On Friday, July 7, 2017 at 9:52:26 AM UTC-4, John-Del wrote:
On Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at 8:44:59 PM UTC-4, wrote:
ive got a tovis mtg-1901cn cga color monitor. in use, or with a test pattern, the image starts out perfectly at the top. as you move down toward the middle , it gradually starts to compress the image, with more compression the closed you get to center. and when it gets to mid screen, its a full vertical collapse. bright while line across the center, with no image whatsoever in the lower 50% of the screen. also sold as a vision pro .

battery voltage is good at 123, 12v and 24 v are good. 123 volts at the flyback.
the vertical output ic is a LA7833. pin 6 has good 24 volt supply, and pin 2 ( output) is a nice 24 v square wave. i recapped the monitor, and the image is exactly the same. now im stuck.

thanks

I didn't read back through all the posts, but if you haven't, check the pump up diode. The anode will be connected to the Vcc and the cathode to the pump up pin of the vert IC. A weak diode here will cause all sorts of havoc (don't check it with a dmm - they often sag under load). Also, I know you said you recapped the monitor, but make sure the yoke coupling capacitor was included. This is typically a high value capacitor (around 1000uf or more).

i may have hit the wall here. pin 14 of the LA7851 is a nice 5v sawtooth. pin 15 is a 12v volts square wave. pin 16 is kind of an ugly bowl shape waveform. pin 17 has nothing. on the la7833 pin 4, which i believe is the input, has the same ugly bowl shape wave, where i think it ought to have a saw tooth? pin two, the output has a very nice 24V square, which i dont think it should have. should be a 24v sawtooth? odd that it puts out a very defined square, instead of just some ugly shape, if something is wrong. i think the pump up is ok, as the output is 24v, but maybe im wrong. im thinking of just replacing the 7851 as a hail mary, and then bailing if that doesnt work.