RE: repairing WG6100 monitor

Ok checked the faq again and found the ZD901 fix for blooming so I replaced
that and now R912 burns up again on me ARRRGG! seems like one step forward
two steps back LOL

Jon

> Ok after I redid the get well kit and ajusted the HV pot down I am not
> burning things up now :-) Now I have a weirder problem, when I powered her
> up it looks like the screen is magnified like I am looking at the very
center
> and everything is blurry and goes past the edge of the monitor, very weird
I
> have isolated it to the HV board because I can take a perfectly good
monitor
> swap the HV board and get the same problem. Anyone ever seen this?
>
> Jon
>
> > Actually, go here for LV2000s
> > http://www.diac.com/~jeffh/lv2000/
> >
> > (this has all the correct email addresses and paypal links)
> >
> > -jeff
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Starr [mailto:cstarr@capu.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:25 PM
> > To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> > Subject: Re: VECTOR: repairing WG6100 monitor
> >
> > Grab the 6100 troubleshooting FAQ, a copy of the 6100 manual 3rd
> > edition,
> > and perhaps an lv-2000 kit (you didn't mention that it had one -- I
> > strongly
> > recommend one). It definitely sounds like you have a shorted resistor
> > or
> > cap. I'm not an expert on pinpointing exactly which resistor, but
> > usually
> > when 1 goes they have a cascading failure on components associated with
> > it
> > in the same general vicinity. The woodcock FAQ goes into some nice
> > detail on
> > when a certain resistor goes to check components A, B, C, etc... I would
> > definitely start there.
> >
> > URLs for this stuff:
> >
> > WG6100 manual 2nd and 3rd editions in pdf (the best quality schematics
> > I've
> > seen):
> > Gregg Woodcock's faq is there too
> > www.arcademonitors.com
> >
> > lv-2000:
> > http://www.users.qwest.net/~andersk/lv2000/index.html
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > c-starr
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon Kotek" <jkotek@madgenius.com>
> > To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:03 PM
> > Subject: VECTOR: repairing WG6100 monitor
> >
> > >
> > > Received this monitor and was told the P100 fuse keeps blowing on it.
> > On
> > > first check of the monitor R905 and possibly R903 had gotten very hot
> > and
> > > burned up at one time. There had been a "Get well kit" installed
> > recently
> > > because those two resistors have been replaced along with Q901 and
> > Q902
> > R912
> > > was considerably cooked and testing found to be at 5ohms not 15ohms.
> > I
> > > replaced that resistor and fuse. I then plugged it in and was greeted
> > with a
> > > cooking smell and the fuse then blew again. Opening up the HV cage
> > again
> > I
> > > found the new R912 had cooked again. This is as far as I have gotten.
> > Any
> > > ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!!
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
> > >
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Received on Sun Nov 4 20:08:29 2001