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John Fryatt
 
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Hi,

A while ago I got a used Eizo F56 monitor to use as a secondary screen
on my Dell Dimension with a Matrox G450 dual-head video adapter. I was
using an old Sony 15" but wanted the Eizo because a) it is 17" and b) it
has dual inputs, which is useful for connecting to two PCs.
Ok, so far, so good.

Recently, it has started flicking off for a fraction of a second,
accompanied by a little crackle noise. The screen starts to go dim and
the image seems to expand a little off the edges, but then it comes back
on again and returns to the correct size.
Sometimes this may happen 4-5 times in quick succession, then not again
for 30 minutes or so, then it might do it twice and again after only 2
minutes. I.e. pretty random.

It might be connected to heat or humidity, as when we had a couple of
very hot days recently it was doing the flicking a lot more.
I don't think it happens when I first power up the monitor, only after
maybe 5-10 minutes, when it has warmed up a bit.

I read somewhere about dust possibly casuing this problem, so I opened
up the back of the monitor and blew out any dust with a compressed air
can. There was some dust, but nothing much.
I alos read about sluicing the HT bits on the back of the tube with
alcohol, so I tried that as well. I used iso-propyl alcohol and left it
24 hours to dry.
I think these measures have improved the problem, although it still
happens. It's an intermittent thing though so I could be wrong.

Before anyone says, I know I should expect problems if I buy secondhand
old crap, but I'm a bit low on the finances at the moment, and I'd like
to get TFTs a bit later anyway, so this is a stop-gap

Any thoughts? Anything I can do to fix it?

John
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| Recently, it has started flicking off for a fraction of a second,
| accompanied by a little crackle noise. The screen starts to go dim and
| the image seems to expand a little off the edges, but then it comes back
| on again and returns to the correct size.
| Sometimes this may happen 4-5 times in quick succession, then not again
| for 30 minutes or so, then it might do it twice and again after only 2
| minutes. I.e. pretty random.

you can try a heat gun or cold spray on certain parts in the monitor, and
look for sensitivity that activated that condition.
the expanding image likely means insufficient high voltage from the flyback
xfmr. you could have cold solder on the flyback pins, or just a flyback that
is on
its way out soon, and one day the monitor will probably have no image at all
displayed. you can probably purchase the flyback online at a reasonable
price if you knew its part number - usually as indicated with a white
sticker stuck on the flyback.

this site has a good research form for locating a flyback
http://www.technotronic-dimensions.c..._RESEARCH.html and also a lot of
pages of monitor flyback listed on the site map.

when you change a flyback, its a good idea to replace the horizontal output
transistor at the same time too, for optimum performance, even if it still
tests ok.


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John Fryatt
 
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Cobalt wrote:
| Recently, it has started flicking off for a fraction of a second,
| accompanied by a little crackle noise. The screen starts to go dim and
| the image seems to expand a little off the edges, but then it comes back
| on again and returns to the correct size.
| Sometimes this may happen 4-5 times in quick succession, then not again
| for 30 minutes or so, then it might do it twice and again after only 2
| minutes. I.e. pretty random.

you can try a heat gun or cold spray on certain parts in the monitor, and
look for sensitivity that activated that condition.
the expanding image likely means insufficient high voltage from the flyback
xfmr. you could have cold solder on the flyback pins, or just a flyback that
is on
its way out soon, and one day the monitor will probably have no image at all
displayed. you can probably purchase the flyback online at a reasonable
price if you knew its part number - usually as indicated with a white
sticker stuck on the flyback.

this site has a good research form for locating a flyback
http://www.technotronic-dimensions.c..._RESEARCH.html and also a lot of
pages of monitor flyback listed on the site map.

when you change a flyback, its a good idea to replace the horizontal output
transistor at the same time too, for optimum performance, even if it still
tests ok.


Okaaay. I was kind of hoping for something simple, and to me this is not
simple. ;-) I'll have a look re. the solder thing, but after that I
think the monitor is headed for the skip once it dies. I only paid £14
(approx $26) for it so no big loss. It's more the hassle involved that
is annoying. It'll teach me that you get what you pay for. :-(

Thanks for the advice.

John
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Jerry G.
 
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In this model, it is very probable that the high voltage multiplier
section is failing. In these monitors it should be part of the flyback
transformer assembly.

It is still possible to pick up new CRT type monitors very cheap, and
they have a minimum of a 1 year warranty. The asking prices are very
low until they run out of them.

As for used CRT monitors, these come for very cheap these days.

Jerry G.

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