Monitor funeral?

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I have a system with two 19 inch Philips 109S CRT monitors. Out of waranty.
One of them has started acting strange...

After say 5 - 10 mins the display starts to shrink from the sides and I can
see distortion of the
image close to the sides. I tried changing the resolution, refresh rate etc
but it still happens.
After more time (20-25 mins) the monitor starts to lose the image and
flashing off and on again.
If I hit the monitor on the side the image goes back to normal! lol so I am
hitting it a bit from time to time now LOL.. but Its not a solution of
course.
Does anyone know if this malfunction is pricy to fix? From my knowledge all
I can think of
is that this is probably the high voltage transformer acting out.....

THANKS
 
Call the electronics repair place and ask what they charge. You can then
determine what "too pricy" is.
 
Donate it to some school, let kids kill it, and buy yourself another one.
Electronics nowadays is made "so cheap" it doesn't make sense to repair it
(if you only could get parts for it, as most of them are based on custom
preparatory components)
Lifetime warranty has new meanings. Everything has lifetime warranty, except
they forget to tell you that lifespan is only one year.
Cheap_stuff_from_china.com LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
tjoy said:
Donate it to some school, let kids kill it, and buy yourself another one.
Electronics nowadays is made "so cheap" it doesn't make sense to repair it
(if you only could get parts for it, as most of them are based on custom
preparatory components)
Lifetime warranty has new meanings. Everything has lifetime warranty,
except
they forget to tell you that lifespan is only one year.
Cheap_stuff_from_china.com LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kenny:
As others who've responded to your query have told you -- you no doubt have
a dead monitor on your hands that's simply not economically feasible to be
repaired.

BUT THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD DO is to "donate it (the monitor) to some
school, let kids kill it" as recommended by "tjoy". What could very well
happen is some kid WILL BE KILLED BY "IT", or be seriously injured. There
are some extraordinary high voltages present even in a "dead" monitor that
degrade very slowly and anyone accessing the innards of that device could
receive a nasty, and possibly even fatal, electric shock. Dispose of your
monitor in whatever environmentally-safe process is available in your
community.
Anna
 
Anna raises a very important point. I'm sure the poster was merely joking
when suggesting the "kids kill it". In addition to potentially high
voltages, there may be toxic chemicals in the electronics.

It is, not surprisingly, expensive to dispose of monitors properly, so many
of them end up being shipped to foreign countries where foreign children are
exposed to the very hazards we in the U.S. wouldn't think of exposing our
children to.
 
kenny said:
I have a system with two 19 inch Philips 109S CRT monitors.
Out of waranty.
One of them has started acting strange...
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CRTs are obsolete technology. Spring for a flat-screen. I
did (after a beloved 10-year-old CRT passed on) and haven't
regretted a moment of the decision. The current crop of
flat-screen displays are superior in every way.
 
Opinicus said:
CRTs are obsolete technology. Spring for a flat-screen. I did (after a
beloved 10-year-old CRT passed on) and haven't regretted a moment of the
decision. The current crop of flat-screen displays are superior in every
way.
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Except price.

/dan
 
Dont know if my message is going to post so I'll try again.

You can also give it away at www.freecycle.org Someone in your community
might want it even though its dying. Its a pretty neat web site where you can
give away stuff you dont need instead of throwing it away.
 
Many schools have electronics clubs that are run, and monitored, by very
capable people. I certainly would see if a club wanted the monitor to
"learn" with. The fact that a smart vibration will bring it back tells me
that the problem is likely a solder connection that has separated due to
constant heating/cooling over the years (thermal expansion/contraction
causes all sorts of problems).

I suggest the O/P look into this possibly viable "oportunity" to help out a
local school.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
kenny said:
I have a system with two 19 inch Philips 109S CRT monitors. Out of waranty.
One of them has started acting strange...

After say 5 - 10 mins the display starts to shrink from the sides and I
can see distortion of the
image close to the sides. I tried changing the resolution, refresh rate
etc but it still happens.
After more time (20-25 mins) the monitor starts to lose the image and
flashing off and on again.
If I hit the monitor on the side the image goes back to normal! lol so I
am hitting it a bit from time to time now LOL.. but Its not a solution of
course.
Does anyone know if this malfunction is pricy to fix? From my knowledge
all I can think of
is that this is probably the high voltage transformer acting out.....

THANKS
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"Pricey" depends on how you spend your money and what the going rate is in
your area. Where I'm at, no one will repair monitors any more because they
aren't worth it, parts are too hard to find, disposal fees are too high, and
a variety of other reasons I've heard. If you do want to find someone who
will repair the monitor, check with a TV repair shop instead of the computer
repair places. You'll probably have better luck there.
 
Anna said:
Kenny:
As others who've responded to your query have told you -- you no doubt have
a dead monitor on your hands that's simply not economically feasible to be
repaired.

BUT THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD DO is to "donate it (the monitor) to some
school, let kids kill it" as recommended by "tjoy". What could very well
happen is some kid WILL BE KILLED BY "IT", or be seriously injured. There
are some extraordinary high voltages present even in a "dead" monitor that
degrade very slowly and anyone accessing the innards of that device could
receive a nasty, and possibly even fatal, electric shock. Dispose of your
monitor in whatever environmentally-safe process is available in your
community.
Anna
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at least they will learn "basic electronics 101"

all joke to the side. Your garbage barrel will take your old monitor.
 
Actually the "Flat screen" technology IS CRT (indicates the face of the
CRT is flat rather than convex), you want to say "flat PANEL" and there
are a bunch of different technologies covered in that generic term.
 
tjoy, before you throw out your monitor, move the location away from other
electronic parts like powerpacks etc., which can cause the event you
explained.
I hope it helps.
Gerry
 
My experience with monitors is that it is nearly always the soldering on the HT leads to the tube. That is every monitor I've owned (except the current).

Although i have capacitor running through my mind. If it wasn't HT I'd reccommened spraying components with zero freeze but this will likely prove fatal (ie you may DIE) on a monitor as it would need to be on and lethal.
 
Gerry said:
tjoy, before you throw out your monitor, move the location away from other
electronic parts like powerpacks etc., which can cause the event you
explained.
I hope it helps.
Gerry
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P.S. Kenny is the one with monitor problems.
Also what event are you talking about?

If you toss monitor in garbage, make sure kids won't have access to it, as
breaking a tube isn't good idea. Implosion of tube isn't a game for kids.
 
tjoy said:
at least they will learn "basic electronics 101"

all joke to the side. Your garbage barrel will take your old monitor.
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His garbage barrel may; but the trash guys probably won't pick it up.
Most states have laws now about hazard materials disposal and monitors
are definitely near the top of the list.

/dan
 
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