Sony monitor - intensive screen flashes after power on
My six years old Sony G400 monitor exhibits following problem. After
power on (or going on from standby mode) the screen produces several short flashes for approximately 15 seconds. The flashes are extremly intensive and have blue color with nearly ten times higher brightness than normal maximum brightness. After this sequence monitor operates without any problems. The monitor was already repaired two years ago (different problem) so another repair probably woudn't make sense. Should I fear it can explode one day ? :-) Petr |
Sony monitor - intensive screen flashes after power on
"PetrV" wrote in message ups.com... My six years old Sony G400 monitor exhibits following problem. After power on (or going on from standby mode) the screen produces several short flashes for approximately 15 seconds. The flashes are extremly intensive and have blue color with nearly ten times higher brightness than normal maximum brightness. After this sequence monitor operates without any problems. The monitor was already repaired two years ago (different problem) so another repair probably woudn't make sense. Should I fear it can explode one day ? :-) Petr Sounds like a short in the CRT, ie a grid short on the blue gun. If it gets to the point where it happens all the time (which it probably will) then the CRT could well be scrap. Replacement is not an option. CRT shorts can sometimes be cleared by a CRT rejuvenator, but that would mean putting it into a TV repair shop and hoping they have a rejuvenator with the right socket for your CRT. It may not be worth it financially though. Dave |
Sony monitor - intensive screen flashes after power on
Swampy wrote:
discharge at inital start up. Wonder if it has happend from when you got it back from repair or only recently. In any case still sounds like It has happened recently. The repair two years ago was (typical) FD Trinitron brightness problem where you can not set brightness down and there were also few diagonal lines visible on the screen. I brought it to the Sony repair center where they fixed it and adjusted the screen focus and convergnce so the picture is excellent now. It seems I can live with the problem, sometimes the monitor even switches off during the initial flashing sequence. I know LCDs are current technology but if there were 19" with 1600x1200 resolution or better ... |
Sony monitor - intensive screen flashes after power on
Dave D wrote:
Sounds like a short in the CRT, ie a grid short on the blue gun. If it gets to the point where it happens all the time (which it probably will) then the CRT could well be scrap. Replacement is not an option. I see, I can expect it will become permanent problem (not on startup only) after a while ? Petr. |
Sony monitor - intensive screen flashes after power on
"PetrV" wrote in message ups.com... Dave D wrote: Sounds like a short in the CRT, ie a grid short on the blue gun. If it gets to the point where it happens all the time (which it probably will) then the CRT could well be scrap. Replacement is not an option. I see, I can expect it will become permanent problem (not on startup only) after a while ? Petr. It's likely the CRT will fail rapidly, depending on the frequency of the flashes. The more it does it, the more damage the blue electron gun will endure, until it fails altogether. There's nothing you can really do about it I'm sorry to say. Even if the intermittent short could be blasted out, which they sometimes can, it's doubtful whether the CRT will last much longer anyway. There's also the possibilty of damage to the video amps due to the flashover, which could mean either no blue or blue full on, both of which would render the monitor unusable. Dave |
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