sher@bbn.com (Lawrence D. Sher) (10/17/90)
I have an IBM "Enhanced Color Display" EGA monitor, type 5154. It has a hardware failure. When I last investigated getting it repaired, all avenues seemed to lead to a fixed fee of ~$370. I am seeking advice about whether to trash it, try fixing it myself, or pay. Symptoms: 1. When first turned on, the background brightness is unusually high and the vertical height is too. Both recover to normal during 5-10 minutes of warm-up. 2. Failure takes one or both of two forms, both after some warm-up: (a) The raster splits near the center of the picture, creating a mostly blank horizontal stripe across the center. (b) A generalized raster degradation takes place in which the characters are just recognizable but poorly formed. There is an accompanying smell, like of an electrically overheated component. .---------------------------------------------------------------- /Internet email: sher@bbn.com Larry Sher < US Mail: BBN, MS 6/5A, 10 Moulton St., Cambridge, MA 02138 \ Telephone: (617) 873 3426 FAX: (617) 873 3776 `----------------------------------------------------------------