I just moved and my trusty Gateway Destination 31" monitor that I use
with my Media Center is only displaying a thin horizontal line. I have
two questions:

Does anyone know if it is worth repairing or how that may even be
possible?

Thanks,
Tom

Likely just bad solder connections around the vertical IC!



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I just moved and my trusty Gateway Destination 31" monitor that I use
with my Media Center is only displaying a thin horizontal line. I have
two questions:

Does anyone know if it is worth repairing or how that may even be
possible?

Thanks,
Tom

TomRossi7 wrote:

I just moved and my trusty Gateway Destination 31" monitor that I use
with my Media Center is only displaying a thin horizontal line. I have
two questions:

Does anyone know if it is worth repairing or how that may even be
possible?

Thanks,
Tom

Since you just moved and the problem then occured...
Chances are it's worth repairing. There is likely a loose or cracked
solder joint in the vertical deflection circuit. Taking the monitor
apart, finding the spot to solder and reassemblibg it will probably take
ten times longer than actually soldering the connection.

Oh boy. Do you know of any websites that may give me an idea of what
the Vertical Deflection Circuit looks like? I don't think this is
something CompUSA would take on.

THANKS! Hopefully I don't need to buy a new one!!!!

TomRossi7 wrote:
Oh boy. Do you know of any websites that may give me an idea of what
the Vertical Deflection Circuit looks like? I don't think this is
something CompUSA would take on.

THANKS! Hopefully I don't need to buy a new one!!!!


see the faq: www.repairfaq.org and locate the section on monitor
troubleshooting.

Tip: DONT power up the monitor with that line on for more that a few
seconds, or you will burn a line in the CRT phosphors.

Hopefully it will be repairable quite easily, as others have suggested.
look for loose wires or cracked solder joints on the cables that go to
the deflection yoke (scan coils).

regards, Ben