just going black. The same thing is now happening to me. I might >have a new virus, but I have installed all the disks that I use alot, and it's >still happening. I vaguely remember it had something to do with poor design on >the 1084 (what I have) and a circuit building up enough charge to arc. Can any- >one help me out? >-Desperate >(I.E. Richard Wicks) Hi there, well I have a 1081 and a while ago it started blanking out. It was due to some dry solder points. There was a slight shorting sound when it went black. .bernard.
yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) (11/10/90)
terminal@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (Bernard Leach) writes: >>the 1084 (what I have) and a circuit building up enough charge to arc. Can any- >Hi there, well I have a 1081 and a while ago it started blanking out. It was >due to some dry solder points. There was a slight shorting sound when it went >black. Is this the Problem? ya playing on the computer and all of a sudden ya hear a 'Snap' and the scren goes black. Mine comes back on if i turn the thing off then on. I got a weirder problem (I bought my Mon used tho) every so ofter the'll be "explosions" of a white/shotgun pattern in the middle of the monitor. ie. 'snap' wwhite flash., Very Very scary to someone new to computers. I don't know exactly WHEN it happens but ut seems random. and i don't recall it doing it when i watch TV on my Monitor. (Why buy a TV when ya can get a broken VCR for a Tuner and have a GREAT Pic) ------------------------------- -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.
Lee.Scoggins@p10.f21.n232.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Lee Scoggins) (11/17/91)
AREA:UUCP_HRDWR > Quite a while ago, on comp.sys.amiga, someone was having trouble with >there monitor just going black. The same thing is now happening to me. >I might have a new virus, but I have installed all the disks that I >use alot, and it's still happening. I vaguely remember it had something >to do with poor design on the 1084 (what I have) and a circuit building >up enough charge to arc. Can anyone help me out? > >-Desperate >(I.E. Richard Wicks) > >Hi there, well I have a 1081 and a while ago it started blanking out. It >was due to some dry solder points. There was a slight shorting sound >when it went black. > .bernard. I have a 1084 monitor that experienced the same problem of "cracking" and then going black. It was a poor solder connection that was causing the problem. The arcing tends to get worse as the dust inside the case builds up. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFIT Amiga Users BBS/UFGateway |Lee Scoggins - via FidoNet node 1:110/300 1:110/300 Dayton, Ohio |UUCP: afitamy!232!21.10!Lee.Scoggins (513)-252-7681 |ARPA: Lee.Scoggins@p10.f21.n232.z1.FIDONET.ORG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------