warmech
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So I got my hands on a 12" RGB monitor, but it does not appear to have much life to it. The font LED comes on, but there seem to be no other signs of life: no degausser hum (though that can vary from monitor to monitor) and no neck glow. C418 looks like it's leaked some fluid but, from what I've read so far, that doesn't especially seem like it would cause the monitor to go into shutdown; the usual issues with that cap appear to be related to image geometry more than anything, but I'm open to it being a culprit. The fuse is good and no other components look to have blown; there are no bulging caps but, having worked on (much simpler) 15KHz arcade monitors, that isn't always an authoritatively good sign. Before I go testing yanking the chassis out and testing transistors, is there any advice anyone can toss my way? If a cap kit is a likely fix, then I'm more than willing to take care of it; I'm just worried a transistor (or the flyback) has gone that is now unobtanium and would render much of the work in trying to figure out what's happening pointless.
Thanks y'all!
Thanks y'all!