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mike wrote:

Thank you for the fast answers.

| The weak link is the solder connection from the crt board to the crt
| socket. But in every case I've found only one color goes.

You mean the CRT socket connected to the cathode tube, right?

| Another weak link is the connection to the big resistor, or two, or
| three in the power supply.

I'll check for "big resistors" in the power supply area. Btw, for "big
resistor" do you mean big as in phisical size or value?

| I've seen more than a few intermittent problems solved by blowing the
| dust out of the monitor...but your problem seems to be when cold, not hot.
| mike

I'll try blowing the dust out of the monitor as you suggest as first
thing tomorrow.

Thank you again,
~ Luca

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